Name

Data::Edit::Xml - Edit data held in the XML format.

Synopsis

Create a new XML parse tree:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new("<a><b><c/></b><d><c/></d></a>");

Print the parse tree:

say STDERR -p $a;

to get:

<a>
  <b>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <c/>
  </d>
</a>

Cut out c under b but not under d in the created tree by traversing in post-order applying a sub to each node to cut out c when we are at c under b under a.

In object oriented style:

$a -> by(sub {$_ -> cut(qw(c b a))});

In operator style:

$a x= sub{--$_ if $_ <= [qw(c b a)]};

Print the transformed parse tree

say STDERR -p $a;

to get:

<a>
  <b/>
  <d>
    <c/>
  </d>
</a>

Bullets to unordered list

To transform a series of bullets into <ul><li>...</li></ul>, parse the input XML:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
<p>• Minimum 1 number</p>
<p>•   No leading, trailing, or embedded spaces</p>
<p>• Not case-sensitive</p>
</a>
END

Traverse the resulting parse tree, removing bullets and changing <p> to <li>, <a> to <ul>:

$a->change(q(ul))->by(sub                                                     # Change to <ul> and then traverse parse tree
 {$_->up->change(q(li)) if $_->text(q(p)) and $_->text =~ s/\A•\s*//s         # Remove leading bullets from text and change <p> to <li>
 });

Print to get:

ok -p $a eq <<END;                                                            # Results
<ul>
<li>Minimum 1 number</li>
<li>No leading, trailing, or embedded spaces</li>
<li>Not case-sensitive</li>
</ul>
END

DocBook to Dita

To transform some DocBook XML into Dita:

use Data::Edit::Xml;

# Parse the DocBook XML

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<sli>
<li>
  <p>Diagnose the problem</p>
  <p>This can be quite difficult</p>
  <p>Sometimes impossible</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><pre>ls -la</pre></p>
<p><pre>
drwxr-xr-x  2 phil phil   4096 Jun 15  2016 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x  2 phil phil   4096 Nov  9 20:26 Downloads
</pre></p>
</li>
</sli>
END

# Transform to Dita step 1

$a->by(sub
 {my ($o, $p) = @_;
  if ($o->at(qw(pre p li sli)) and $o->isOnlyChild)
   {$o->change($p->isFirst ? qw(cmd) : qw(stepresult));
    $p->unwrap;
   }
  elsif ($o->at(qw(li sli))    and $o->over(qr(\Ap( p)+\Z)))
   {$_->change($_->isFirst ? qw(cmd) : qw(info)) for $o->contents;
   }
 });

# Transform to Dita step 2

$a->by(sub
{my ($o) = @_;
 $o->change(qw(step))          if $o->at(qw(li sli));
 $o->change(qw(steps))         if $o->at(qw(sli));
 $o->id = 's'.($o->position+1) if $o->at(qw(step));
 $o->id = 'i'.($o->index+1)    if $o->at(qw(info));
 $o->wrapWith(qw(screen))      if $o->at(qw(CDATA stepresult));
});

# Print the results

say STDERR -p $a;

Produces:

<steps>
  <step id="s1">
    <cmd>Diagnose the problem
    </cmd>
    <info id="i1">This can be quite difficult
    </info>
    <info id="i2">Sometimes impossible
    </info>
  </step>
  <step id="s2">
    <cmd>ls -la
    </cmd>
    <stepresult>
      <screen>
drwxr-xr-x  2 phil phil   4096 Jun 15  2016 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x  2 phil phil   4096 Nov  9 20:26 Downloads
      </screen>
    </stepresult>
  </step>
</steps>

Description

Edit data held in the XML format.

The following sections describe the methods in each functional area of this module. For an alphabetic listing of all methods by name see Index.

Immediately useful methods

These methods are the ones most likely to be of immediate use to anyone using this module for the first time:

Confirm that the node has the specified ancestry and return the starting node if it does else undef. Ancestry is specified by providing the expected tags that the parent, the parent's parent etc. must match at each level. If undef is specified then any tag is assumed to match at that level. If a regular expression is specified then the current parent node tag must match the regular expression at that level. If all supplied tags match successfully then the starting node is returned else undef

attr

Return the value of an attribute of the current node as an lvalue sub.

Post-order traversal of a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub at each node and returning the specified starting node. The sub is passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors. A reference to the current node is also made available via $_. This is equivalent to the x= operator.

change

Change the name of a node, optionally confirming that the node is in a specified context and return the node.

cut

Cut out a node so that it can be reinserted else where in the parse tree.

Return the node reached from the specified node via the specified path: (index position?)* where index is the tag of the next node to be chosen and position is the optional zero based position within the index of those tags under the current node. Position defaults to zero if not specified. Position can also be negative to index back from the top of the index array. * can be used as the last position to retrieve all nodes with the final tag.

new

New parse - call this method statically as in Data::Edit::Xml::new(file or string) or with no parameters and then use "input", "inputFile", "inputString", "errorFile" to provide specific parameters for the parse, then call "parse" to perform the parse and return the parse tree.

prettyString

Return a readable string representing a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it. Or use -p $node

putLast

Place a cut out or new node last in the content of the specified node and return the new node.

wrapWith

Wrap the original node in a new node forcing the original node down - deepening the parse tree - return the new wrapping node.

Construction

Create a parse tree, either by parsing a file or string, or, node by node, or, from another parse tree

File or String

Construct a parse tree from a file or a string

new($)

   Parameter          Description
1  $fileNameOrString  File name or string

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

This is a static method and so should be invoked as:

Data::Edit::Xml::new

cdata()

The name of the tag to be used to represent text - this tag must not also be used as a command tag otherwise the parser will confess.

Example:

ok Data::Edit::Xml::cdata eq q(CDATA);

parse($)

Parse input XML specified via: inputFile, input or inputString.

   Parameter  Description
1  $parser    Parser created by L</new>

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new;

$x->inputString = <<END;
<a id="aa"><b id="bb"><c id="cc"/></b></a>
END

$x->parse;

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb">
    <c id="cc"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

Node by Node

Construct a parse tree node by node.

newText($$)

Create a new text node.

   Parameter  Description
1  undef      Any reference to this package
2  $text      Content of new text node

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a class="aa" id="1">
  <b class="bb" id="2"/>
</a>
END

$x->putLast($x->newText("t"));

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a class="aa" id="1">
  <b class="bb" id="2"/>
t
</a>
END

newTag($$%)

Create a new non text node.

   Parameter    Description
1  undef        Any reference to this package
2  $command     The tag for the node
3  %attributes  Attributes as a hash.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::newTree("a", id=>1, class=>"aa");

$x->putLast($x->newTag("b", id=>2, class=>"bb"));

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a class="aa" id="1">
  <b class="bb" id="2"/>
</a>
END

newTree($%)

Create a new tree.

   Parameter    Description
1  $command     The name of the root node in the tree
2  %attributes  Attributes of the root node in the tree as a hash.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::newTree("a", id=>1, class=>"aa");

ok -s $x eq '<a class="aa" id="1"/>';

replaceSpecialChars($)

Replace < > " with < > " Larry Wall's excellent Xml parser unfortunately replaces < > " & etc. with their expansions in text by default and does not seem to provide an obvious way to stop this behavior, so we have to put them back gain using this method. Worse, we cannot decide whether to replace & with & or leave it as is: consequently you might have to examine the instances of & in your output text and guess based on the context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $string    String to be edited.

