=head1 NAME XML::Compile::Util - Utility routines for XML::Compile components =head1 INHERITANCE XML::Compile::Util is a Exporter =head1 SYNOPSIS use XML::Compile::Util; my $node_type = pack_type $ns, $localname; my ($ns, $localname) = unpack_type $node_type; =head1 DESCRIPTION The functions provided by this package are used by various XML::Compile components, which on their own may be unrelated. =head1 FUNCTIONS B<odd_elements>(LIST) =over 4 Returns the odd-numbered elements in the list. =back B<pack_id>(NAMESPACE, ID) =over 4 Translates the two arguments into one compact string representation of the node id. example: print pack_id 'http://my-ns', 'my-id'; # shows: http://my-ns#my-id =back B<pack_type>(NAMESPACE, LOCALNAME) =over 4 Translates the two arguments into one compact string representation of the node type. example: print pack_type 'http://my-ns', 'my-type'; # shows: {http://my-ns}my-type =back B<unpack_type>(STRING) =over 4 Returns a LIST of two elements: the name-space and the id, as included in the STRING. That STRING must be compatible with the result of L<pack_id()|XML::Compile::Util/"FUNCTIONS">. =back =head1 SEE ALSO This module is part of XML-Compile distribution version 0.5, built on August 09, 2007. Website: F<http://perl.overmeer.net/xml-compile/> =head1 LICENSE Copyrights 2006-2007 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see ChangeLog. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See F<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>