parse xml and trigger function modules.

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

Hi Monks. I tried several ways to parse the below XML but was not successful in doing so, i am new to XML and perl and i am seeking an help here. My task is to parse the below xml structure.My script has to perform the below operations. 1)Goto Testcase1 and access the step1 and perform the command mentioned in step1 with the provided parameters.The command is defined in another perl file as a function module and it should be triggered with the specified parameters.My script should perform step2 based on the return value of command1 if its success it should execute command 2 else exit from the script and goto testcase2. I am absolutely clueless about the approach i should take , can anyone suggest how to solve this. A code snippet would be very helpful.

<testcase1>
    <step1 command ="Launchapp " param1 = "executablepath" param2 = "d
+irpath"/>
    <step2 command = "Dothis"/>
    <step3 command = "Changemode" param1 = "100"/>
    <step4 command = "CaptureRectanlge" param1 = "3" param2 = "96" par
+am3 = "726" param4 = "580"/>
    <step5 command = "CompareImage" image1 = "D:\\img1.jpg" image2 = "
+D:\\img2.jpg "/>
    </testcase1>
    
    <testcase2>
    <step1 command ="Launchapp " param1 = "executablepath" param2 = "d
+irpath"/>
    <step2 command = "Dothis"/>
    <step3 command = "Changemode" param1 = "100"/>
    <step4 command = "CaptureRectanlge" param1 = "3" param2 = "96" par
+am3 = "726" param4 = "580"/>
    <step5 command = "CompareImage" image1 = "D:\\img1.jpg" image2 = "
+D:\\img2.jpg "/>
    </testcase2>
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Re: parse xml and trigger function modules. by Anonymous Monk on Apr 09, 2012 at 04:25 UTC
Hi Monks. I tried several ways to parse the below XML but was not successful in doing Great, show your efforts :)	[reply]
Re^2: parse xml and trigger function modules. by balajinagaraju (Sexton) on Apr 09, 2012 at 04:30 UTC
I tried it using XML::Simple but this gives me a hash reference which is basically a unsorted datastructure, i used XML::Parser as well but it went above my head.. :-). Now trying to use XML::Twig.This seems to be pretty handy but wanted to gather information on the best available and a easy way to do it.	[reply]
Re^3: parse xml and trigger function modules. by GrandFather (Saint) on Apr 09, 2012 at 05:43 UTC
XML::Twig is frequently recommended and is well documented with lots of example code. Show us what you have tried and we will help correct your code. You will get much better help and learn a lot more that way than having us write a chunk of code for you. True laziness is hard work	[reply]
Re^4: parse xml and trigger function modules. by balajinagaraju (Sexton) on Apr 10, 2012 at 05:01 UTC
Re^5: parse xml and trigger function modules. by GrandFather (Saint) on Apr 10, 2012 at 07:09 UTC
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Re^3: parse xml and trigger function modules. by Anonymous Monk on Apr 09, 2012 at 04:45 UTC
Now trying to use XML::Twig.This seems to be pretty handy but wanted to gather information on the best available and a easy way to do it. Sure here you go http://web.archive.org/web/20070821013301/http://www.xmltwig.com/tutorial/, Re^3: parse xml and store data in array of hashesh	[reply]


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