# this first bit is right out of the HTML::Parser perldoc
sub title_handler {
    return if shift ne "title";
    my $self = shift;
    $self->handler( text => sub { $j::title = shift }, "dtext" );
    $self->handler(
        end => sub { shift->eof if shift eq "title"; },
        "tagname,self"
    );
}

sub date_handler {
    return if shift ne "date";
    my $self = shift;
    $self->handler( text => sub { $j::date = shift }, "dtext" );
    $self->handler(
        end => sub { shift->eof if shift eq "date"; },
        "tagname,self"
    );
}

##</code><code>##

sub insertFile {
    my $file = shift;

    my $p = HTML::Parser->new( api_version => 3 );
    $p->handler( start => \&title_handler, "tagname,self" );
    $p->handler( start => \&date_handler, "tagname,self" );
    $p->parse_file($file);
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