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NAME

       SVG - Perl extension for generating Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) documents

SYNOPSIS

           #!/usr/bin/perl -w
           use strict;
           use SVG;

           # create an SVG object
           my $svg= SVG->new(width=>200,height=>200);

           # use explicit element constructor to generate a group element
           my $y=$svg->group(
               id    => 'group_y',
               style => { stroke=>'red', fill=>'green' }
           );

           # add a circle to the group
           $y->circle(cx=>100, cy=>100, r=>50, id=>'circle_in_group_y');

           # or, use the generic 'tag' method to generate a group element by name
           my $z=$svg->tag('g',
                           id    => 'group_z',
                           style => {
                               stroke => 'rgb(100,200,50)',
                               fill   => 'rgb(10,100,150)'
                           }
                       );

           # create and add a circle using the generic 'tag' method
           $z->tag('circle', cx=>50, cy=>50, r=>100, id=>'circle_in_group_z');

           # create an anchor on a rectangle within a group within the group z
           my $k = $z->anchor(
               id      => 'anchor_k',
               -href   => 'http://test.hackmare.com/',
               target => 'new_window_0'
           )->rectangle(
               x     => 20, y      => 50,
               width => 20, height => 30,
               rx    => 10, ry     => 5,
               id    => 'rect_k_in_anchor_k_in_group_z'
           );

           # now render the SVG object, implicitly use svg namespace
           print $svg->xmlify;

           # or render a child node of the SVG object without rendering the entire object
           print $k->xmlify; #renders the anchor $k above containing a rectangle, but does not
                             #render any of the ancestor nodes of $k

           # or, explicitly use svg namespace and generate a document with its own DTD
           print $svg->xmlify(-namespace=>'svg');

           # or, explicitly use svg namespace and generate an inline docunent
           print $svg->xmlify(
               -namespace => "svg",
               -pubid => "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN",
               -inline   => 1
           );

       See the other modules in this distribution: SVG::DOM, SVG::XML, SVG::Element, SVG::Parser,
       SVG::Extension

VERSION

       Version 2.59

EXAMPLES

       examples/circle.pl generates the following image:

         <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
         <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd">
         <svg height="200" width="200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
         <title >I am a title</title>
         <g id="group_y" style="fill: green; stroke: red">
         <circle cx="100" cy="100" id="circle_in_group_y" r="50" />
         <!-- This is a comment -->
         </g>
         </svg>

       That you can either embed directly into HTML or can include it using:

          <object data="file.svg" type="image/svg+xml"></object>

       (The image was converted to png using Image::LibRSVG. See the svg2png.pl script in the
       examples directory.)

       See also the examples directory in this distribution which contain several fully
       documented examples.

DESCRIPTION

       SVG is a 100% Perl module which generates a nested data structure containing the DOM
       representation of an SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) image. Using SVG, you can generate SVG
       objects, embed other SVG instances into it, access the DOM object, create and access
       javascript, and generate SMIL animation content.

   General Steps to generating an SVG document
       Generating SVG is a simple three step process:

   1 The first step is to construct a new SVG object with "new".
   2 The second step is to call element constructors to create SVG elements. Examples of element
       constructors are "circle" and "path".
   3 The third and last step is to render the SVG object into XML using the "xmlify" method.
       The "xmlify" method takes a number of optional arguments that control how SVG renders the
       object into XML, and in particular determine whether a standalone SVG document or an
       inline SVG document fragment is generated:

   -standalone
       A complete SVG document with its own associated DTD. A namespace for the SVG elements may
       be optionally specified.

   -inline
       An inline SVG document fragment with no DTD that be embedded within other XML content. As
       with standalone documents, an alternate namespace may be specified.

       No XML content is generated until the third step is reached. Up until this point, all
       constructed element definitions reside in a DOM-like data structure from which they can be
       accessed and modified.

