parse Tomcat XML configuration files

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

Wise monks,
Im trying to to parse the server.xml of a tomcat config so I can collect its configuration, I imagine the best way is to use XML::Parse. My problem is I'm not understanding the explanation... Can someone give and example please?
Best Regards,
NunoA

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Re: parse Tomcat XML configuration files by borisz (Canon) on Mar 01, 2005 at 23:52 UTC
Propably it is best to start wirth XML::Simple since it is easy to use. Anyway, I do not know `XML::Parse` Did you mean XML::Parser? There is a samples directory in the distribution with examples. Boris	[reply]
Re: parse Tomcat XML configuration files by fauria (Deacon) on Mar 02, 2005 at 01:02 UTC
You can use XML::Simple and change the hashref. `use XML::Simple; use Data::Dumper; my $tomcat_file = '/var/tomcat4/conf/server.xml'; my $tomcat_conf = XMLin($tomcat_file) or die "Error reading config: $! +"; print Dumper $tomcat_conf; #Modify hashref $tomcat_conf my $modified_xml = XMLout($tomcat_conf, NoAttr => 1); print Dumper $modified_conf;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: parse Tomcat XML configuration files by penantes (Acolyte) on Mar 02, 2005 at 09:26 UTC
Yep, I meant Parser... ;) So, simple is my thing, I gonna try it perhaps its simpler for me to understand. Thank you borisz, fauria. Nuno A	[reply]