in reply to Re^2: Which XML module to use for this scenario?
in thread Which XML module to use for this scenario?
To get XML of a specific format, work backwards. Start with xml exactly how you like it and see what type of data structure it makes:
#!/usr/bin/perl use Data::Dumper; use XML::Simple; use strict; use warnings; my $data = do {local $/; <DATA>}; my $xml = XMLin($data); print Dumper($xml); __DATA__ <Parameters> <ParameterGroup ID="Group1"> <Parameter key="Key1">Some Value</Parameter> <Parameter key="Key2">Some Value</Parameter> <Parameter key="Key3">Some Value</Parameter> </ParameterGroup> <ParameterGroup ID="Group2"> <Parameter key="Key1">Some Value</Parameter> <Parameter key="Key2">Some Value</Parameter> <Parameter key="Key3">Some Value</Parameter> </ParameterGroup> </Parameters>
Doing this shows us our data structure. Now we just need to build it before translating to xml:
#!/usr/bin/perl use XML::Simple; use strict; use warnings; my $xml = { ParameterGroup => [ { ID => 'Group1', Parameter => { Key1 => {content => 'Some Value'}, Key2 => {content => 'Some Value'}, Key3 => {content => 'Some Value'}, }, }, { ID => 'Group1', Parameter => { Key1 => {content => 'Some Value'}, Key2 => {content => 'Some Value'}, Key3 => {content => 'Some Value'}, }, }, ]}; print XMLout($xml, RootName => 'Parameters', KeyAttr => 'key', );
Outputs
<Parameters> <ParameterGroup ID="Group1"> <Parameter key="Key1">Some Value</Parameter> <Parameter key="Key2">Some Value</Parameter> <Parameter key="Key3">Some Value</Parameter> </ParameterGroup> <ParameterGroup ID="Group1"> <Parameter key="Key1">Some Value</Parameter> <Parameter key="Key2">Some Value</Parameter> <Parameter key="Key3">Some Value</Parameter> </ParameterGroup> </Parameters>
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Re^4: Which XML module to use for this scenario?
by Perllace (Acolyte) on Apr 23, 2011 at 13:27 UTC | |
by wind (Priest) on Apr 23, 2011 at 15:49 UTC |