Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module P668. This topic is presented on public course
Perl for Larger Projects
The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is an important tool in structuring data. This training module covers the two major XML engines that are supported by Perl modules, and teaches you how to program using them. We also cover handling XSLT in Perl.
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Examples from our training material
apps-admin.xml | Sample data file used in XML example |
camels.xml | XML sample for xslt1 demo |
camels.xsl | XSLT sample for xlst1.pl demo |
exp.pl | Direct use of the Expat module |
gnome.pl | Parsing XML through LibXML |
goblin.pl | Altering an XML document through LibXML |
index.xml | Sample RSS data feed (XML data) |
medireport.pl | Using XML::Parser to extract information - practical example |
mediweb.pl | Parsing XML within a cgi script |
medline.pm | Class of XML element handlers |
p1 | SAX parser - extracting titles from XML stream |
p2 | Using XML::Parser to transfer an XML structure to memory |
stdsubs.pm | Standard cgi handler to collect form data |
xml0.pl | Parsing XML - first test program |
xml1.pl | Using debug mode to quickly check a document |
xml2.pl | Using Subs to report on an XML source |
xml3.pl | Illustration of handling a stream |
xml4.pl | Converting an XML document into a tree in Perl collection variables |
xml5.pl | Alternative - using handlers |
xslt1.pl | Using XML and XSLT to turn data into a web page |
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Topics covered in this module
What is XML?.
Availability of handling XML from Perl.
Parsing XML from Perl.
Installing the Expat library and XML::Parser.
The principles of a parser.
Styles.
Using subs.
Using Stream.
Event-based handlers.
Other controls possible for the constructor.
An example with a full set of data.
Putting it together.
Use of the XML::Parser::Expat.
Gnome - an alternative to the Expat library.
Using Gnome to edit XML.
Using XSLT from Perl.
Associated files.
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