Re^2: XML Parsing Suggestions?

*blinks* Nothing, yet. =) There are so many XML modules out there that I was just looking for recommendations as to which one(s) I should learn first for the kind of tasks I'm being asked to do. Opinions will vary from person to person I'm sure, but I thought some suggestions as to what other folks found most helpful might help me get my bearings. I did play around briefly with XML::Simple and XML::Parser in Object mode once a few months ago, but that was before my boss actually asked me to start dealing with XML documents and I didn't get a good feel for either of them in the limited time I had to play.

Thanks for the XML::Parser in Stream mode suggestion. Is it possible to deal with comments in Stream mode? I thought the documentation made it sound like comments were basically ignored.

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Re^3: XML Parsing Suggestions? by dragonchild (Archbishop) on May 10, 2005 at 18:15 UTC
Comments aren't useful data. If they were, they wouldn't be comments. :-) But, yes, you can parse comments in Stream mode. (If you couldn't, you couldn't get at them in any other mode as all XML::Parser modes are implemented as Stream mode.) The Comment handler (which is readily visible when you read the documentation is probably what you're looking for. In general, if you think something isn't in Perl, try it out, because it usually is. :-) "What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?"	[reply]

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Re^3: XML Parsing Suggestions?
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on May 10, 2005 at 18:15 UTC

But, yes, you can parse comments in Stream mode. (If you couldn't, you couldn't get at them in any other mode as all XML::Parser modes are implemented as Stream mode.) The Comment handler (which is readily visible when you read the documentation is probably what you're looking for.

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