best xml parser to use

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Re: best xml parser to use
by Tanktalus (Canon) on Jul 06, 2006 at 18:07 UTC

My general decision tree goes sorta like this (non-XML parts removed):

 /----------\           +-----------+
< Parse XML? >  --NO>-- | (removed) |
 \----------/           +-----------+
      |
     YES
      V
      |
+---------------+
| Use XML::Twig |
+---------------+
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;-)

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Re^2: best xml parser to use

by ftumsh (Scribe) on Jul 06, 2006 at 19:03 UTC

I appear to have only got xml::libxml::sax, is this good enough? the pod mention it might not be any good for production use. What others could I use?

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Re^3: best xml parser to use

by rvosa (Curate) on Jul 07, 2006 at 03:33 UTC

XML::Twig

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Re^4: best xml parser to use

by ftumsh (Scribe) on Jul 10, 2006 at 12:31 UTC

Re^2: best xml parser to use

by Jenda (Abbot) on Aug 14, 2006 at 17:19 UTC

if ($xml->is_simple() and $xml->is_table_like()) {
  use XML::RAX;

} elsif (size($xml) < too_big()) {
  use XML::Simple;

} else {
  use XML::Twig;
  ...
  my $Data = $DataObj->simplify(forcearray => [...], keyattr =>{ ... }
+, group_tags => {...});
}
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Update 2007-2-6: Tastes change. While I would probably still use XML::RAX for some tasks with table-like XML and XML::Simple for very simple XMLs, I'd most probably use my XML::Rules now. May look a bit twisted at first, but it's convenient and powerfull. IMHO of course ;-)

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Re: best xml parser to use
by planetscape (Chancellor) on Jul 06, 2006 at 19:28 UTC

What Tanktalus++ said. (Another testimonial.)

HTH,

planetscape

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Re^2: best xml parser to use

by GrandFather (Saint) on Jul 07, 2006 at 03:51 UTC

Agreed, although I sometimes still use XML::TreeBuilder.

Love Tanktalus's decision tree though. :)

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Re: best xml parser to use
by xdg (Monsignor) on Jul 10, 2006 at 12:54 UTC

I'm not sure how it stacks up against these criteria, but if you're not 100% sure that your incoming data is entirely valid, you might want to check out XML::Liberal (a standin for LibXML). Avoiding re-parsing a large XML file because of a small nit might be worthwhile form of efficiency.

The author gave a nice Lightning Talk about it at YAPC::NA.

-xdg

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