NAME

       XML::Filter::BufferText - Filter to put all characters() in one event

SYNOPSIS

         my $h = SomeHandler->new;
         my $f = XML::Filter::BufferText->new( Handler => $h );
         my $p = SomeParser->new( Handler => $f );
         $p->parse;

DESCRIPTION

       This is a very simple filter. One common cause of grief (and programmer error) is that XML
       parsers aren't required to provide character events in one chunk. They can, but are not
       forced to, and most don't. This filter does the trivial but oft-repeated task of putting
       all characters into a single event.

       Note that this won't help you cases such as:

         <foo> blah <!-- comment --> phubar </foo>

       In the above case, given the interleaving comment, there will be two "character()" events.
       This may be worked around in the future if there is demand for it.

       An interesting way to use this filter, instead of telling users to use it, is to return it
       from your handler's constructor, already configured and all.  That'll make the buffering
       totally transparent to them ("XML::SAX::Writer" does that).

AUTHOR

       Robin Berjon, robin@knowscape.com

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2001-2002 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::SAX::*, XML::Generator::*, XML::Handler::*, XML::Filter::*