XML file and objects

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

I have an xml file of the form

<foo>
  <bar>7</bar>
  <baz>
    <blah>12</blah>
  </baz>
</foo>

I'd like to be able to create an object that represents this such that

$self->bar()

returns 7 and

$self->bar(12)

will change the value of bar and write the new xml to disk. I'm happy to provide some sort of mapping so

$self->baz

would do as expected. Is there an existing (combination of) modules to do this? I'm using moose if that would help

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Re: XML file and objects by jeffa (Bishop) on Jan 19, 2009 at 15:11 UTC
I discussed this over at XML::Simple + Class::MethodMaker which uses Class::MethodMaker to solve the problem. jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply]
Re: XML file and objects by stvn (Monsignor) on Jan 19, 2009 at 15:57 UTC
I'm using moose if that would help Take a look at XML::Toolkit, it will do pretty much all that you are looking for. The POD claims it to be alpha, but we have used a pre-alpha version of it very successfully in production for many months now, it is quite solid and well thought out. It is a new module though so it is weak on tests and docs, but trust me, it is worth it. -stvn	[reply]
Re: XML file and objects by zwon (Abbot) on Jan 19, 2009 at 13:49 UTC
I don't know modules with exact syntax you want, but maybe you would like XML::Smart or XML::Twig.	[reply]
Re: XML file and objects by dHarry (Abbot) on Jan 19, 2009 at 14:19 UTC
Not sure if I understand you correctly. Do you want to serialize your objects in XML and vice versa? You might want to take a look at XML-Dumper or MooseX-DOM as well.	[reply]