Hi
If you set the 'forcearray' option to true when you call XMLin()
then XMLout() will be able to remember which values were
attributes and which were nested elements. However the order
of the elements will be lost due to things being stored in a
hashref. Of course with everything in an array, you'll need to
say:
$opml->{head}->[0]->{title}->[0];
instead of:
$opml->{head}->{title};
XMLout() also has a 'noattr' option if you always want to use
nested elements rather than attributes but in your case you need
both.
If the element order is critical to your application, XML::Simple
is not likely to prove suitable.
You might want to take a look at XML::XPath.
Regards
Grant
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Morbus Iff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: XML::Simple and Attribute/Non-Attribute Output...
>
>
> I'm hoping to use XML::Simple to read in and out OPML
> formatted documents.
> Very roughly, they look like:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <opml version="1.0">
> <head>
> <title>mySubscriptions</title>
> <dateCreated>Fri, 05 Jan 2001 02:22:28 GMT</dateCreated>
> <dateModified>Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:29:01
> GMT</dateModified>
> <ownerName>Morbus Iff</ownerName>
> <ownerEmail>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</ownerEmail>
> <expansionState></expansionState>
> <vertScrollState>1</vertScrollState>
> <windowTop>294</windowTop>
> <windowLeft>319</windowLeft>
> <windowBottom>494</windowBottom>
> <windowRight>704</windowRight>
> </head>
> <body>
> <outline text="freshmeat.net" description="the
> one-stop-shop for all your Linux software needs"
> htmlUrl="http://freshmeat.net" language="unknown"
> title="freshmeat.net"
> type="rss" version="RSS"
> xmlUrl="http://freshmeat.net/backend/fm.rdf"/>
> </body>
> </opml>
>
> Sucking this document in through XML::Simple using the
> defaults is fine.
> Throwing it out correctly creates the outline attributes in a random
> order... But, it also attributes all of the entities in <head> like:
>
> <head vertScrollState="1" title="mySubscriptions" windowLeft="319"
> ownerEmail="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" windowRight="704"
> dateCreated="Fri, 05 Jan
> 2001 02:22:28 GMT" windowTop="294" ownerName="Morbus Iff"
> windowBottom="494" dateModified="Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:29:01 GMT">
> <expansionState></expansionState>
> </head>
>
> Is it possible for me to output the OPML the right way using some of
> XML::Simple's magic config options? I've been messing with
> keyattr, and
> similar, but haven't had any luck.
>
> Likewise, if anyone know of an OPML read/writer in Perl, I'd
> be obliged for
> knowledge.
>
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