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Hi,

I'm receiving this type of xml queries from KnxWeb program (visualization web interface for home automation).

<read><objects><object id='ecl_couloir'/><object id='cur_date'/><objec
+t id='cur_time'/></objects></read>

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I tried XML::Simple but it gives parser error: Extra content at the end of the document.

Can I use XML::Simple for it with some proper setting ?

What would be my next choice ?

Thanks in advance,

regards,

Perl newbie-rob.

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Re: Which XML parser for this type of xml queries
by duckyd (Hermit) on Dec 06, 2008 at 22:52 UTC
    I saved your xml to a file called example.xml and was able to use XML::Simple to parse it w/o any problem: 
    $ perl -MData::Dumper -MXML::Simple -e 'print Dumper XMLin(q{example.x
+ml});'
$VAR1 = {
          'objects' => {
                       'object' => {
                                   'cur_date' => {},
                                   'cur_time' => {},
                                   'ecl_couloir' => {}
                                 }
                     }
        };

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    My guess is that you really do have some garbage at the end of your document - have you printed it out with, say, single quotes around it so that you'd me more likely to spot something funny? I.E. 
    
print "xml content: '$xml'\n";

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      Thanks for the tip. I've chopped last character and now it works. But I'm still curious why is read not present in hash presentation ? It's crucial for my parsing...

      Regards,

      Rob.
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