Changes for version 3.23_4

  • Move attribute name validation to as_XML. RT #60619

Changes for version 3.23_3

  • Fix critic test exploding if Test::Perl::Critic isn't installed.
  • Fix annoying message about x.yy_z not being numeric in t/building.t

Changes for version 3.23_2

  • Added extra_chars options to as_trimmed_text RT #26436
  • Added catch for broken table tags RT #59980
  • Replace parentheses for constants. RT #58880
  • Removed build deps Devel::Cover, Test::Pod::Coverage, Test::Perl::Critic. RT #58878
  • Added create_makefile_pl => 'traditional' to Build.PL RT #58878

Changes for version 3.23_1 - 2010-06-21

  • THINGS THAT MAY BREAK YOUR CODE OR TESTS
    • Changes to entity encoding from ord values to XML entities may break tests expecting � style encoding.
    • Attribute names are now validated and invalid names will cause a parse error.
  • FIXES
    • Optionally empty tags with content now have close tag. (RT 49932 41806)
    • Added attribute name validation. (RT 23439)
    • Added span to @TAGS in AsSubs. (RT 55848)
    • Changed tag encoding to human readable form, e.g. >, and stopped re-encoding encoded tags (RT 55835)
    • Added no_expand_entities option to disable entity decoding when parsing source. (RT 24947)
    • Fix replace_with not setting parent for an array of content. (RT 28204 45495)
    • Removed newline being appended to as_HTML output. (RT 41739)
    • Fix invalid parent for subsclasses. (RT 36247)
    • Fixed #! line in tests (RT 41945)
    • Switched to Module::Build
    • Fixed Perl::Critic errors
    • Added lots of use strict and use warnings
    • Fix PERL_UNICODE breaking tests. (RT 28404)
  • ENHANCEMENTS
    • (Ricardo Signes RT 26282) The secret hack to allow elements to be created from classes other than HTML::Element has been cleaned up and documented for the benefit of TreeBuilder subclasses. q.v., HTML::TreeBuilder->element_class
    • Added HTML::Element::encoded_content to control encoding of entities on output.
  • TESTS
    • Added test for optionally empty tags, like A.
    • Added test for invalid attribute name.
    • Added more tests for entity parsing.
    • Add parent test from Christopher J. Madsen. (RT 28204)
    • Add subclass test. (RT 36247)
    • DOCUMENTATION
      • Docs spelling patch from Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@43-1.org> (RT 55836)
      • Added definition of white space to as_trimmed_text. (RT 26436)

Documentation

article: "User's View of Object-Oriented Modules"
article on tree-shaped data structures in Perl
article: "Scanning HTML"

Modules

functions that construct a HTML syntax tree
Class for objects that represent HTML elements
discussion of HTML::Element's traverse method
Deprecated, a wrapper around HTML::TreeBuilder
build and scan parse-trees of HTML
Parser that builds a HTML syntax tree