Example:

ok Data::Edit::Xml::replaceSpecialChars(q(<">)) eq "&lt;&quot;&gt;";

Parse tree attributes

Attributes of a node in a parse tree. For instance the attributes associated with an XML tag are held in the attributes attribute. It should not be necessary to use these attributes directly unless you are writing an extension to this module. Otherwise you should probably use the methods documented in other sections to manipulate the parse tree as they offer a safer interface at a higher level.

content :lvalue

Content of command: the nodes immediately below this node in the order in which they appeared in the source text, see also "Contents".

numbers :lvalue

Nodes by number.

attributes :lvalue

The attributes of this node, see also: "Attributes". The frequently used attributes: class, id, href, outputclass can be accessed by an lvalue method as in: $node->id = 'c1'.

conditions :lvalue

Conditional strings attached to a node, see "Conditions".

indexes :lvalue

Indexes to sub commands by tag in the order in which they appeared in the source text.

labels :lvalue

The labels attached to a node to provide addressability from other nodes, see: "Labels".

errorsFile :lvalue

Error listing file. Use this parameter to explicitly set the name of the file that will be used to write an parse errors to. By default this file is named: zzzParseErrors/out.data.

inputFile :lvalue

Source file of the parse if this is the parser root node. Use this parameter to explicitly set the file to be parsed.

input :lvalue

Source of the parse if this is the parser root node. Use this parameter to specify some input either as a string or as a file name for the parser to convert into a parse tree.

inputString :lvalue

Source string of the parse if this is the parser root node. Use this parameter to explicitly set the string to be parsed.

number :lvalue

Number of this node, see findByNumber.

numbering :lvalue

Last number used to number a node in this parse tree.

parent :lvalue

Parent node of this node or undef if the parser root node. See also "Traversal" and "Navigation". Consider as read only.

parser :lvalue

Parser details: the root node of a tree is the parse node for that tree. Consider as read only.

tag :lvalue

Tag name for this node, see also "Traversal" and "Navigation". Consider as read only.

text :lvalue

Text of this node but only if it is a text node, i.e. the tag is cdata() <=> "isText" is true.

Parse tree

Construct a parse tree from another parse tree

renew($@)

Returns a renewed copy of the parse tree, optionally checking that the starting node is in a specified context: use this method if you have added nodes via the "Put as text" methods and wish to add them to the parse tree. Returns the starting node of the new parse tree or undef if the optional context constraint was not supplied but not satisfied.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to renew from
2  @context   Optional context

Use the @context parameter to provide an optional context for this method as understood by method at . If a context is supplied and the node specified by the first parameter is not in this context then this method returns undef immediately.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new("<a/>");

$a->putFirstAsText(qq(<b/>));

ok !$a->go(q(b));

my $A = $a->renew;

ok -t $A->go(q(b)) eq q(b)

clone($@)

Return a clone of the parse tree optionally checking that the starting node is in a specified context: the parse tree is cloned without converting it to string and reparsing it so this method will not renew any nodes added as text. Returns the starting node of the new parse tree or undef if the optional context constraint was not supplied but not satisfied.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to clone from
2  @context   Optional context

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new("<a> </a>");

my $A = $a->clone;

ok -s $A eq q(<a/>);

ok $a->equals($A);

equals($$)

Return the first node if the two parse trees are equal, else undef if they are not equal.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node1     Parse tree 1
2  $node2     Parse tree 2.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new("<a> </a>");

my $A = $a->clone;

ok -s $A eq q(<a/>);

ok $a->equals($A);

Use equalsX to execute equals but die 'equals' instead of returning undef

save($$)

Save a copy of the parse tree to a file which can be restored and return the saved node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Parse tree
2  $file      File.

Example:

$y->save($f);

my $Y = Data::Edit::Xml::restore($f);

ok $Y->equals($y);

restore($)

Return a parse tree from a copy saved in a file by "save".

   Parameter  Description
1  $file      File

Example:

$y->save($f);

my $Y = Data::Edit::Xml::restore($f);

ok $Y->equals($y);

Use restoreX to execute restore but die 'restore' instead of returning undef

This is a static method and so should be invoked as:

Data::Edit::Xml::restore

expandIncludes($)

Expand the includes mentioned in a parse tree: any tag that ends in include is assumed to be an include directive. The file to be included is named on the href keyword. If the file to be included is a relative file name beginning with one or more ../ then this file is made absolute relative to the file from which the current parse tree was obtained.

   Parameter  Description
1  $x         Parse tree

Example:

my @files =

(writeFile("in1/a.xml", q(<a id="a"><include href="../in2/b.xml"/></a>)),

writeFile("in2/b.xml", q(<b id="b"><include href="c.xml"/></b>)),

writeFile("in2/c.xml", q(<c id="c"/>)));

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(fpf(currentDirectory, $files[0]));

$x->expandIncludes;

ok <<END eq -p $x;
<a id="a">
  <b id="b">
    <c id="c"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

Print

Create a string representation of the parse tree with optional selection of nodes via conditions.

Normally use the methods in Pretty to format the XML in a readable yet reparseable manner; use Dense string to format the XML densely in a reparseable manner; use the other methods to produce unreparseable strings conveniently formatted to assist various specialized operations such as debugging CDATA, using labels or creating tests. A number of the file test operators can also be conveniently used to print parse trees in these formats.

Pretty

Pretty print the parse tree.

prettyString($$)

Return a readable string representing a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it. Or use -p $node

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node
2  $depth     Optional depth.

Example:

my $s = <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <A/>
    <B/>
  </b>
  <c>
    <C/>
    <D/>
  </c>
</a>
END

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new($s);

ok $s eq $a->prettyString;

ok $s eq -p $a;

prettyStringNumbered($$)

Return a readable string representing a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it with a number attached to each tag. The node numbers can then be used as described in Order to monitor changes to the parse tree.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node
2  $depth     Optional depth.

Example:

my $s = <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <A/>
    <B/>
  </b>
  <c>
    <C/>
    <D/>
  </c>
</a>
END

$a->numberTree;

ok $a->prettyStringNumbered eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <A id="3"/>
    <B id="4"/>
  </b>
  <c id="5">
    <C id="6"/>
    <D id="7"/>
  </c>
</a>
END

prettyStringCDATA($$)

Return a readable string representing a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it with the text fields wrapped with <CDATA>...</CDATA>.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node
2  $depth     Optional depth.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new("<a><b>A</b></a>");

my $b = $a->first;

$b->first->replaceWithBlank;

ok $a->prettyStringCDATA eq <<END;
<a>
    <b><CDATA> </CDATA></b>
</a>
END

prettyStringContent($)

Return a readable string representing all the nodes below a node of a parse tree.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node.

Example:

my $s = <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <A/>
    <B/>
  </b>
  <c>
    <C/>
    <D/>
  </c>
</a>
END

ok $a->prettyStringContent eq <<END;
<b>
  <A/>
  <B/>
</b>
<c>
  <C/>
  <D/>
</c>
END

prettyStringContentNumbered($)

Return a readable string representing all the nodes below a node of a parse tree with numbering added.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node.

Example:

my $s = <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c/>
  </b>
</a>
END

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new($s);

$a->numberTree;

ok $a->prettyStringContentNumbered eq <<END;
<b id="2">
  <c id="3"/>
</b>
END

ok $a->go(qw(b))->prettyStringContentNumbered eq <<END;
<c id="3"/>
END

Dense

Print the parse tree.

string($)

Return a dense string representing a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it. Or use -s $node

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

ok -s $x eq '<a><b><c id="42"/></b><d><e/></d></a>';

stringQuoted($)

Return a quoted string representing a parse tree a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it. Or use -o $node

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node

Example:

my $s = <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <A/>
    <B/>
  </b>
  <c>
    <C/>
    <D/>
  </c>
</a>
END

ok $a->stringQuoted eq q('<a><b><A/><B/></b><c><C/><D/></c></a>');

stringReplacingIdsWithLabels($)

Return a string representing the specified parse tree with the id attribute of each node set to the Labels attached to each node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node.

Example:

ok -r $x eq '<a><b id="1, 2, 3, 4"><c id="5, 6, 7, 8"/></b></a>';

my $s = $x->stringReplacingIdsWithLabels;

ok $s eq '<a><b id="1, 2, 3, 4"><c id="5, 6, 7, 8"/></b></a>';

stringContent($)

Return a string representing all the nodes below a node of a parse tree.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node.

