Re: XML parsers

I posted Working with XML a while back and received some excellent suggestions there. XML::Parser is probably your best bet if you're just parsing XML but check the node for other recommendations as well.

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Re: Re: XML parsers by mirod (Canon) on Apr 24, 2002 at 10:10 UTC
Actually XML::Parser is one of several options (along with XML::LibXML and XML::SAX::PurePerl) if you want to create a module to process XML. Otherwise you should really use a layer on top of it. XML::Parser is pretty tricky and there are now a lot of much easier (and safer) to use modules: XML::Simple (for data-oriented XML), XML::XPath, XML::Twig, XML::GDOME (although the DOM is also tricky to use) or the SAX parsers (XML::LibXML or XML::SAX::PurePerl).	[reply]

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Re: Re: XML parsers
by mirod (Canon) on Apr 24, 2002 at 10:10 UTC

Actually XML::Parser is one of several options (along with XML::LibXML and XML::SAX::PurePerl) if you want to create a module to process XML. Otherwise you should really use a layer on top of it. XML::Parser is pretty tricky and there are now a lot of much easier (and safer) to use modules: XML::Simple (for data-oriented XML), XML::XPath, XML::Twig, XML::GDOME (although the DOM is also tricky to use) or the SAX parsers (XML::LibXML or XML::SAX::PurePerl).

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