NAME

       stag-handle - streams a stag file through a handler into a writer

SYNOPSIS

         stag-handle -w itext -c my-handler.pl myfile.xml > processed.itext
         stag-handle -w itext -p My::Parser -m My::Handler myfile.xml > processed.itext

DESCRIPTION

       will take a Stag compatible format (xml, sxpr or itext), turn the data into an event
       stream passing it through my-handler.pl

ARGUMENTS

       -help|h
           shows this document

       -module|m PERLMODULE
           A module that is used to transform the input events the module should inherit from
           Data::Stag::BaseHandler

       -unit|u NODE_NAME
           (you should always use this option if you specify -m)

           this is the unit that gets passed to the handler/transformer. this will get set
           automatically if you use the the -c, -s or -t options

           multiple units can be set

             -u foo -u bar -u boz

       -writer|w WRITER
           writer for final transformed tree; can be xml, sxpr or itext

       -module|m MODULE
           perl modules for handling events

       -codefile|c FILE
           a file containing a perlhashref containing event handlers - see below

       -sub|s PERL
           a perl hashref containing handlers

       -trap|t ELEMENT=SUB

EXAMPLES

         unix> cat my-handler.pl
         {
           person => sub {
               my ($self, $person) = @_;
               $person->set_fullname($person->get_firstname . ' ' .
                                  $person->get_lastname);
               $person;
           },
           address => sub {
               my ($self, $address) = @_;
               # remove addresses altogether from processed file
               return;
           },
         }