XML::Mini::TreeComponent - Perl implementation of the XML::Mini TreeComponent API. Don't use this class - only presents an interface for other derived classes. This class is only to be used as a base class for others. It presents the minimal interface we can expect from any component in the XML hierarchy. All methods of this base class simply return NULL except a little default functionality included in the parent() method. Warning: This class is not to be instatiated. Derive and override.

parent [NEWPARENT]
The parent() method is used to get/set the element's parent. If the NEWPARENT parameter is passed, sets the parent to NEWPARENT (NEWPARENT must be an instance of a class derived from XML::MiniTreeComponent) Returns a reference to the parent XML::MiniTreeComponent if set, NULL otherwise.

toString [DEPTH]
Return a stringified version of the XML representing this component and all sub-components

dump
Debugging aid, dump returns a nicely formatted dump of the current structure of the XML::Mini::TreeComponent-derived object. LICENSE XML::Mini::TreeComponent module, part of the XML::Mini XML parser/generator package. Copyright (C) 2002 Patrick Deegan All rights reserved This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Official XML::Mini site: http://minixml.psychogenic.com Contact page for author available at http://www.psychogenic.com/en/contact.shtml XML::Mini, XML::Mini::Document, XML::Mini::Element http://minixml.psychogenic.com