Re^3: Use Storable for storing XML::LibXML object

Then you may be able to define a couple of hooks for freezing and thawing XML::LibXML::Element objects

# these are completely untested!

sub XML::LibXML::Elemment::STORABLE_freeze {
   my $self = shift;
   $self->toString;
}

sub XML::LibXML::Elemment::STORABLE_thaw {
   my $class = shift;
   my (undef, $str) = @_;
   XML::LibXML->parse_xml(string => $str)->documentElement;
}
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See the "Hooks" section in the Storable documentation.

toby döt ink

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Re^4: Use Storable for storing XML::LibXML object by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 05, 2014 at 19:51 UTC
Note that if you serialize two elements from the same document, they will be part of two documents when deserialized.	[reply]
Re^4: Use Storable for storing XML::LibXML object by buff (Acolyte) on Jul 07, 2014 at 10:27 UTC
Thanks very much for your help. After some tweaking it seems to work. I've ended up with this code: `sub XML::LibXML::Element::STORABLE_freeze { shift->toString } sub XML::LibXML::Element::STORABLE_attach { 'XML::LibXML'->load_xml(string => pop)->documentElement }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Use Storable for storing XML::LibXML object by buff (Acolyte) on Jul 05, 2014 at 17:38 UTC
Thank you very much! I'll give it a try on Monday and post the result here.	[reply]