Example:

my $s = <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <A/>
    <B/>
  </b>
  <c>
    <C/>
    <D/>
  </c>
</a>
END

ok $a->stringContent eq "<b><A/><B/></b><c><C/><D/></c>";

stringNode($)

Return a string representing a node showing the attributes, labels and node number

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node.

Example:

ok -r $x eq '<a><b><c/></b></a>';

my $b = $x->go(q(b));

$b->addLabels(1..2);

$b->addLabels(3..4);

ok -r $x eq '<a><b id="1, 2, 3, 4"><c/></b></a>';

$b->numberTree;

ok -S $b eq "b(2) 0:1 1:2 2:3 3:4";

Conditions

Print a subset of the the parse tree determined by the conditions attached to it.

stringWithConditions($@)

Return a string representing a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it subject to conditions to select or reject some nodes.

   Parameter    Description
1  $node        Start node
2  @conditions  Conditions to be regarded as in effect.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b/>
  <c/>
</a>
END

my $b = $x >= 'b';

my $c = $x >= 'c';

$b->addConditions(qw(bb BB));

$c->addConditions(qw(cc CC));

ok $x->stringWithConditions         eq '<a><b/><c/></a>';

ok $x->stringWithConditions(qw(bb)) eq '<a><b/></a>';

ok $x->stringWithConditions(qw(cc)) eq '<a><c/></a>';

addConditions($@)

Add conditions to a node and return the node.

   Parameter    Description
1  $node        Node
2  @conditions  Conditions to add.

Example:

$b->addConditions(qw(bb BB));

ok join(' ', $b->listConditions) eq 'BB bb';

deleteConditions($@)

Delete conditions applied to a node and return the node.

   Parameter    Description
1  $node        Node
2  @conditions  Conditions to add.

Example:

ok join(' ', $b->listConditions) eq 'BB bb';

$b->deleteConditions(qw(BB));

ok join(' ', $b->listConditions) eq 'bb';

listConditions($)

Return a list of conditions applied to a node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node.

Example:

$b->addConditions(qw(bb BB));

ok join(' ', $b->listConditions) eq 'BB bb';

Attributes

Get or set the attributes of nodes in the parse tree. Well Known Attributes can be set directly via lvalue subs. To set or get the values of other attributes use Get or Set Attributes. To delete or rename attributes see: Other Operations on Attributes.

Well Known Attributes

Get or set these attributes of nodes via lvalue subs as in:

$x->href = "#ref";

class :lvalue

Attribute class for a node as an lvalue sub.

guid :lvalue

Attribute guid for a node as an lvalue sub.

href :lvalue

Attribute href for a node as an lvalue sub.

id :lvalue

Attribute id for a node as an lvalue sub.

lang :lvalue

Attribute lang for a node as an lvalue sub.

navtitle :lvalue

Attribute navtitle for a node as an lvalue sub.

otherprops :lvalue

Attribute otherprops for a node as an lvalue sub.

outputclass :lvalue

Attribute outputclass for a node as an lvalue sub.

props :lvalue

Attribute props for a node as an lvalue sub.

style :lvalue

Attribute style for a node as an lvalue sub.

type :lvalue

Attribute type for a node as an lvalue sub.

Get or Set Attributes

Get or set the attributes of nodes.

attr($$)

Return the value of an attribute of the current node as an lvalue sub.

   Parameter   Description
1  $node       Node in parse tree
2  $attribute  Attribute name.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(my $s = <<END);
<a number="1"/>
END

ok $x->attr(qq(number)) == 1;

$x->attr(qq(number))  = 2;

ok $x->attr(qq(number)) == 2;

ok -s $x eq '<a number="2"/>';

set($@)

Set the values of some attributes in a node and return the node. Identical in effect to setAttrs.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node in parse tree
2  %values    (attribute name=>new value)*

Example:

ok q(<a a="1" b="1" id="aa"/>) eq -s $a;

$a->set(a=>11, b=>undef, c=>3, d=>4, e=>5);

}

setAttr($@)

Set the values of some attributes in a node and return the node. Identical in effect to set.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node in parse tree
2  %values    (attribute name=>new value)*

Example:

ok -s $x eq '<a number="2"/>';

$x->setAttr(first=>1, second=>2, last=>undef);

ok -s $x eq '<a first="1" number="2" second="2"/>';

Other Operations on Attributes

Perform operations other than get or set on the attributes of a node

attrs($@)

Return the values of the specified attributes of the current node as a list

   Parameter    Description
1  $node        Node in parse tree
2  @attributes  Attribute names.

Example:

ok -s $x eq '<a first="1" number="2" second="2"/>';

is_deeply [$x->attrs(qw(third second first ))], [undef, 2, 1];

attrCount($@)

Return the number of attributes in the specified node, optionally excluding some names from the list.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node in parse tree
2  @exclude   Optional attribute names to exclude from the count.

Example:

ok -s $x eq '<a first="1" number="2" second="2"/>';

ok $x->attrCount == 3;

ok $x->attrCount(qw(first second third)) == 1;

getAttrs($)

Return a sorted list of all the attributes on this node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node in parse tree.

Example:

ok -s $x eq '<a first="1" number="2" second="2"/>';

is_deeply [$x->getAttrs], [qw(first number second)];

deleteAttr($$$)

Delete the attribute, optionally checking its value first and return the node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $attr      Attribute name
3  $value     Optional attribute value to check first.

Example:

ok -s $x eq '<a delete="me" number="2"/>';

$x->deleteAttr(qq(delete));

ok -s $x eq '<a number="2"/>';

deleteAttrs($@)

Delete the specified attributes of a node without checking their values and return the node. If only one attribute name is specified then this function has an effect identical to that of deleteAttr.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @attrs     Names of the attributes to delete

Example:

ok -s $x eq '<a first="1" number="2" second="2"/>';

$x->deleteAttrs(qw(first second third number));

ok -s $x eq '<a/>';

renameAttr($$$)

Change the name of an attribute regardless of whether the new attribute already exists or not and return the node. To prevent inadvertent changes to an existing attribute use changeAttr.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $old       Existing attribute name
3  $new       New attribute name.

Example:

ok $x->printAttributes eq qq( no="1" word="first");

$x->renameAttr(qw(no number));

ok $x->printAttributes eq qq( number="1" word="first");

changeAttr($$$)

Change the name of an attribute unless it has already been set and return the node. To make changes regardless of whether the new attribute already exists use renameAttr.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $old       Existing attribute name
3  $new       New attribute name.

Example:

ok $x->printAttributes eq qq( number="1" word="first");

$x->changeAttr(qw(number word));

ok $x->printAttributes eq qq( number="1" word="first");

renameAttrValue($$$$$)

Change the name and value of an attribute regardless of whether the new attribute already exists or note and return the node. To prevent inadvertent changes to existing attributes use changeAttrValue.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $old       Existing attribute name
3  $oldValue  Existing attribute value
4  $new       New attribute name
5  $newValue  New attribute value.

Example:

ok $x->printAttributes eq qq( number="1" word="first");

$x->renameAttrValue(qw(number 1 numeral I));

ok $x->printAttributes eq qq( numeral="I" word="first");

changeAttrValue($$$$$)

Change the name and value of an attribute unless it has already been set and return the node. To make changes regardless of whether the new attribute already exists use renameAttrValue.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $old       Existing attribute name
3  $oldValue  Existing attribute value
4  $new       New attribute name
5  $newValue  New attribute value.

