Re^2: Reading Xml files

I will like to share this code with other users. thus if the person don't have XML::Parser installed the code will not work. To me, except the XML::Parser is a core module, every other person using my code will have to install it before getting my code to work as desired. I am trying to have a lot of flexibility in code so that there are not a lot of constrains to get my code to work. that is why I don't want to use the XML::Parser. I will love it to make my task easier but that will make my script to not be as portable

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Re^3: Reading Xml files by mirod (Canon) on Mar 02, 2006 at 16:24 UTC
XML::Parser is pre-installed with Activestate Perl (it is used by ppm), so even if it's not core, it comes pre-installed on the one platform where installation can be a problem. Note that XML::Twig, which doesn't come with Activestate perl is not too hard to install, as you could just drop the Twig.pm file in the module XML directory. Of course it is a pretty big file these days at nearly 400K. I think that XML::Simple is also a single file, so that is an other option. Oh, and remember that XML::Parser needs expat installed (once again installed with Activestate Perl, and easy enough to install on most other systems) There are also nearly-complete XML parsers in pure perl: XML::SAX::PurePerl and XML::Parser::Lite, which comes with SOAP::Lite. XML::SAX::PurePerl requires you to then install some SAX modules to do anything interesting with it, but XML::Parser::Lite emulates quite well XML::Parser, so you could ship it with your application and use it as a fallback if XML::Parser is not available. It doesn't parse DTDs, which may or may not be a problem.	[reply]
Re^4: Reading Xml files by gzayzay (Sexton) on Mar 02, 2006 at 16:39 UTC
Thanks a lot for this info. I will try and see how I can get it to work. This infor was very helpful. Thanks to all the monks for their assistance. Edman	[reply]
Re^3: Reading Xml files by izut (Chaplain) on Mar 02, 2006 at 15:52 UTC
You can distribute your application with all required modules with PAR. A tutorial can be found here. Igor 'izut' Sutton your code, your rules.	[reply]
Re^3: Reading Xml files by duff (Parson) on Mar 02, 2006 at 15:50 UTC
OR you could distribute XML::Parser with your code. duff	[reply]