   EXPORTS
       None. However, SVG permits both options and additional element methods to be specified in
       the import list. These options and elements are then available for all SVG instances that
       are created with the "new" constructor. For example, to change the indent string to two
       spaces per level:

           use SVG (-indent => "  ");

       With the exception of -auto, all options may also be specified to the "new" constructor.
       The currently supported options and their default value are:

           # processing options
           -auto       => 0,       # permit arbitrary autoloading of all unrecognised elements
           -printerror => 1,       # print error messages to STDERR
           -raiseerror => 1,       # die on errors (implies -printerror)

           # rendering options
           -indent     => "\t",    # what to indent with
           -elsep      => "\n",    # element line (vertical) separator
                                   #     (note that not all agents ignor trailing blanks)
           -nocredits  => 0,       # enable/disable credit note comment
           -namespace  => '',      # The root element's (and it's children's) namespace prefix

           # XML and Doctype declarations
           -inline     => 0,       # inline or stand alone
           -docroot    => 'svg',   # The document's root element
           -version    => '1.0',
           -extension  => '',
           -encoding   => 'UTF-8',
           -xml_svg    => 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg',   # the svg xmlns attribute
           -xml_xlink  => 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink', # the svg tag xmlns:xlink attribute
           -standalone => 'yes',
           -pubid      => "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN",      # formerly -identifier
           -sysid      => 'http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd', # the system id

       SVG also allows additional element generation methods to be specified in the import list.
       For example to generate 'star' and 'planet' element methods:

           use SVG qw(star planet);

       or:

           use SVG ("star","planet");

       This will add 'star' to the list of elements supported by SVG.pm (but not of course other
       SVG parsers...). Alternatively the '-auto' option will allow any unknown method call to
       generate an element of the same name:

           use SVG (-auto => 1, "star", "planet");

       Any elements specified explicitly (as 'star' and 'planet' are here) are predeclared; other
       elements are defined as and when they are seen by Perl. Note that enabling '-auto'
       effectively disables compile-time syntax checking for valid method names.

       Example:

           use SVG (
               -auto       => 0,
               -indent     => "  ",
               -raiseerror  => 0,
               -printerror => 1,
               "star", "planet", "moon"
           );

   Default SVG tag
       The Default SVG tag will generate the following XML:

         $svg = SVG->new;
         print $svg->xmlify;

       Resulting XML snippet:

         <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
         <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd">
         <svg height="100%" width="100%" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
               <!--
                 Generated using the Perl SVG Module V2.50
               by Ronan Oger
                 Info: http://www.roitsystems.com/
          -->

METHODS

       SVG provides both explicit and generic element constructor methods. Explicit generators
       are generally (with a few exceptions) named for the element they generate. If a tag method
       is required for a tag containing hyphens, the method name replaces the hyphen with an
       underscore. ie: to generate tag <column-heading id="new"> you would use method
       $svg->column_heading(id=>'new').

       All element constructors take a hash of element attributes and options; element attributes
       such as 'id' or 'border' are passed by name, while options for the method (such as the
       type of an element that supports multiple alternate forms) are passed preceded by a
       hyphen, e.g '-type'. Both types may be freely intermixed; see the "fe" method and code
       examples througout the documentation for more examples.

   new (constructor)
       $svg = SVG->new(%attributes)

       Creates a new SVG object. Attributes of the document SVG element be passed as an optional
       list of key value pairs. Additionally, SVG options (prefixed with a hyphen) may be set on
       a per object basis:

       Example:

           my $svg1 = SVG->new;

           my $svg2 = SVG->new(id => 'document_element');

           my $svg3 = SVG->new(s
               -printerror => 1,
               -raiseerror => 0,
               -indent     => '  ',
               -docroot => 'svg', #default document root element (SVG specification assumes svg). Defaults to 'svg' if undefined
               -sysid      => 'abc', #optional system identifyer
               -pubid      => "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN", #public identifyer default value is "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN" if undefined
               -namespace => 'mysvg',
               -inline   => 1
               id          => 'document_element',
               width       => 300,
               height      => 200,
           );

       Default SVG options may also be set in the import list. See "EXPORTS" above for more on
       the available options.