Example:

ok $x->printAttributes eq qq( numeral="I" word="first");

$x->changeAttrValue(qw(word second greek mono));

ok $x->printAttributes eq qq( numeral="I" word="first");

copyAttrs($$@)

Copy all the attributes of the source node to the target node, or, just the named attributes if the optional list of attributes to copy is supplied, overwriting any existing attributes in the target node and return the source node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $source    Source node
2  $target    Target node
3  @attr      Optional list of attributes to copy

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b b="3" c="4"/>
  <c/>
</x>
END

my ($a, $b, $c) = $x->contents;

$a->copyAttrs($b, qw(aa bb));

ok <<END eq -p $x;
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b b="3" c="4"/>
  <c/>
</x>
END

$a->copyAttrs($b);

ok <<END eq -p $x;
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b a="1" b="2" c="4"/>
  <c/>
</x>
END

copyNewAttrs($$@)

Copy all the attributes of the source node to the target node, or, just the named attributes if the optional list of attributes to copy is supplied, without overwriting any existing attributes in the target node and return the source node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $source    Source node
2  $target    Target node
3  @attr      Optional list of attributes to copy

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b b="3" c="4"/>
  <c/>
</x>
END

my ($a, $b, $c) = $x->contents;

$a->copyNewAttrs($b, qw(aa bb));

ok <<END eq -p $x;
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b b="3" c="4"/>
  <c/>
</x>
END

$a->copyNewAttrs($b);

ok <<END eq -p $x;
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b a="1" b="3" c="4"/>
  <c/>
</x>
END

moveAttrs($$@)

Move all the attributes of the source node to the target node, or, just the named attributes if the optional list of attributes to move is supplied, overwriting any existing attributes in the target node and return the source node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $source    Source node
2  $target    Target node
3  @attr      Attributes to move

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b b="3" c="4"/>
  <c/>
</x>
END

my ($a, $b, $c) = $x->contents;

$a->moveAttrs($c, qw(aa bb));

ok <<END eq -p $x;
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b a="1" b="2" c="4"/>
  <c/>
</x>
END

$b->moveAttrs($c);

ok <<END eq -p $x;
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b/>
  <c a="1" b="2" c="4"/>
</x>
END

moveNewAttrs($$@)

Move all the attributes of the source node to the target node, or, just the named attributes if the optional list of attributes to copy is supplied, without overwriting any existing attributes in the target node and return the source node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $source    Source node
2  $target    Target node
3  @attr      Optional list of attributes to move

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b b="3" c="4"/>
  <c/>
</x>
END

my ($a, $b, $c) = $x->contents;

$b->moveNewAttrs($c, qw(aa bb));

ok <<END eq -p $x;
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b a="1" b="3" c="4"/>
  <c/>
</x>
END

$b->moveNewAttrs($c);

ok <<END eq -p $x;
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b/>
  <c a="1" b="3" c="4"/>
</x>
END

ok <<END eq -p $x;
<x>
  <c a="1" b="3" c="4"/>
  <b/>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
</x>
END

Traversal

Traverse the parse tree in various orders applying a sub to each node.

Post-order

This order allows you to edit children before their parents.

by($$@)

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Starting node
2  $sub       Sub to call for each sub node
3  @context   Accumulated context.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

my $s; $x->by(sub{$s .= $_->tag}); ok $s eq "cbeda"

byX($$)

Post-order traversal of a parse tree calling the specified sub at each node as long as this sub does not die. The traversal is halted if the called sub does die on any call with the reason in ?@ The sub is passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors up to the node on which this sub was called. A reference to the current node is also made available via $_. Returns the start node regardless of the outcome of calling sub.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node
2  $sub       Sub to call

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

my $s; $x->byX(sub{$s .= $_->tag}); ok $s eq "cbeda"

byReverse($$@)

Reverse post-order traversal of a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub at each node and returning the specified starting node. The sub is passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors. The value of the current node is also made available via $_.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Starting node
2  $sub       Sub to call for each sub node
3  @context   Accumulated context.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

my $s; $x->byReverse(sub{$s .= $_->tag}); ok $s eq "edcba"

byReverseX($$@)

Reverse post-order traversal of a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub within eval{} at each node and returning the specified starting node. The sub is passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors. The value of the current node is also made available via $_.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Starting node
2  $sub       Sub to call for each sub node
3  @context   Accumulated context.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

my $s; $x->byReverse(sub{$s .= $_->tag}); ok $s eq "edcba"

Pre-order

This order allows you to edit children after their parents

down($$@)

Pre-order traversal down through a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub at each node and returning the specified starting node. The sub is passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors. The value of the current node is also made available via $_.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Starting node
2  $sub       Sub to call for each sub node
3  @context   Accumulated context.

Example:

my $s; $x->down(sub{$s .= $_->tag}); ok $s eq "abcde"

downX($$)

Pre-order traversal of a parse tree calling the specified sub at each node as long as this sub does not die. The traversal is halted if the called sub does die on any call with the reason in ?@ The sub is passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors up to the node on which this sub was called. A reference to the current node is also made available via $_. Returns the start node regardless of the outcome of calling sub.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node
2  $sub       Sub to call

Example:

my $s; $x->down(sub{$s .= $_->tag}); ok $s eq "abcde"

downReverse($$@)

Reverse pre-order traversal down through a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub at each node and returning the specified starting node. The sub is passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors. The value of the current node is also made available via $_.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Starting node
2  $sub       Sub to call for each sub node
3  @context   Accumulated context.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

my $s; $x->downReverse(sub{$s .= $_->tag}); ok $s eq "adebc"

downReverseX($$@)

Reverse pre-order traversal down through a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub within eval{} at each node and returning the specified starting node. The sub is passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors. The value of the current node is also made available via $_.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Starting node
2  $sub       Sub to call for each sub node
3  @context   Accumulated context.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

my $s; $x->downReverse(sub{$s .= $_->tag}); ok $s eq "adebc"

Pre and Post order

Visit the parent first, then the children, then the parent again.

through($$$@)

Traverse parse tree visiting each node twice calling the specified sub at each node and returning the specified starting node. The subs are passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors. The value of the current node is also made available via $_.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Starting node
2  $before    Sub to call when we meet a node
3  $after     Sub to call we leave a node
4  @context   Accumulated context.

Example:

my $s; my $n = sub{$s .= $_->tag}; $x->through($n, $n);

ok $s eq "abccbdeeda"

throughX($$$@)

Traverse parse tree visiting each node twice calling the specified sub within eval{} at each node and returning the specified starting node. The sub is passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors. The value of the current node is also made available via $_.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Starting node
2  $before    Sub to call when we meet a node
3  $after     Sub to call we leave a node
4  @context   Accumulated context.

Example:

my $s; my $n = sub{$s .= $_->tag}; $x->through($n, $n);

ok $s eq "abccbdeeda"

Range

Ranges of nodes

from($@)

Return a list consisting of the specified node and its following siblings optionally including only those nodes that match one of the tags in the specified list.

   Parameter  Description
1  $start     Start node
2  @match     Optional list of tags to match

Example:

ok -z $a eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="3">
      <e id="4"/>
    </c>
    <d id="5">
      <e id="6"/>
    </d>
    <c id="7">
      <d id="8">
        <e id="9"/>
      </d>
    </c>
    <d id="10">
      <e id="11"/>
    </d>
    <c id="12">
      <d id="13">
        <e id="14"/>
      </d>
    </c>
  </b>
</a>
END

my ($d, $c, $D) = $a->findByNumbers(5, 7, 10);

my @f = $d->from;

ok @f == 4;

ok $d == $f[0];

my @F = $d->from(qw(c));

ok @F == 2;

ok -M $F[1] == 12;

ok $D == $t[-1];

to($@)

Return a list of the sibling nodes preceding the specified node optionally including only those nodes that match one of the tags in the specified list.

