man XML::Hash::LX (3): Convert hash to xml and xml to hash using LibXML

SYNOPSIS

use XML::Hash::LX;
my $hash = xml2hash $xmlstring, attr => '.', text => '~';
my $hash = xml2hash $xmldoc;

my $xmlstr = hash2html $hash, attr => '+', text => '#text';
my $xmldoc = hash2html $hash, doc => 1, attr => '+';

# Usage with XML::LibXML
my $doc = XML::LibXML->new->parse_string($xml);
my $xp = XML::LibXML::XPathContext->new($doc);
$xp->registerNs('rss', 'http://purl.org/rss/1.0/');
# then process xpath
for ($xp->findnodes('//rss:item')) {
# and convert to hash concrete nodes
my $item = xml2hash($_);
print Dumper+$item
}

DESCRIPTION

This module is a companion for "XML::LibXML". It operates with LibXML objects, could return or accept LibXML objects, and may be used for easy data transformations

It is faster in parsing then XML::Simple, XML::Hash, XML::Twig and of course much slower than XML::Bare ;)

It is faster in composing than XML::Hash, but slower than XML::Simple

Parse benchmark:

               Rate   Simple     Hash     Twig Hash::LX     Bare
    Simple   11.3/s       --      -2%     -16%     -44%     -97%
    Hash     11.6/s       2%       --     -14%     -43%     -97%
    Twig     13.5/s      19%      16%       --     -34%     -96%
    Hash::LX 20.3/s      79%      75%      51%       --     -95%
    Bare      370/s    3162%    3088%    2650%    1721%       --

Compose benchmark:

               Rate     Hash Hash::LX   Simple
    Hash     49.2/s       --     -18%     -40%
    Hash::LX 60.1/s      22%       --     -26%
    Simple   81.5/s      66%      36%       --

Benchmark was done on <http://search.cpan.org/uploads.rdf>

EXPORT

"xml2hash" and "hash2xml" are exported by default

:inject

Inject toHash method in the namespace of XML::LibXML::Node and allow one to call it on any subclass of XML::LibXML::Node directly

By default is disabled

    use XML::Hash::LX ':inject';
    
    my $doc = XML::LibXML->new->parse_string($xml);
    my $hash = $doc->toHash(%opts);

FUNCTIONS

xml2hash $xml, [ OPTIONS ]

XML could be XML::LibXML::Document, XML::LibXML::DocumentPart or string

hash2xml $hash, [ doc => 1, ] [ OPTIONS ]

Id "doc" option is true, then returned value is XML::LibXML::Document, not string

OPTIONS

Every option could be passed as arguments to function or set as global variable in "XML::Hash::LX" namespace

%XML::Hash::LX::X2H

Options respecting convertations from xml to hash

order [ = 0 ]

Strictly keep the output order. When enabled, structures become more complex, but xml could be completely reverted

attr [ = '-' ]

Attribute prefix

        <node attr="test" />  =>  { node => { -attr => "test" } }

text [ = '#text' ]

Key name for storing text

        <node>text<sub /></node>  =>  { node => { sub => '', '#text' => "test" } }

join [ = '' ]

Join separator for text nodes, split by subnodes

Ignored when "order" in effect

        # default:
        xml2hash( '<item>Test1<sub />Test2</item>' )
        : { item => { sub => '', '~' => 'Test1Test2' } };
        
        # global
        $XML::Hash::LX::X2H{join} = '+';
        xml2hash( '<item>Test1<sub />Test2</item>' )
        : { item => { sub => '', '~' => 'Test1+Test2' } };
        
        # argument
        xml2hash( '<item>Test1<sub />Test2</item>', join => '+' )
        : { item => { sub => '', '~' => 'Test1+Test2' } };

trim [ = 1 ]

Trim leading and trailing whitespace from text nodes

cdata [ = undef ]

When defined, CDATA sections will be stored under this key

        # cdata = undef
        <node><![CDATA[ test ]]></node>  =>  { node => 'test' }
        # cdata = '#'
        <node><![CDATA[ test ]]></node>  =>  { node => { '#' => 'test' } }

comm [ = undef ]

When defined, comments sections will be stored under this key

When undef, comments will be ignored

        # comm = undef
        <node><!-- comm --><sub/></node>  =>  { node => { sub => '' } }
        # comm = '/'
        <node><!-- comm --><sub/></node>  =>  { node => { sub => '', '/' => 'comm' } }

$XML::Hash::LX::X2A [ = 0 ]

Global array casing

Ignored when "X2H{order}" in effect

As option should be passed as

        xml2hash $xml, array => 1;

Effect:

        # $X2A = 0
        <node><sub/></node>  =>  { node => { sub => '' } }
        # $X2A = 1
        <node><sub/></node>  =>  { node => [ { sub => [ '' ] } ] }

%XML::Hash::LX::X2A

By element array casing

Ignored when "X2H{order}" in effect

As option should be passed as

        xml2hash $xml, array => [ nodes list ];

Effect:

        # %X2A = ()
        <node><sub/></node>  =>  { node => { sub => '' } }
        # %X2A = ( sub => 1 )
        <node><sub/></node>  =>  { node => { sub => [ '' ] } }

%XML::Hash::LX::H2X

Options respecting convertations from hash to xml

encoding [ = 'utf-8' ]

XML output encoding