How to update an XML element

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

Howdy Bros. I've got a script that reads an XML file with XML::Treebuilder. I'd like to update data in one of the elements and write the file back out. What is the most straightforward way of doing this? Neither XML::Treebuilder nor XML::Parser seems to have a method for doing output. TIA... Steve

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Re: How to update an XML element by GrandFather (Saint) on Apr 08, 2008 at 21:22 UTC
See HTML::Element. The tree build by XML::TreeBuilder is built of XML::Elements which are a subclass of HTML::Elements. From the XML::TreeBuilder documentation: This module uses XML::Parser to make XML document trees constructed of XML::Element objects (and XML::Element is a subclass of HTML::Element adapted for XML). The HTML::Element member you are probably looking for is `as_XML()`. Perl is environmentally friendly - it saves trees	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How to update an XML element by Fletch (Bishop) on Apr 08, 2008 at 22:18 UTC
Alternately you might look at XML::Twig instead as it offers a very nice API for munging XML DOM trees in place. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply]