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Preface



1. Perl and XML

Why Use Perl with XML?

XML Is Simple with XML::Simple

XML Processors

A Myriad of Modules

Keep in Mind...

XML Gotchas



2. An XML Recap

A Brief History of XML

Markup, Elements, and Structure

Namespaces

Spacing

Entities

Unicode, Character Sets, and Encodings

The XML Declaration

Processing Instructions and Other Markup

Free-Form XML and Well-Formed Documents

Declaring Elements and Attributes

Schemas

Transformations



3. XML Basics: Reading and Writing

XML Parsers

XML::Parser

Stream-Based Versus Tree-Based Processing

Putting Parsers to Work

XML::LibXML

XML::XPath

Document Validation

XML::Writer

Character Sets and Encodings



4. Event Streams

Working with Streams

Events and Handlers

The Parser as Commodity

Stream Applications

XML::PYX

XML::Parser



5. SAX

SAX Event Handlers

DTD Handlers

External Entity Resolution

Drivers for Non-XML Sources

A Handler Base Class

XML::Handler::YAWriter as a Base Handler Class

XML::SAX: The Second Generation



6. Tree Processing

XML Trees

XML::Simple

XML::Parser's Tree Mode

XML::SimpleObject

XML::TreeBuilder

XML::Grove



7. DOM

DOM and Perl

DOM Class Interface Reference

XML::DOM

XML::LibXML



8. Beyond Trees: XPath, XSLT, and More

Tree Climbers

XPath

XSLT

Optimized Tree Processing



9. RSS, SOAP, and Other XML Applications

XML Modules

XML::RSS

XML Programming Tools

SOAP::Lite



10. Coding Strategies

Perl and XML Namespaces

Subclassing

Converting XML to HTML with XSLT

A Comics Index



Index