       Furthermore, the following options:

           -version
           -encoding
           -standalone
           -namespace Defines the document or element level namespace. The order of assignment priority is element,document .
           -inline
           -identifier
           -nostub
           -dtd (standalone)

       may also be set in xmlify, overriding any corresponding values set in the SVG->new
       declaration

   xmlify (alias: to_xml render serialise serialize)
       $string = $svg->xmlify(%attributes);

       Returns xml representation of svg document.

       XML Declaration

           Name               Default Value
           -version           '1.0'
           -encoding          'UTF-8'
           -standalone        'yes'
           -namespace         'svg'                - namespace for elements
           -inline            '0' - If '1', then this is an inline document.
           -pubid             '-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN';
           -dtd (standalone)  'http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd'

   tag (alias: element)
       $tag = $svg->tag($name, %attributes)

       Generic element generator. Creates the element named $name with the attributes specified
       in %attributes. This method is the basis of most of the explicit element generators.

       Example:

           my $tag = $svg->tag('g', transform=>'rotate(-45)');

   anchor
       $tag = $svg->anchor(%attributes)

       Generate an anchor element. Anchors are put around objects to make them 'live' (i.e.
       clickable). It therefore requires a drawn object or group element as a child.

       Example:

           # generate an anchor
           $tag = $svg->anchor(
               -href=>'http://here.com/some/simpler/svg.svg'
           );
           # add a circle to the anchor. The circle can be clicked on.
           $tag->circle(cx=>10,cy=>10,r=>1);

           # more complex anchor with both URL and target
           $tag = $svg->anchor(
                     -href   => 'http://somewhere.org/some/other/page.html',
                     target => 'new_window'
           );

   circle
       $tag = $svg->circle(%attributes)

       Draw a circle at (cx,cy) with radius r.

       Example:

           my $tag = $svg->circle(cx=>4, cy=>2, r=>1);

   ellipse
       $tag = $svg->ellipse(%attributes)

       Draw an ellipse at (cx,cy) with radii rx,ry.

       Example:

           my $tag = $svg->ellipse(
               cx=>10, cy=>10,
               rx=>5, ry=>7,
               id=>'ellipse',
               style=>{
                   'stroke'=>'red',
                   'fill'=>'green',
                   'stroke-width'=>'4',
                   'stroke-opacity'=>'0.5',
                   'fill-opacity'=>'0.2'
               }
           );

   rectangle (alias: rect)
       $tag = $svg->rectangle(%attributes)

       Draw a rectangle at (x,y) with width 'width' and height 'height' and side radii 'rx' and
       'ry'.

       Example:

           $tag = $svg->rectangle(
               x=>10, y=>20,
               width=>4, height=>5,
               rx=>5.2, ry=>2.4,
               id=>'rect_1'
           );

   image
        $tag = $svg->image(%attributes)

       Draw an image at (x,y) with width 'width' and height 'height' linked to image resource
       '-href'. See also "use".

       Example:

           $tag = $svg->image(
               x=>100, y=>100,
               width=>300, height=>200,
               '-href'=>"image.png", #may also embed SVG, e.g. "image.svg"
               id=>'image_1'
           );

       Output:

           <image xlink:href="image.png" x="100" y="100" width="300" height="200"/>

   use
       $tag = $svg->use(%attributes)

       Retrieve the content from an entity within an SVG document and apply it at (x,y) with
       width 'width' and height 'height' linked to image resource '-href'.

       Example:

           $tag = $svg->use(
               x=>100, y=>100,
               width=>300, height=>200,
               '-href'=>"pic.svg#image_1",
               id=>'image_1'
           );

       Output:

           <use xlink:href="pic.svg#image_1" x="100" y="100" width="300" height="200"/>

       According to the SVG specification, the 'use' element in SVG can point to a single element
       within an external SVG file.

   polygon
       $tag = $svg->polygon(%attributes)

       Draw an n-sided polygon with vertices at points defined by a string of the form
       'x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,... xy,yn'. The "get_path" method is provided as a convenience to
       generate a suitable string from coordinate data.

