XML::Parser and XML::Twig

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

Hi Monks, I'm getting the error message:


junk after document element at line 14, column 0, byte 433 at /usr/lib
+/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux/XML/Parser.pm line 185
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where, XML::Twig uses the XML::Parser. I know that the code that I am using works with another XML document. Has anyone else seen anything similar to this. I can post more code for anyone that is interested. I'm not quite sure how to start debugging this.

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Re: XML::Parser and XML::Twig by mirod (Canon) on Dec 09, 2002 at 15:22 UTC
The message means just that: the parser finds something after the end of the document. This is illegal in XML. Use the `ErrorContext => 1` option when you create the twig in order to get the line displayed. This message often happens when your XML dosument does not have a root.	[reply]
Re: Re: XML::Parser and XML::Twig by matth (Monk) on Dec 09, 2002 at 16:26 UTC
Tests suggest that the problem was that I had missing attribute data. Do XML modules not normally allow for missing attribute data (vague question I know, sorry)?	[reply]