   Parameter  Description
1  $end       End node
2  @match     Optional list of tags to match

Example:

ok -z $a eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="3">
      <e id="4"/>
    </c>
    <d id="5">
      <e id="6"/>
    </d>
    <c id="7">
      <d id="8">
        <e id="9"/>
      </d>
    </c>
    <d id="10">
      <e id="11"/>
    </d>
    <c id="12">
      <d id="13">
        <e id="14"/>
      </d>
    </c>
  </b>
</a>
END

my ($d, $c, $D) = $a->findByNumbers(5, 7, 10);

my @t = $D->to;

ok @t == 4;

my @T = $D->to(qw(c));

ok @T == 2;

ok -M $T[1] == 7;

fromTo($$@)

Return a list of the nodes between the specified start and end nodes optionally including only those nodes that match one of the tags in the specified list.

   Parameter  Description
1  $start     Start node
2  $end       End node
3  @match     Optional list of tags to match

Example:

ok -z $a eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="3">
      <e id="4"/>
    </c>
    <d id="5">
      <e id="6"/>
    </d>
    <c id="7">
      <d id="8">
        <e id="9"/>
      </d>
    </c>
    <d id="10">
      <e id="11"/>
    </d>
    <c id="12">
      <d id="13">
        <e id="14"/>
      </d>
    </c>
  </b>
</a>
END

my ($d, $c, $D) = $a->findByNumbers(5, 7, 10);

my @r = $d->fromTo($D);

ok @r == 3;

my @R = $d->fromTo($D, qw(c));

ok @R == 1;

ok -M $R[0] == 7;

ok !$D->fromTo($d);

ok 1 == $d->fromTo($d);

Position

Confirm that the position navigated to is the expected position.

at($@)

   Parameter  Description
1  $start     Starting node
2  @context   Ancestry.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c> <d/> </c>
    <c> <e/> </c>
    <c> <f/> </c>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok  $a->go(qw(b c -1 f))->at(qw(f c b a));

ok  $a->go(qw(b c  1 e))->at(undef, qr(c|d), undef, qq(a));

ok $d->context eq q(d c b a);

ok  $d->at(qw(d c b), undef);

ok !$d->at(qw(d c b), undef, undef);

ok !$d->at(qw(d e b));

Use atX to execute at but die 'at' instead of returning undef

atOrBelow($@)

Confirm that the node or one of its ancestors has the specified context as recognized by at and return the first node that matches the context or undef if none do.

   Parameter  Description
1  $start     Starting node
2  @context   Ancestry.

Example:

ok $d->context eq q(d c b a);

ok  $d->atOrBelow(qw(d c b a));

ok  $d->atOrBelow(qw(  c b a));

ok  $d->atOrBelow(qw(    b a));

ok !$d->atOrBelow(qw(  c   a));

Use atOrBelowX to execute atOrBelow but die 'atOrBelow' instead of returning undef

ancestry($)

Return a list containing: (the specified node, its parent, its parent's parent etc..)

   Parameter  Description
1  $start     Starting node.

Example:

$a->numberTree;

ok $a->prettyStringNumbered eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <A id="3"/>
    <B id="4"/>
  </b>
  <c id="5">
    <C id="6"/>
    <D id="7"/>
  </c>
</a>
END

is_deeply [map {-t $_} $a->findByNumber(7)->ancestry], [qw(D c a)];

context($)

Return a string containing the tag of the starting node and the tags of all its ancestors separated by single spaces.

   Parameter  Description
1  $start     Starting node.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

ok $x->go(qw(d e))->context eq 'e d a';

containsSingleText($)

Return the singleton text element below this node else return undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new("<a><b>bb</b><c>cc<d/>ee</c></a>");

ok  $a->go(q(b))->containsSingleText->text eq q(bb);

ok !$a->go(q(c))->containsSingleText;

depth($)

Returns the depth of the specified node, the depth of a root node is zero.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node.

Example:

ok -z $a eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="3">
      <e id="4"/>
    </c>
    <d id="5">
      <e id="6"/>
    </d>
    <c id="7">
      <d id="8">
        <e id="9"/>
      </d>
    </c>
    <d id="10">
      <e id="11"/>
    </d>
    <c id="12">
      <d id="13">
        <e id="14"/>
      </d>
    </c>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok 0 == $a->depth;

ok 4 == $a->findByNumber(14)->depth;

isFirst($@)

Return the specified node if it is first under its parent and optionally has the specified context, else return undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context

Use isFirstNonBlank to skip a (rare) initial blank text CDATA. Use isFirstNonBlankX to die rather then receive a returned undef or false result.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

ok $x->go(q(b))->isFirst;

Use isFirstX to execute isFirst but die 'isFirst' instead of returning undef

isLast($@)

Return the specified node if it is last under its parent and optionally has the specified context, else return undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context

Use isLastNonBlank to skip a (rare) initial blank text CDATA. Use isLastNonBlankX to die rather then receive a returned undef or false result.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

ok $x->go(q(d))->isLast;

Use isLastX to execute isLast but die 'isLast' instead of returning undef

isOnlyChild($@)

Return the specified node if it is the only node under its parent (and ancestors) ignoring any surrounding blank text.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END)->first->first;
<a id="aa"><b id="bb"><c id="cc"/></b></a>
END

ok $x->isOnlyChild;

ok $x->isOnlyChild(qw(c));

ok $x->isOnlyChild(qw(c b));

ok $x->isOnlyChild(qw(c b a));

Use isOnlyChildX to execute isOnlyChild but die 'isOnlyChild' instead of returning undef

isEmpty($@)

Confirm that this node is empty, that is: this node has no content, not even a blank string of text. To test for blank nodes, see isAllBlankText.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>

</a>
END

ok $x->isEmpty;

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END)->first->first;
<a id="aa"><b id="bb"><c id="cc"/></b></a>
END

ok $x->isEmpty;

Use isEmptyX to execute isEmpty but die 'isEmpty' instead of returning undef

over($$@)

Confirm that the string representing the tags at the level below this node match a regular expression where each pair of tags is separated by a single space. Use contentAsTags to visualize the tags at the next level.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $re        Regular expression
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $x->go(q(b))->over(qr(d.+e));

Use overX to execute over but die 'over' instead of returning undef

over2($$@)

Confirm that the string representing the tags at the level below this node match a regular expression where each pair of tags have two spaces between them and the first tag is preceded by a space and the last tag is followed by a space. This arrangement simplifies the regular expression used to detect combinations like p+ q? . Use contentAsTags2 to visualize the tags at the next level.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $re        Regular expression
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $x->go(q(b))->over2(qr(\A c  d  e  f  g \Z));

ok $x->go(q(b))->contentAsTags  eq q(c d e f g) ;

Use over2X to execute over2 but die 'over2' instead of returning undef

matchAfter($$@)

Confirm that the string representing the tags following this node matches a regular expression where each pair of tags is separated by a single space. Use contentAfterAsTags to visualize these tags.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $re        Regular expression
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $x->go(qw(b e))->matchAfter  (qr(\Af g\Z));

Use matchAfterX to execute matchAfter but die 'matchAfter' instead of returning undef

matchAfter2($$@)

Confirm that the string representing the tags following this node matches a regular expression where each pair of tags have two spaces between them and the first tag is preceded by a space and the last tag is followed by a space. This arrangement simplifies the regular expression used to detect combinations like p+ q? Use contentAfterAsTags2 to visualize these tags.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $re        Regular expression
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $x->go(qw(b e))->matchAfter2 (qr(\A f  g \Z));

Use matchAfter2X to execute matchAfter2 but die 'matchAfter2' instead of returning undef

matchBefore($$@)

Confirm that the string representing the tags preceding this node matches a regular expression where each pair of tags is separated by a single space. Use contentBeforeAsTags to visualize these tags.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $re        Regular expression
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $x->go(qw(b e))->matchBefore (qr(\Ac d\Z));

Use matchBeforeX to execute matchBefore but die 'matchBefore' instead of returning undef

matchBefore2($$@)

Confirm that the string representing the tags preceding this node matches a regular expression where each pair of tags have two spaces between them and the first tag is preceded by a space and the last tag is followed by a space. This arrangement simplifies the regular expression used to detect combinations like p+ q? Use contentBeforeAsTags2 to visualize these tags.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $re        Regular expression
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $x->go(qw(b e))->matchBefore2(qr(\A c  d \Z));

Use matchBefore2X to execute matchBefore2 but die 'matchBefore2' instead of returning undef

path($)

Return a list representing the path to a node which can then be reused by get to retrieve the node as long as the structure of the parse tree has not changed along the path.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a       id='a1'>
  <b     id='b1'>
    <c   id='c1'/>
    <c   id='c2'/>
    <d   id='d1'>
      <e id='e1'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c3'/>
    <c   id='c4'/>
    <d   id='d2'>
      <e id='e2'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c5'/>
    <c   id='c6'/>
  </b>
</a>
END

is_deeply [$x->go(qw(b d 1 e))->path], [qw(b d 1 e)];

$x->by(sub {ok $x->go($_->path) == $_});

pathString($)

Return a string representing the path to a node

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node.