       Example:

           # a five-sided polygon
           my $xv = [0,2,4,5,1];
           my $yv = [0,0,2,7,5];

           $points = $a->get_path(
               x=>$xv, y=>$yv,
               -type=>'polygon'
           );

           $c = $a->polygon(
               %$points,
               id=>'pgon1',
               style=>\%polygon_style
           );

       SEE ALSO:

       "polyline", "path", "get_path".

   polyline
       $tag = $svg->polyline(%attributes)

       Draw an n-point polyline with points defined by a string of the form
       'x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,... xy,yn'. The "get_path" method is provided as a convenience to
       generate a suitable string from coordinate data.

       Example:

           # a 10-pointsaw-tooth pattern
           my $xv = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9];
           my $yv = [0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1];

           $points = $a->get_path(
               x=>$xv, y=>$yv,
               -type=>'polyline',
               -closed=>'true' #specify that the polyline is closed.
           );

           my $tag = $a->polyline (
               %$points,
               id=>'pline_1',
               style=>{
                   'fill-opacity' => 0,
                   'stroke' => 'rgb(250,123,23)'
               }
           );

   line
       $tag = $svg->line(%attributes)

       Draw a straight line between two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2).

       Example:

           my $tag = $svg->line(
               id=>'l1',
               x1=>0, y1=>10,
               x2=>10, y2=>0
           );

       To draw multiple connected lines, use "polyline".

   text
       $text = $svg->text(%attributes)->cdata();

       $text_path = $svg->text(-type=>'path'); $text_span =
       $text_path->text(-type=>'span')->cdata('A'); $text_span =
       $text_path->text(-type=>'span')->cdata('B'); $text_span =
       $text_path->text(-type=>'span')->cdata('C');

       define the container for a text string to be drawn in the image.

       Input:
           -type     = path type (path | polyline | polygon)
           -type     = text element type  (path | span | normal [default])

       Example:

           my $text1 = $svg->text(
               id=>'l1', x=>10, y=>10
           )->cdata('hello, world');

           my $text2 = $svg->text(
               id=>'l1', x=>10, y=>10, -cdata=>'hello, world');

           my $text = $svg->text(
               id=>'tp', x=>10, y=>10 -type=>path)
               ->text(id=>'ts' -type=>'span')
               ->cdata('hello, world');

       SEE ALSO:

           L<"desc">, L<"cdata">.

   title
       $tag = $svg->title(%attributes)

       Generate the title of the image.

       Example:

           my $tag = $svg->title(id=>'document-title')->cdata('This is the title');

   desc
       $tag = $svg->desc(%attributes)

       Generate the description of the image.

       Example:

           my $tag = $svg->desc(id=>'document-desc')->cdata('This is a description');

   comment
       $tag = $svg->comment(@comments)

       Generate the description of the image.

       Example:

           my $tag = $svg->comment('comment 1','comment 2','comment 3');

   pi (Processing Instruction)
       $tag = $svg->pi(@pi)

       Generate a set of processing instructions

       Example:

           my $tag = $svg->pi('instruction one','instruction two','instruction three');

           returns:
             <lt>?instruction one?<gt>
             <lt>?instruction two?<gt>
             <lt>?instruction three?<gt>

   script
       $tag = $svg->script(%attributes)

       Generate a script container for dynamic (client-side) scripting using ECMAscript,
       Javascript or other compatible scripting language.

       Example:

           my $tag = $svg->script(-type=>"text/ecmascript");
           #or my $tag = $svg->script();
           #note that type ecmascript is not Mozilla compliant

           # populate the script tag with cdata
           # be careful to manage the javascript line ends.
           # qq|text| or qqXtextX where text is the script
           # works well for this.
           #make sure to use the CAPITAL CDATA to poulate the script.
           $tag->CDATA(qq|function d(){
               //simple display function
               for(cnt = 0; cnt < d.length; cnt++)
                   document.write(d[cnt]);//end for loop
               document.write("<BR>");//write a line break
             }|
           );

   path
       $tag = $svg->path(%attributes)

       Draw a path element. The path vertices may be imputed as a parameter or calculated
       usingthe "get_path" method.

