Provided by: libxml-treebuilder-perl_5.4-2_all
NAME
XML::Element - XML elements with the same interface as HTML::Element
SYNOPSIS
[See HTML::Element]
METHODS AND ATTRIBUTES
delete_ignorable_whitespace TODO: test and document this: with no tagname set, assumes ALL all-whitespace nodes are ignorable! endtag Redirects to endtag_XML starttag Redirects to starttag_XML as_XML $s = $doc->as_XML() Returns a string representing in XML the element and its descendants. starttag_XML $start = $doc->starttag_XML(); Returns a string representing the complete start tag for the element. Except for CDATA. endtag_XML $end = $doc->endtag_XML(); Returns a string representing the complete end tag for this element. I.e., "</", tag name, and ">". Except for CDATA.
DESCRIPTION
This is just a subclass of HTML::Element. It works basically the same as HTML::Element, except that tagnames and attribute names aren't forced to lowercase, as they are in HTML::Element. HTML::Element describes everything you can do with this class.
CAVEATS
Has currently no handling of namespaces.
SEE ALSO
XML::TreeBuilder for a class that actually builds XML::Element structures. HTML::Element for all documentation. XML::DOM and XML::Twig for other XML document tree interfaces. XML::Generator for more fun.
COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
Copyright (c) 2000,2004 Sean M. Burke. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2010,2011,2013 Jeff Fearn. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. 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.
AUTHOR
Current Author: Jeff Fearn <jfearn@cpan.org>. Former Authors: Sean M. Burke, <sburke@cpan.org>