Convert POD to XML or JSON files

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Re: Convert POD to XML or JSON files by toolic (Bishop) on Nov 12, 2013 at 00:31 UTC
CPAN search ---> Pod::XML "Module to convert POD to XML"	[reply]
Re^2: Convert POD to XML or JSON files by munk28 (Initiate) on Nov 12, 2013 at 01:34 UTC
Thank you for the reply! I did checkout POD::XML but it says it can't convert it to standard xml format. Have you had any experience using this module before? If so, please share it here.	[reply]
Re^3: Convert POD to XML or JSON files by tobyink (Canon) on Nov 12, 2013 at 09:17 UTC
What it means is that it doesn't output a standardised document format such as XHTML, Docbook, OOXML, etc. The output is still valid XML 1.0, and can be handled with generic XML tools. Unless you need a particular flavour of XML, Pod::XML will do the job. Even if you do need a particular flavour of XML, I'd consider using Pod::XML and then post-processing with XSLT. `use Moops; class Cow :rw { has name => (default => 'Ermintrude') }; say Cow->new->name`	[reply]
Re^4: Convert POD to XML or JSON files by munk28 (Initiate) on Nov 12, 2013 at 19:06 UTC
Re^4: Convert POD to XML or JSON files by munk28 (Initiate) on Nov 12, 2013 at 19:07 UTC
Re: Convert POD to XML or JSON files by Anonymous Monk on Nov 12, 2013 at 00:34 UTC
I show you SECRET `[metacpan://pod xml] [metacpan://pod json]` pod xml pod json -> Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML - turn Pod into XML Pod::Simple::SimpleTree -- parse Pod into a simple parse tree + JSON::Tiny = done	[reply] [d/l]