       Example:

           # a 10-pointsaw-tooth pattern drawn with a path definition
           my $xv = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9];
           my $yv = [0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1];

           $points = $a->get_path(
               x => $xv,
               y => $yv,
               -type   => 'path',
               -closed => 'true'  #specify that the polyline is closed
           );

           $tag = $svg->path(
               %$points,
               id    => 'pline_1',
               style => {
                   'fill-opacity' => 0,
                   'fill'   => 'green',
                   'stroke' => 'rgb(250,123,23)'
               }
           );

       SEE ALSO:

       "get_path".

   get_path
       $path = $svg->get_path(%attributes)

       Returns the text string of points correctly formatted to be incorporated into the multi-
       point SVG drawing object definitions (path, polyline, polygon)

       Input: attributes including:

           -type     = path type (path | polyline | polygon)
           x         = reference to array of x coordinates
           y         = reference to array of y coordinates

       Output: a hash reference consisting of the following key-value pair:

           points    = the appropriate points-definition string
           -type     = path|polygon|polyline
           -relative = 1 (define relative position rather than absolute position)
           -closed   = 1 (close the curve - path and polygon only)

       Example:

           #generate an open path definition for a path.
           my ($points,$p);
           $points = $svg->get_path(x=&gt\@x,y=&gt\@y,-relative=&gt1,-type=&gt'path');

           #add the path to the SVG document
           my $p = $svg->path(%$path, style=>\%style_definition);

           #generate an closed path definition for a a polyline.
           $points = $svg->get_path(
               x=>\@x,
               y=>\@y,
               -relative=>1,
               -type=>'polyline',
               -closed=>1
           ); # generate a closed path definition for a polyline

           # add the polyline to the SVG document
           $p = $svg->polyline(%$points, id=>'pline1');

       Aliases: get_path set_path

   animate
       $tag = $svg->animate(%attributes)

       Generate an SMIL animation tag. This is allowed within any nonempty tag. Refer\ to the W3C
       for detailed information on the subtleties of the animate SMIL commands.

       Inputs: -method = Transform | Motion | Color

         my $an_ellipse = $svg->ellipse(
             cx=>30,cy=>150,rx=>10,ry=>10,id=>'an_ellipse',
             stroke=>'rgb(130,220,70)',fill=>'rgb(30,20,50)');

         $an_ellipse-> animate(
             attributeName=>"cx",values=>"20; 200; 20",dur=>"10s", repeatDur=>'indefinite');

         $an_ellipse-> animate(
             attributeName=>"rx",values=>"10;30;20;100;50",
             dur=>"10s", repeatDur=>'indefinite');

         $an_ellipse-> animate(
             attributeName=>"ry",values=>"30;50;10;20;70;150",
             dur=>"15s", repeatDur=>'indefinite');

         $an_ellipse-> animate(
             attributeName=>"rx",values=>"30;75;10;100;20;20;150",
             dur=>"20s", repeatDur=>'indefinite');

         $an_ellipse-> animate(
             attributeName=>"fill",values=>"red;green;blue;cyan;yellow",
             dur=>"5s", repeatDur=>'indefinite');

         $an_ellipse-> animate(
             attributeName=>"fill-opacity",values=>"0;1;0.5;0.75;1",
             dur=>"20s",repeatDur=>'indefinite');

         $an_ellipse-> animate(
             attributeName=>"stroke-width",values=>"1;3;2;10;5",
             dur=>"20s",repeatDur=>'indefinite');

   group
       $tag = $svg->group(%attributes)

       Define a group of objects with common properties. groups can have style, animation,
       filters, transformations, and mouse actions assigned to them.

       Example:

           $tag = $svg->group(
               id        => 'xvs000248',
               style     => {
                   'font'      => [ qw( Arial Helvetica sans ) ],
                   'font-size' => 10,
                   'fill'      => 'red',
               },
               transform => 'rotate(-45)'
           );

   defs
       $tag = $svg->defs(%attributes)

       define a definition segment. A Defs requires children when defined using SVG.pm Example:

           $tag = $svg->defs(id  =>  'def_con_one',);

   style
       $svg->tag('style', %styledef);

       Sets/Adds style-definition for the following objects being created.

