Perl XML

ramya2005 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Users:

I am new to Perl programming. Please help me in doing XML parsing and editing.

In my project, the user will provide me with a user friendly hash which not necessarily have the same structure as the example XML. I should be able to read that hash and modify the corresponding tags in the example XML file.

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Re: PERL XML by Joost (Canon) on Aug 09, 2005 at 23:11 UTC
Erm... it's not at all clear what you want, but to me, it seems you might want to take a look at XML::Simple. ps: if you don't want to piss off Perl zealots, spell it Perl (for the language) or perl (for the interpreter). "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^2: Perl XML by ramya2005 (Scribe) on Aug 09, 2005 at 23:22 UTC
I can't use XML::Simple because it is not preserving attributes and elements. Also for my application, I have to preserve the order and structure of the XML that I am creating. Regarding my requirement, I should be able to parse the XML file going step by step from top to bottom. While parsing I should be able to edit some of the tags and so on. When I finish I should be able to create an XML which is similar to the original one in structure.	[reply]
Re^3: PERL XML by Joost (Canon) on Aug 09, 2005 at 23:32 UTC
I tend to use XML::Twig for most of my perl/XML work, but most "full featured" XML parsers should be able to deal with your data provided it's presented as actual XML ~~(your `<img>` tag is missing an ending slash, so your input is not valid)~~. If you have valid XML input, XML::Parser is probably one of the most flexible solutions, but IMO most problems can be solved easier with either XML::Twig or even XML::Simple. (See also the ForceArray and ForceContent options of XML::Simple) update: ignore the parts I striked - I was replying to 2 different XML threads at the same time, and I got confused. Luckily, most of the advise is reasonably sound. :-) "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Perl XML by ramya2005 (Scribe) on Aug 10, 2005 at 00:20 UTC
Re^5: Perl XML by Tanktalus (Canon) on Aug 10, 2005 at 02:15 UTC
Re^5: Perl XML by prasadbabu (Prior) on Aug 10, 2005 at 01:07 UTC
Re: PERL XML by chanakya (Friar) on Aug 10, 2005 at 05:49 UTC
I fully agree to Joost post. XML::Twig and XML::Parser will be sufficient for your parsing/checking needs. The following link contains some good tutorials and examples to start you on the job xmltwig. The tutorials in this link may be of help XML::Twig tutorials Good Luck May the force be with you !!	[reply]

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