I want to generate an XML file using Perl and XSLT. Is it possible to achieve this by updating the XSLT dynamically by uusing values from a hash?
Or is there any better solution for wirting a simple XML file using Perl?
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The answer is "It depends" but generally "Simple" XML can be printed directly from Perl data structiures using XML::Simple module's XMLOut.
For more complicated use XML::Writer.
You can read more on handling of XML in Perl (including printing it) in Perl and XML O'Reilly book - for examples see Chapter 3 online (XML::Writer part): http://oreilly.com/catalog/perlxml/chapter/ch03.html
Also look at Perl-XML FAQ: http://perl-xml.sourceforge.net/faq/
DVK
2010-04-28 14:15:01
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XSLT is not for generating XML, it is merely for transforming XML. There's a comparison of the XML interfaces available to Perl on O'Reily's XML site
Rowland Shaw
2010-04-29 08:01:10
A 2001 article. Have things not moved on a bit since then?
David Dorward
2010-04-29 08:02:31
Not with the XML standard, so these methods will still generate valid XML - agreed, there may be easier ways if your particular installation has kept up with all the pre-requisite libraries for some of the (arguably) simpler options that have come about since then. The article does use an example of generating XML from a hash, per the OP's request, though
Rowland Shaw
2010-04-29 08:14:05