       Style definitions apply to an object and all its children for all properties for which the
       value of the property is not redefined by the child.

   mouseaction
       $svg->mouseaction(%attributes)

       Sets/Adds mouse action definitions for tag

   attrib
       $svg->attrib($name, $value)

       Sets/Adds mouse action definitions.

       $svg->attrib $name, $value

       $svg->attrib $name, \@value

       $svg->attrib $name, \%value

       Sets/Replaces attributes for a tag.

   cdata
       $svg->cdata($text)

       Sets cdata to $text. SVG.pm allows you to set cdata for any tag. If the tag is meant to be
       an empty tag, SVG.pm will not complain, but the rendering agent will fail. In the SVG DTD,
       cdata is generally only meant for adding text or script content.

       Example:

           $svg->text(
               style => {
                   'font'      => 'Arial',
                   'font-size' => 20
               })->cdata('SVG.pm is a perl module on CPAN!');

           my $text = $svg->text(style=>{'font'=>'Arial','font-size'=>20});
           $text->cdata('SVG.pm is a perl module on CPAN!');

       Result:

           E<lt>text style="font: Arial; font-size: 20" E<gt>SVG.pm is a perl module on CPAN!E<lt>/text E<gt>

       SEE ALSO:

         L<"CDATA"> L<"desc">, L<"title">, L<"text">, L<"script">.

   cdata_noxmlesc
        $script = $svg->script();
        $script->cdata_noxmlesc($text);

       Generates cdata content for text and similar tags which do not get xml-escaped.  In othe
       words, does not parse the content and inserts the exact string into the cdata location.

   CDATA
        $script = $svg->script();
        $script->CDATA($text);

       Generates a <![CDATA[ ... ]]> tag with the contents of $text rendered exactly as supplied.
       SVG.pm allows you to set cdata for any tag. If the tag is meant to be an empty tag, SVG.pm
       will not complain, but the rendering agent will fail. In the SVG DTD, cdata is generally
       only meant for adding text or script content.

       Example:

             my $text = qqX
               var SVGDoc;
               var groups = new Array();
               var last_group;

               /*****
               *
               *   init
               *
               *   Find this SVG's document element
               *   Define members of each group by id
               *
               *****/
               function init(e) {
                   SVGDoc = e.getTarget().getOwnerDocument();
                   append_group(1, 4, 6); // group 0
                   append_group(5, 4, 3); // group 1
                   append_group(2, 3);    // group 2
               }X;
               $svg->script()->CDATA($text);

       Result:

           E<lt>script E<gt>
             <gt>![CDATA[
               var SVGDoc;
               var groups = new Array();
               var last_group;

               /*****
               *
               *   init
               *
               *   Find this SVG's document element
               *   Define members of each group by id
               *
               *****/
               function init(e) {
                   SVGDoc = e.getTarget().getOwnerDocument();
                   append_group(1, 4, 6); // group 0
                   append_group(5, 4, 3); // group 1
                   append_group(2, 3);    // group 2
               }
               ]]E<gt>

       SEE ALSO:

         L<"cdata">, L<"script">.

   xmlescp and xmlescape
       $string = $svg->xmlescp($string) $string = $svg->xmlesc($string) $string =
       $svg->xmlescape($string)

       SVG module does not xml-escape characters that are incompatible with the XML
       specification. xmlescp and xmlescape provides this functionality. It is a helper function
       which generates an XML-escaped string for reserved characters such as ampersand, open and
       close brackets, etcetera.

       The behaviour of xmlesc is to apply the following transformation to the input string $s:

           $s=~s/&(?!#(x\w\w|\d+?);)/&amp;/g;
           $s=~s/>/&gt;/g;
           $s=~s/</&lt;/g;
           $s=~s/\"/&quot;/g;
           $s=~s/\'/&apos;/g;
           $s=~s/([\x00-\x08\x0b\x1f])/''/eg;
           $s=~s/([\200-\377])/'&#'.ord($1).';'/ge;

   filter
       $tag = $svg->filter(%attributes)

       Generate a filter. Filter elements contain "fe" filter sub-elements.

