in reply to XML::Simple : element vs. attribute in XMLout

It seems that if the structure would have been obtained using XMLin with

forcearray => [ qw(arr mod subarr) ]

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then the hash would be what XMLOut needs. Wouldn't that fit ?

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Re^2: XML::Simple : element vs. attribute in XMLout
by rovf (Priest) on May 26, 2010 at 13:32 UTC
    This is likely correct. I haven't checked this yet, because I was hoping for a solution which would work with the *present* internal representation, because it would spare me from modifying existing code which already assumes the hash to be constructed in the way it is right now.

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    Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>
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      You can always transform the tree programmatically before XMLout. 

      for my $elem (@{ $tree->{arr}{elem} }) {
   $elem->{mod}{content} = delete($elem->{mod});
}

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      For what it's worth, keep in mind your existing code will break if a mod element acquires an attribute. (Don't you love the fragility of XML::Simple?)

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