(jeffa) 3Re: Ordered XML items (XML::Simple?)

Looks like the problem is in the design and not the tool. Question: are lists, entries, and titles types of tags, or are they something else? If you want them to be tags, then make them common tags that can have different attributes:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<tags>
<tag type="title" params="blah">Zero</tag>
<tag type="list" params="123">First</tag>
<tag type="entry" params="456">Second</tag>
<tag type="flag" params="123">Third</tag>
</tags>
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When run through the same code, this output is generated:

$VAR1 = {
  'tags' => [
    {
      'tag' => [
        {
          'params' => 'blah',
          'content' => 'Zero',
          'type' => 'title'
        },
        {
          'params' => '123',
          'content' => 'First',
          'type' => 'list'
        },
        {
          'params' => '456',
          'content' => 'Second',
          'type' => 'entry'
        },
        {
          'params' => '123',
          'content' => 'Third',
          'type' => 'flag'
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
};
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There are advantages to both approaches. This approach allows you to preserve the order of your 'tags', but the other approach allows you to drill-down to a specific list of tags in O(1).

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

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Re: (jeffa) 3Re: Ordered XML items (XML::Simple?) by traveler (Parson) on Jan 17, 2003 at 17:13 UTC
Thanks, jeffa. I thought I'd tried that, but apparently not exactly that... Anyway, that will work. I'm glad to still be able to use a tool I'm used to. Since this is only parsed once in the application, it is ok to have to dig deeper for the data. --traveler	[reply]