Which XML parser for this type of xml queries

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,

I'm receiving this type of xml queries from KnxWeb program (visualization web interface for home automation).

<read><objects><object id='ecl_couloir'/><object id='cur_date'/><objec
+t id='cur_time'/></objects></read>
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I tried XML::Simple but it gives parser error: Extra content at the end of the document.

Can I use XML::Simple for it with some proper setting ?

What would be my next choice ?

Thanks in advance,

regards,

Perl newbie-rob.

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Re: Which XML parser for this type of xml queries by duckyd (Hermit) on Dec 06, 2008 at 22:52 UTC
I saved your xml to a file called example.xml and was able to use XML::Simple to parse it w/o any problem: `$ perl -MData::Dumper -MXML::Simple -e 'print Dumper XMLin(q{example.x +ml});' $VAR1 = { 'objects' => { 'object' => { 'cur_date' => {}, 'cur_time' => {}, 'ecl_couloir' => {} } } };` [download] My guess is that you really do have some garbage at the end of your document - have you printed it out with, say, single quotes around it so that you'd me more likely to spot something funny? I.E. `print "xml content: '$xml'\n";` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Which XML parser for this type of xml queries by Anonymous Monk on Dec 07, 2008 at 00:19 UTC
Thanks for the tip. I've chopped last character and now it works. But I'm still curious why is read not present in hash presentation ? It's crucial for my parsing... Regards, Rob.	[reply]
Re^3: Which XML parser for this type of xml queries by davidrw (Prior) on Dec 07, 2008 at 01:09 UTC
Pass the `KeepRoot => 1` option to XML::Simple::XMLin	[reply] [d/l]


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