So, if what you say is correct, that is, people are interested or at least know about other technology as well, then I was not that wrong assuming that they might also know about Castor. In that case one wonders why yourself know nothing about it, although it has been around for some time now and is quite popular for dealing with XML in Java.

Why the comparison with XML::Simple? The answer is simple. Despite its many limitations and shortcomings, I have always liked the philosophy of XML::Simple, that is, representing XML data as native Perl data. Most of the other XML modules (XML::Writer, XML::Twig, ...) don't do that. Although they may have other merits, you need to know that you are working with XML when you access XML.

So, I have compared to the module which I believe has got the idea right in the first place. It's true that XML::Simple has got quite a few limitations. But many of those limitations are actually overcome with XML::Pastor. So, I see no reason for not using it for some heavy duty XML work (apart from the fact that the code is not that mature yet). By the way, the only area where XML::Pastor is weak compared to XML::Twig is when working with huge XML documents and mixed content. You need to revert to Twig or SAX when you are working on huge documents. Otherwise, you can do pretty much everyhting. There is even some basic namespace support.

Coming back to the discussion about 'revolution'. It's true => code generation is not a new concept. Furthermore, XML is not new, XSD is not new, Perl is not new. However, "Dealing with XML in Perl via code generation from XSD" is a completely new way of doing things.

In reply to Re^4: RFC: XML::Pastor v0.52 is released - A revolutionary way to deal with XML by aulusoy
in thread RFC: XML::Pastor v0.52 is released - A revolutionary way to deal with XML by aulusoy

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