Example:

ok -z $a eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="3">
      <e id="4"/>
    </c>
    <d id="5">
      <e id="6"/>
    </d>
    <c id="7">
      <d id="8">
        <e id="9"/>
      </d>
    </c>
    <d id="10">
      <e id="11"/>
    </d>
    <c id="12">
      <d id="13">
        <e id="14"/>
      </d>
    </c>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $a->findByNumber(9)->pathString eq 'b c 1 d e';

Move around in the parse tree

go($@)

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @position  Search specification.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(my $s = <<END);
<aa>
  <a>
    <b/>
      <c id="1"/><c id="2"/><c id="3"/><c id="4"/>
    <d/>
  </a>
</aa>
END

ok $x->go(qw(a c))   ->id == 1;

ok $x->go(qw(a c -2))->id == 3;

ok $x->go(qw(a c *)) == 4;

ok 1234 == join '', map {$_->id} $x->go(qw(a c *));

Use goX to execute go but die 'go' instead of returning undef

c($$)

Return an array of all the nodes with the specified tag below the specified node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $tag       Tag.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b id="b1"><c id="1"/></b>
  <d id="d1"><c id="2"/></d>
  <e id="e1"><c id="3"/></e>
  <b id="b2"><c id="4"/></b>
  <d id="d2"><c id="5"/></d>
  <e id="e2"><c id="6"/></e>
</a>
END

is_deeply [map{-u $_} $x->c(q(d))],  [qw(d1 d2)];

First

Find nodes that are first amongst their siblings.

first($@)

Return the first node below this node optionally checking its context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Use firstNonBlank to skip a (rare) initial blank text CDATA. Use firstNonBlankX to die rather then receive a returned undef or false result.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a         id="11">
  <b       id="12">
     <c    id="13"/>
     <d    id="14"/>
     <b    id="15">
        <c id="16"/>
        <d id="17"/>
        <e id="18"/>
        <f id="19"/>
        <g id="20"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="21"/>
     <g    id="22"/>
  </b>
  <b       id="23">
     <c    id="24"/>
     <d    id="25"/>
     <b    id="26">
        <c id="27"/>
        <d id="28"/>
        <e id="29"/>
        <f id="30"/>
        <g id="31"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="32"/>
     <g    id="33"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok  $a->go(q(b))->first->id == 13;

ok  $a->go(q(b))->first(qw(c b a));

ok !$a->go(q(b))->first(qw(b a));

Use firstX to execute first but die 'first' instead of returning undef

firstText($@)

Return the first node if it is a text node otherwise undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>AA
  <b/>
BB
  <c/>
CC
  <d/>
  <e/>
  <f/>
DD
  <g/>
HH
</a>
END

ok  $a->firstText;

ok !$a->go(qw(c))->firstText;

Use firstTextX to execute firstText but die 'firstText' instead of returning undef

firstBy($@)

Return a list of the first instance of each specified tag encountered in a post-order traversal from the specified node or a hash of all first instances if no tags are specified.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @tags      Tags to search for.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a         id="11">
  <b       id="12">
     <c    id="13"/>
     <d    id="14"/>
     <b    id="15">
        <c id="16"/>
        <d id="17"/>
        <e id="18"/>
        <f id="19"/>
        <g id="20"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="21"/>
     <g    id="22"/>
  </b>
  <b       id="23">
     <c    id="24"/>
     <d    id="25"/>
     <b    id="26">
        <c id="27"/>
        <d id="28"/>
        <e id="29"/>
        <f id="30"/>
        <g id="31"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="32"/>
     <g    id="33"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

my %f = $a->firstBy;

ok $f{b}->id == 12;

firstDown($@)

Return a list of the first instance of each specified tag encountered in a pre-order traversal from the specified node or a hash of all first instances if no tags are specified.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @tags      Tags to search for.

Example:

my %f = $a->firstDown;

ok $f{b}->id == 15;

firstIn($@)

Return the first node matching one of the named tags under the specified node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @tags      Tags to search for.

Example:

ok $a->prettyStringCDATA eq <<'END';
<a><CDATA> </CDATA>
    <A/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
    <C/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
    <E/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
    <G/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
</a>
END

ok $a->firstIn(qw(b B c C))->tag eq qq(C);

Use firstInX to execute firstIn but die 'firstIn' instead of returning undef

firstInIndex($@)

Return the specified node if it is first in its index and optionally at the specified context else undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -z $a eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="3">
      <e id="4"/>
    </c>
    <d id="5">
      <e id="6"/>
    </d>
    <c id="7">
      <d id="8">
        <e id="9"/>
      </d>
    </c>
    <d id="10">
      <e id="11"/>
    </d>
    <c id="12">
      <d id="13">
        <e id="14"/>
      </d>
    </c>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok  $a->findByNumber (5)->firstInIndex;

ok !$a->findByNumber(7) ->firstInIndex;

Use firstInIndexX to execute firstInIndex but die 'firstInIndex' instead of returning undef

firstOf($@)

Return an array of the nodes that are continuously first under their specified parent node and that match the specified list of tags.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @tags      Tags to search for.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a><b><c/><d/><d/><e/><d/><d/><c/></b></a>
END

is_deeply [qw(c d d)], [map {-t $_} $a->go(q(b))->firstOf(qw(c d))];

firstContextOf($@)

Return the first node encountered in the specified context in a depth first post-order traversal of the parse tree.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Array of tags specifying context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a        id="a1">
  <b1     id="b1">
     <c   id="c1">
       <d id="d1">DD11</d>
       <e id="e1">EE11</e>
    </c>
  </b1>
  <b2     id="b2">
     <c   id="c2">
       <d id="d2">DD22</d>
       <e id="e2">EE22</e>
    </c>
  </b2>
  <b3     id="b3">
     <c   id="c3">
       <d id="d3">DD33</d>
       <e id="e3">EE33</e>
    </c>
  </b3>
</a>
END

ok $x->firstContextOf(qw(d c))         ->id     eq qq(d1);

ok $x->firstContextOf(qw(e c b2))      ->id     eq qq(e2);

ok $x->firstContextOf(qw(CDATA d c b2))->string eq qq(DD22);

Use firstContextOfX to execute firstContextOf but die 'firstContextOf' instead of returning undef

firstSibling($@)

Return the first sibling of the specified node in the optional context else undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Array of tags specifying context.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a         id="11">
  <b       id="12">
     <c    id="13"/>
     <d    id="14"/>
     <b    id="15">
        <c id="16"/>
        <d id="17"/>
        <e id="18"/>
        <f id="19"/>
        <g id="20"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="21"/>
     <g    id="22"/>
  </b>
  <b       id="23">
     <c    id="24"/>
     <d    id="25"/>
     <b    id="26">
        <c id="27"/>
        <d id="28"/>
        <e id="29"/>
        <f id="30"/>
        <g id="31"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="32"/>
     <g    id="33"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok  $a->go(qw(b b))->firstSibling->id == 13;

