LibXML: Change a node into a comment

dominic01 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am new to XML::LibXML but not to Perl. I have an XML similar to

<start>
<a>text<b>test</b>more text<c>text</c></a>
<d>text</d>
</start>
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Now I need to comment the node <a> like

<start>

<!--<a>text<b>test</b>more text<c>text</c></a>-->
<d>text</d>
</start>
[download]

Appreciate any help

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Re: LibXML: Change a node into a comment by choroba (Cardinal) on Apr 04, 2013 at 07:58 UTC
Using XML::XSH2, a wrapper around XML::LibXML: `open 1.xml ; insert comment xsh:serialize(/start/a[1]) prepend /start ; delete /start/a[1] ;` [download] لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply] [d/l]
Re: LibXML: Change a node into a comment (replace) by Anonymous Monk on Apr 04, 2013 at 06:42 UTC
use the replace... method to replace one node with a new node `[dom replace] [libxml replace] [xml replace]` dom replace libxml replace xml replace -> Replace the Text of an XML Element Using LibXML and DOM, How do I get LibXML to replace attribute values?, replace node in xml, replaceChild in LibXML xml.com DOM Tutorials	[reply] [d/l]