NAME

       XML::Struct::Simple - Transform MicroXML data structures into simple (unordered) form

SYNOPSIS

           my $micro = [
               root => { xmlns => 'http://example.org/' },
               [ '!', [ x => {}, [42] ] ]
           ];
           my $converter = XML::Struct::Simple->new( root => 'record' );
           my $simple = $converter->transform( $micro );
           # { record => { xmlns => 'http://example.org/', x => 42 } }

DESCRIPTION

       This module implements a transformation from structured XML (MicroXML) to simple key-value
       format (SimpleXML) as known from XML::Simple: Attributes and child elements are treated as
       hash keys with their content as value. Text elements without attributes are converted to
       text and empty elements without attributes are converted to empty hashes.

       XML::Struct can export the function "simpleXML" for easy use. Function "readXML" and
       XML::Struct::Reader apply transformation to SimpleXML with option "simple".

METHODS

   transform( $element )
       Transform XML given as array reference (MicroXML) to XML as hash reference (SimpleXML) as
       configured.

   transform_content( $element [, $depth ] )
       Transform child nodes and attributes of an XML element given as array reference at a given
       depth (0 by default). Returns a hash reference, a scalar, or the element unmodified.

CONFIGURATION

       root
           Keep the root element instead of removing. This corresponds to option "KeepRoot" in
           XML::Simple. In addition a non-numeric value can be used to override the name of the
           root element. Disabled by default.

       attributes
           Include XML attributes. Enabled by default. The special value "remove" is equivalent
           to false. Corresponds to option "NoAttr" in XML::Simple.

       content
           Name of a field to put text content in. Set to ""content" by default.  Corresponds to
           option "ContentKey" in XML::Simple.

       depth
           Only transform up to a given depth. Set to a negative value by default for unlimited
           depth. Elements below depth are not cloned but copied by reference.  Depth 0 will
           return the element unmodified.

       Option "KeyAttr", "ForceArray", and other fetures of XML::Simple not supported. Options
       "NsExpand" and "NsStrip" supported in XML::LibXML::Simple are not supported yet.