       Example:

           my $filter = $svg->filter(
               filterUnits=>"objectBoundingBox",
               x=>"-10%",
               y=>"-10%",
               width=>"150%",
               height=>"150%",
               filterUnits=>'objectBoundingBox'
           );

           $filter->fe();

       SEE ALSO:

       "fe".

   fe
       $tag = $svg->fe(-type=>'type', %attributes)

       Generate a filter sub-element. Must be a child of a "filter" element.

       Example:

           my $fe = $svg->fe(
               -type     => 'DiffuseLighting'  # required - element name omiting 'fe'
               id        => 'filter_1',
               style     => {
                   'font'      => [ qw(Arial Helvetica sans) ],
                   'font-size' => 10,
                   'fill'      => 'red',
               },
               transform => 'rotate(-45)'
           );

       Note that the following filter elements are currently supported:

   * feBlend
   * feColorMatrix
   * feComponentTransfer
   * feComposite
   * feConvolveMatrix
   * feDiffuseLighting
   * feDisplacementMap
   * feDistantLight
   * feFlood
   * feFuncA
   * feFuncB
   * feFuncG
   * feFuncR
   * feGaussianBlur
   * feImage
   * feMerge
   * feMergeNode
   * feMorphology
   * feOffset
   * fePointLight
   * feSpecularLighting
   * feSpotLight
   * feTile
   * feTurbulence
       SEE ALSO:

       "filter".

   pattern
       $tag = $svg->pattern(%attributes)

       Define a pattern for later reference by url.

       Example:

           my $pattern = $svg->pattern(
               id     => "Argyle_1",
               width  => "50",
               height => "50",
               patternUnits        => "userSpaceOnUse",
               patternContentUnits => "userSpaceOnUse"
           );

   set
       $tag = $svg->set(%attributes)

       Set a definition for an SVG object in one section, to be referenced in other sections as
       needed.

       Example:

           my $set = $svg->set(
               id     => "Argyle_1",
               width  => "50",
               height => "50",
               patternUnits        => "userSpaceOnUse",
               patternContentUnits => "userSpaceOnUse"
           );

   stop
       $tag = $svg->stop(%attributes)

       Define a stop boundary for "gradient"

       Example:

          my $pattern = $svg->stop(
              id     => "Argyle_1",
              width  => "50",
              height => "50",
              patternUnits        => "userSpaceOnUse",
              patternContentUnits => "userSpaceOnUse"
          );

       $tag = $svg->gradient(%attributes)

       Define a color gradient. Can be of type linear or radial

       Example:

           my $gradient = $svg->gradient(
               -type => "linear",
               id    => "gradient_1"
           );

GENERIC ELEMENT METHODS

       The following elements are generically supported by SVG:

   * altGlyph
   * altGlyphDef
   * altGlyphItem
   * clipPath
   * color-profile
   * cursor
   * definition-src
   * font-face-format
   * font-face-name
   * font-face-src
   * font-face-url
   * foreignObject
   * glyph
   * glyphRef
   * hkern
   * marker
   * mask
   * metadata
   * missing-glyph
   * mpath
   * switch
   * symbol
   * tref
   * view
   * vkern
       See e.g. "pattern" for an example of the use of these methods.

METHODS IMPORTED BY SVG::DOM

       The following SVG::DOM elements are accessible through SVG:

   * getChildren
   * getFirstChild
   * getNextChild
   * getLastChild
   * getParent
   * getParentElement
   * getSiblings
   * getElementByID
   * getElementID
   * getElements
   * getElementName
   * getType
   * getAttributes
   * getAttribute
   * setAttributes
   * setAttribute
   * insertBefore
   * insertAfter
   * insertSiblingBefore
   * insertSiblingAfter
   * replaceChild
   * removeChild
   * cloneNode

Methods

       SVG provides both explicit and generic element constructor methods. Explicit generators
       are generally (with a few exceptions) named for the element they generate. If a tag method
       is required for a tag containing hyphens, the method name replaces the hyphen with an
       underscore. ie: to generate tag <column-heading id="new"> you would use method
       $svg->column_heading(id=>'new').