Use firstSiblingX to execute firstSibling but die 'firstSibling' instead of returning undef

Last

Find nodes that are last amongst their siblings.

last($@)

Return the last node below this node optionally checking its context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Use lastNonBlank to skip a (rare) initial blank text CDATA. Use lastNonBlankX to die rather then receive a returned undef or false result.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a         id="11">
  <b       id="12">
     <c    id="13"/>
     <d    id="14"/>
     <b    id="15">
        <c id="16"/>
        <d id="17"/>
        <e id="18"/>
        <f id="19"/>
        <g id="20"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="21"/>
     <g    id="22"/>
  </b>
  <b       id="23">
     <c    id="24"/>
     <d    id="25"/>
     <b    id="26">
        <c id="27"/>
        <d id="28"/>
        <e id="29"/>
        <f id="30"/>
        <g id="31"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="32"/>
     <g    id="33"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok  $a->go(q(b))->last ->id == 22;

ok  $a->go(q(b))->last(qw(g b a));

ok !$a->go(q(b))->last(qw(b a));

ok !$a->go(q(b))->last(qw(b a));

Use lastX to execute last but die 'last' instead of returning undef

lastText($@)

Return the last node if it is a text node otherwise undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>AA
  <b/>
BB
  <c/>
CC
  <d/>
  <e/>
  <f/>
DD
  <g/>
HH
</a>
END

ok  $a->lastText;

ok !$a->go(qw(c))->lastText;

Use lastTextX to execute lastText but die 'lastText' instead of returning undef

lastBy($@)

Return a list of the last instance of each specified tag encountered in a post-order traversal from the specified node or a hash of all first instances if no tags are specified.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @tags      Tags to search for.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a         id="11">
  <b       id="12">
     <c    id="13"/>
     <d    id="14"/>
     <b    id="15">
        <c id="16"/>
        <d id="17"/>
        <e id="18"/>
        <f id="19"/>
        <g id="20"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="21"/>
     <g    id="22"/>
  </b>
  <b       id="23">
     <c    id="24"/>
     <d    id="25"/>
     <b    id="26">
        <c id="27"/>
        <d id="28"/>
        <e id="29"/>
        <f id="30"/>
        <g id="31"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="32"/>
     <g    id="33"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

my %l = $a->lastBy;

ok $l{b}->id == 23;

lastDown($@)

Return a list of the last instance of each specified tag encountered in a pre-order traversal from the specified node or a hash of all first instances if no tags are specified.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @tags      Tags to search for.

Example:

my %l = $a->lastDown;

ok $l{b}->id == 26;

lastIn($@)

Return the last node matching one of the named tags under the specified node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @tags      Tags to search for.

Example:

ok $a->prettyStringCDATA eq <<'END';
<a><CDATA> </CDATA>
    <A/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
    <C/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
    <E/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
    <G/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
</a>
END

ok $a->lastIn(qw(e E f F))->tag eq qq(E);

Use lastInX to execute lastIn but die 'lastIn' instead of returning undef

lastOf($@)

Return an array of the nodes that are continuously last under their specified parent node and that match the specified list of tags.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @tags      Tags to search for.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a><b><c/><d/><d/><e/><d/><d/><c/></b></a>
END

is_deeply [qw(d d c)], [map {-t $_} $a->go(q(b))->lastOf (qw(c d))];

lastInIndex($@)

Return the specified node if it is last in its index and optionally at the specified context else undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -z $a eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="3">
      <e id="4"/>
    </c>
    <d id="5">
      <e id="6"/>
    </d>
    <c id="7">
      <d id="8">
        <e id="9"/>
      </d>
    </c>
    <d id="10">
      <e id="11"/>
    </d>
    <c id="12">
      <d id="13">
        <e id="14"/>
      </d>
    </c>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok  $a->findByNumber(10)->lastInIndex;

ok !$a->findByNumber(7) ->lastInIndex;

Use lastInIndexX to execute lastInIndex but die 'lastInIndex' instead of returning undef

lastContextOf($@)

Return the last node encountered in the specified context in a depth first reverse pre-order traversal of the parse tree.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Array of tags specifying context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a        id="a1">
  <b1     id="b1">
     <c   id="c1">
       <d id="d1">DD11</d>
       <e id="e1">EE11</e>
    </c>
  </b1>
  <b2     id="b2">
     <c   id="c2">
       <d id="d2">DD22</d>
       <e id="e2">EE22</e>
    </c>
  </b2>
  <b3     id="b3">
     <c   id="c3">
       <d id="d3">DD33</d>
       <e id="e3">EE33</e>
    </c>
  </b3>
</a>
END

ok $x-> lastContextOf(qw(d c))         ->id     eq qq(d3);

ok $x-> lastContextOf(qw(e c b2     )) ->id     eq qq(e2);

ok $x-> lastContextOf(qw(CDATA e c b2))->string eq qq(EE22);

Use lastContextOfX to execute lastContextOf but die 'lastContextOf' instead of returning undef

lastSibling($@)

Return the last sibling of the specified node in the optional context else undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Array of tags specifying context.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a         id="11">
  <b       id="12">
     <c    id="13"/>
     <d    id="14"/>
     <b    id="15">
        <c id="16"/>
        <d id="17"/>
        <e id="18"/>
        <f id="19"/>
        <g id="20"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="21"/>
     <g    id="22"/>
  </b>
  <b       id="23">
     <c    id="24"/>
     <d    id="25"/>
     <b    id="26">
        <c id="27"/>
        <d id="28"/>
        <e id="29"/>
        <f id="30"/>
        <g id="31"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="32"/>
     <g    id="33"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok  $a->go(qw(b b))->lastSibling ->id == 22;

Use lastSiblingX to execute lastSibling but die 'lastSibling' instead of returning undef

Find sibling nodes after the specified node.

next($@)

Return the node next to the specified node, optionally checking its context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Use nextNonBlank to skip a (rare) initial blank text CDATA. Use nextNonBlankX to die rather then receive a returned undef or false result.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a         id="11">
  <b       id="12">
     <c    id="13"/>
     <d    id="14"/>
     <b    id="15">
        <c id="16"/>
        <d id="17"/>
        <e id="18"/>
        <f id="19"/>
        <g id="20"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="21"/>
     <g    id="22"/>
  </b>
  <b       id="23">
     <c    id="24"/>
     <d    id="25"/>
     <b    id="26">
        <c id="27"/>
        <d id="28"/>
        <e id="29"/>
        <f id="30"/>
        <g id="31"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="32"/>
     <g    id="33"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok  $a->go(qw(b b e))->next ->id == 19;

ok  $a->go(qw(b b e))->next(qw(f b b a));

ok !$a->go(qw(b b e))->next(qw(f b a));

Use nextX to execute next but die 'next' instead of returning undef

nextText($@)

Return the next node if it is a text node otherwise undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>AA
  <b/>
BB
  <c/>
CC
  <d/>
  <e/>
  <f/>
DD
  <g/>
HH
</a>
END

ok  $a->go(qw(c))->nextText->text eq q(CC);

ok !$a->go(qw(e))->nextText;

Use nextTextX to execute nextText but die 'nextText' instead of returning undef

nextIn($@)

Return the next node matching one of the named tags.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @tags      Tags to search for.

