XML::Writer::Simpler(3)

NAME
XML::Writer::Simpler - Perl extension for writing XML data

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION
This is a convenience module for writing XML. It's a subclass of "XML::Writer", with a single convenience method so you usually won't have to deal with remembering to call "startTag()", "endTag()", and "emptyTag()".

This module is lies somewhere in between XML::Generator and XML::Writer::Nest. It nests calls like XML::Generator, but allows for arbitrary subroutine calls as well. It requires fewer braces in general than XML::Writer::Nest.

This module is a subclass of XML::Writer, so if you can't do what you want to with the "tag" method, you can fall back to the methods native to XML::Writer.

METHODS

•   "new"

        XML::Writer::Simpler->new(%params);

    Creates the object. Acceptable hash keys for %params are the same as those for XML::Writer. This module assumes everything is UTF-8, so you can omit that if you like; it will be provided for you.

•   tag

        $xml->tag($tagName, [ \@attributes ], $content);

    If $content is a plain scalar value, will output the tag with that content. If no content is provided, will output an empty tag:

        $xml->tag('example', 'foo');    # <example>foo</example>
        $xml->tag('example');           # <example />

    You may also pass an array ref of key/value pairs that wind up as attributes:

        # <example bar="baz">foo</example>
        $xml->tag('example', [bar => 'baz'], 'foo');

        # <example bar="baz" />
        $xml->tag('example', [bar => 'baz']);

    If $content is a code ref, this will start the tag, execute the code ref, then close the tag. This allows arbitrarily deep/complex tag structures.

        # <example1><exA>Text 1</exA><exB>Text 2</exB></example1>
        $xml->tag('example1', sub {
            $xml->tag('exA', 'Text 1');
            $xml->tag('exB', 'Text 2');
        });

        # <example2><a>100</a><b>101</b><c>102</c></example2>
        $xml->('example2', sub {
            for (my $tag = 'a', my $num = 100; $num < 103; $tag++, $num++) {
                $xml->($tag, $num);
            }
        });

    These different styles of calling can be combined in a number of ways to output basically whatever you like.

        # <example3 id='ex3'>text z</example3>
        $xml->tag('example3', [id => 'ex3'], 'text z');

        # <example4 id="ex4"><exZ>more text</exZ></example4>
        $xml->tag('example4', [id => 'ex4'], sub {
            $xml->tag('exZ', 'more text');
        });

SEE ALSO
XML::Writer

AUTHOR
Michael McClimon, "<michael at mcclimon.org>"

BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-xml-writer-simple at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=XML-Writer-Simpler>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. See also the Github repository at <http://github.com/mmcclimon/XML-Writer-Simpler>.

SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc XML::Writer::Simpler

You can also look for information at:

•   Github

    <http://github.com/mmcclimon/XML-Writer-Simpler>.

•   RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)

    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=XML-Writer-Simpler>

•   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

    <http://annocpan.org/dist/XML-Writer-Simpler>

•   CPAN Ratings

    <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/XML-Writer-Simpler>

•   Search CPAN

    <http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Writer-Simpler/>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2013 Michael McClimon.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

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