       All element constructors take a hash of element attributes and options; element attributes
       such as 'id' or 'border' are passed by name, while options for the method (such as the
       type of an element that supports multiple alternate forms) are passed preceded by a
       hyphen, e.g '-type'. Both types may be freely intermixed; see the "fe" method and code
       examples througout the documentation for more examples.

   new (constructor)
       $svg = SVG->new(%attributes)

       Creates a new SVG object. Attributes of the document SVG element be passed as an optional
       list of key value pairs. Additionally, SVG options (prefixed with a hyphen) may be set on
       a per object basis:

       Example:

           my $svg1 = SVG->new;

           my $svg2 = SVG->new(id => 'document_element');

           my $svg3 = SVG->new(
               -printerror => 1,
               -raiseerror => 0,
               -indent     => '  ',
               -elsep      => "\n",  # element line (vertical) separator
               -docroot    => 'svg', # default document root element (SVG specification assumes svg). Defaults to 'svg' if undefined
               -xml_xlink  => 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink', # required by Mozilla's embedded SVG engine
               -sysid      => 'abc', # optional system identifier
               -pubid      => "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN", # public identifier default value is "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN" if undefined
               -namespace  => 'mysvg',
               -inline     => 1
               id          => 'document_element',
               width       => 300,
               height      => 200,
           );

       Default SVG options may also be set in the import list. See "EXPORTS" above for more on
       the available options.

       Furthermore, the following options:

           -version
           -encoding
           -standalone
           -namespace
           -inline
           -pubid (formerly -identifier)
           -sysid (standalone)

       may also be set in xmlify, overriding any corresponding values set in the SVG->new
       declaration

   xmlify  (alias: to_xml render serialize serialise )
       $string = $svg->xmlify(%attributes);

       Returns xml representation of svg document.

       XML Declaration

           Name               Default Value
           -version           '1.0'
           -encoding          'UTF-8'
           -standalone        'yes'
           -namespace         'svg' - namespace prefix for elements.
                                      Can also be used in any element method to over-ride
                                      the current namespace prefix. Make sure to have
                                      declared the prefix before using it.
           -inline            '0' - If '1', then this is an inline document.
           -pubid             '-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN';
           -sysid             'http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd'

   perlify ()
       return the perl code which generates the SVG document as it currently exists.

   toperl ()
       Alias for method perlify()

AUTHOR

       Ronan Oger, RO IT Systemms GmbH, cpan@roitsystems.com

MAINTAINER

       Gabor Szabo <http://szabgab.com/>

CREDITS

       I would like to thank the following people for contributing to this module with patches,
       testing, suggestions, and other nice tidbits:

       Peter Wainwright, Excellent ideas, beta-testing, writing SVG::Parser and much of SVG::DOM.
       Fredo, http://www.penguin.at0.net/~fredo/ - provided example code and initial feedback for
       early SVG.pm versions and the idea of a simplified svg generator.  Adam Schneider, Brial
       Pilpre, Ian Hickson Steve Lihn, Allen Day Martin Owens - SVG::DOM improvements in version
       3.34

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

       Copyright 2001- Ronan Oger

       The modules in the SVG distribution are distributed under the same license as Perl itself.
       It is provided free of warranty and may be re-used freely.

ARTICLES

       SVG using Perl <http://szabgab.com/svg-using-perl.html>

SEE ALSO

       SVG::DOM, SVG::XML, SVG::Element, SVG::Parser, SVG::Extension

       Serverside SVG Portal - Perl focused SVG site with discussion board and examples:
       <http://www.perlsvg.com/> For Commercial Perl/SVG development, refer to the following
       sites: ROASP.com: Serverside SVG server <http://www.roitsystems.com/>, ROIT Systems:
       Commercial SVG perl solutions <http://www.roitsystems.com/>, SVG at the W3C
       <http://www.w3c.org/Graphics/SVG/>

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