NAME

       XML::SAX::Expat - SAX2 Driver for Expat (XML::Parser)

SYNOPSIS

         use XML::SAX::Expat;
         use XML::SAX::MyFooHandler;
         my $h = XML::SAX::MyFooHandler->new;
         my $p = XML::SAX::Expat->new(Handler => $h);
         $p->parse_file('/path/to/foo.xml');

DESCRIPTION

       This is an implementation of a SAX2 driver sitting on top of Expat (XML::Parser) which Ken
       MacLeod posted to perl-xml and which I have updated.

       It is still incomplete, though most of the basic SAX2 events should be available. The SAX2
       spec is currently available from <http://perl-xml.sourceforge.net/perl-sax/>.

       A more friendly URL as well as a PODification of the spec are in the works.

METHODS

       The methods defined in this class correspond to those listed in the PerlSAX2
       specification, available above.

FEATURES AND CAVEATS

       supported_features
         Returns:

           * http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities
           * http://xml.org/sax/features/external-parameter-entities
           * [ Features supported by ancestors ]

         Turning one of the first two on also turns the other on (this maps to the XML::Parser
         ParseParamEnts option). This may be fixed in the future, so don't rely on this
         behaviour.

MISSING PARTS

       XML::Parser has no listed callbacks for the following events, which are therefore not
       presently generated (ways may be found in the future):

         * ignorable_whitespace
         * skipped_entity
         * start_entity / end_entity
         * resolve_entity

       Ways of signalling them are welcome. In addition to those, set_document_locator is not yet
       called.

TODO

         - reuse Ken's tests and add more

AUTHOR

       Robin Berjon; stolen from Ken Macleod, ken@bitsko.slc.ut.us, and with suggestions and
       feedback from perl-xml. Currently maintained by Bjoern Hoehrmann,
       <http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de/>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Robin Berjon. All rights reserved. This program is free software;
       you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       XML::Parser::PerlSAX