Example:

ok $a->prettyStringCDATA eq <<'END';
<a><CDATA> </CDATA>
    <A/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
    <C/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
    <E/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
    <G/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
</a>
END

ok $a->firstIn(qw(b B c C))->nextIn(qw(A G))->tag eq qq(G);

Use nextInX to execute nextIn but die 'nextIn' instead of returning undef

nextOn($@)

Step forwards as far as possible while remaining on nodes with the specified tags. In scalar context return the last such node reached or the starting node if no such steps are possible. In array context return the start node and any following matching nodes.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node
2  @tags      Tags identifying nodes that can be step on to context.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="1"/>
    <d id="2"/>
    <c id="3"/>
    <d id="4"/>
    <e id="5"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $c->id == 1;

ok $c->nextOn(qw(d))  ->id == 2;

ok $c->nextOn(qw(c d))->id == 4;

ok $e->nextOn(qw(c d))     == $e;

Find sibling nodes before the specified node.

prev($@)

Return the node before the specified node, optionally checking its context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Use prevNonBlank to skip a (rare) initial blank text CDATA. Use prevNonBlankX to die rather then receive a returned undef or false result.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a         id="11">
  <b       id="12">
     <c    id="13"/>
     <d    id="14"/>
     <b    id="15">
        <c id="16"/>
        <d id="17"/>
        <e id="18"/>
        <f id="19"/>
        <g id="20"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="21"/>
     <g    id="22"/>
  </b>
  <b       id="23">
     <c    id="24"/>
     <d    id="25"/>
     <b    id="26">
        <c id="27"/>
        <d id="28"/>
        <e id="29"/>
        <f id="30"/>
        <g id="31"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="32"/>
     <g    id="33"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok  $a->go(qw(b b e))->prev ->id == 17;

ok  $a->go(qw(b b e))->prev(qw(d b b a));

ok !$a->go(qw(b b e))->prev(qw(d b a));

Use prevX to execute prev but die 'prev' instead of returning undef

prevText($@)

Return the previous node if it is a text node otherwise undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>AA
  <b/>
BB
  <c/>
CC
  <d/>
  <e/>
  <f/>
DD
  <g/>
HH
</a>
END

ok  $a->go(qw(c))->prevText->text eq q(BB);

ok !$a->go(qw(e))->prevText;

Use prevTextX to execute prevText but die 'prevText' instead of returning undef

prevIn($@)

Return the next previous node matching one of the named tags.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @tags      Tags to search for.

Example:

ok $a->prettyStringCDATA eq <<'END';
<a><CDATA> </CDATA>
    <A/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
    <C/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
    <E/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
    <G/>
<CDATA>  </CDATA>
</a>
END

ok $a->lastIn(qw(e E f F))->prevIn(qw(A G))->tag eq qq(A);

Use prevInX to execute prevIn but die 'prevIn' instead of returning undef

prevOn($@)

Step backwards as far as possible while remaining on nodes with the specified tags. In scalar context return the last such node reached or the starting node if no such steps are possible. In array context return the start node and any preceding matching nodes.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node
2  @tags      Tags identifying nodes that can be step on to context.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="1"/>
    <d id="2"/>
    <c id="3"/>
    <d id="4"/>
    <e id="5"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $c->id == 1;

ok $e->id == 5;

ok $e->prevOn(qw(d))  ->id == 4;

ok $e->prevOn(qw(c d))     == $c;

Up

Methods for moving up the parse tree from a node.

up($@)

Return the parent of the current node optionally checking the context of the specified node first or return undef if the specified node is the root of the parse tree.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node
2  @tags      Optional tags identifying context.

Example:

ok -z $a eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="3">
      <b id="4">
        <b id="5">
          <b id="6">
            <b id="7">
              <c id="8"/>
            </b>
          </b>
        </b>
      </b>
    </c>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok  $a->findByNumber(8)->up(qw(c b b))   ->number == 7;

Use upX to execute up but die 'up' instead of returning undef

upWhile($$)

Move up starting from the specified node as long as the tag of each node matches the specified regular expression. Return the last matching node if there is one else undef.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node
2  $re        Tags identifying context.

Example:

ok -z $a eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="3">
      <b id="4">
        <b id="5">
          <b id="6">
            <b id="7">
              <c id="8"/>
            </b>
          </b>
        </b>
      </b>
    </c>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok  $a->findByNumber(7)->upWhile(qr(a|b))->number == 4;

ok !$a->findByNumber(8)->upWhile(qr(a|b));

ok  $a->findByNumber(8)->upWhile(qr(b|c))->number == 2;

Use upWhileX to execute upWhile but die 'upWhile' instead of returning undef

upTo($@)

Return the first ancestral node that matches the specified context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node
2  @tags      Tags identifying context.

Example:

$a->numberTree;

ok -z $a eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="3">
      <b id="4">
        <b id="5">
          <b id="6">
            <b id="7">
              <c id="8"/>
            </b>
          </b>
        </b>
      </b>
    </c>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok  $a->findByNumber(8)->upTo(qw(b c))   ->number == 4;

Use upToX to execute upTo but die 'upTo' instead of returning undef

Editing

Edit the data in the parse tree and change the structure of the parse tree by wrapping and unwrapping nodes, by replacing nodes, by cutting and pasting nodes, by concatenating nodes, by splitting nodes, by adding new text nodes or swapping nodes.

change($$@)

Change the name of a node, optionally confirming that the node is in a specified context and return the node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $name      New name
3  @tags      Optional: tags defining the required context.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new('<a/>');

$a->change(qq(b));

ok -s $a eq '<b/>';

Use changeX to execute change but die 'change' instead of returning undef

Cut and Put

Move nodes around in the parse tree by cutting and pasting them.

cut($@)

Cut out a node so that it can be reinserted else where in the parse tree.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to cut out
2  @context   Optional context

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb">
    <c id="cc"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

my $c = $a->go(qw(b c))->cut;

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb"/>
</a>
END

putFirst($$@)

Place a cut out or new node at the front of the content of the specified node and return the new node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $old       Original node
2  $new       New node
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb">
    <c id="cc"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

my $c = $a->go(qw(b c))->cut;

$a->putFirst($c);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <c id="cc"/>
  <b id="bb"/>
</a>
END

putLast($$@)

Place a cut out or new node last in the content of the specified node and return the new node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $old       Original node
2  $new       New node
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <c id="cc"/>
  <b id="bb"/>
</a>
END

$a->putLast($a->go(qw(c))->cut);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb"/>
  <c id="cc"/>
</a>
END

putNext($$@)

Place a cut out or new node just after the specified node and return the new node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $old       Original node
2  $new       New node
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb"/>
  <c id="cc"/>
</a>
END

$a->go(qw(c))->putNext($a->go(q(b))->cut);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <c id="cc"/>
  <b id="bb"/>
</a>
END

putPrev($$@)

Place a cut out or new node just before the specified node and return the new node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $old       Original node
2  $new       New node
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <c id="cc"/>
  <b id="bb"/>
</a>
END

$a->go(qw(c))->putPrev($a->go(q(b))->cut);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb"/>
  <c id="cc"/>
</a>
END

Fusion

Join consecutive nodes

concatenate($$@)

Concatenate two successive nodes and return the target node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $target    Target node to replace
2  $source    Node to concatenate
3  @context   Optional context of $target

Example:

my $s = <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <A/>
    <B/>
  </b>
  <c>
    <C/>
    <D/>
  </c>
</a>
END

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new($s);

$a->go(q(b))->concatenate($a->go(q(c)));

my $t = <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <A/>
    <B/>
    <C/>
    <D/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $t eq -p $a;

concatenateSiblings($@)

Concatenate preceding and following nodes as long as they have the same tag as the specified node and return the specified node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Concatenate around this node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="1"/>
  </b>
  <b>
    <c id="2"/>
  </b>
  <b>
    <c id="3"/>
  </b>
  <b>
    <c id="4"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

$a->go(qw(b 3))->concatenateSiblings;

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="1"/>
    <c id="2"/>
    <c id="3"/>
    <c id="4"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

Put as text

Add text to the parse tree.

putFirstAsText($$@)

Add a new text node first under a parent and return the new text node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      The parent node
2  $text      The string to be added which might contain unparsed Xml as well as text
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb">
    <c id="cc"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

$x->go(qw(b c))->putFirstAsText("<d id=\"dd\">DDDD</d>");

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb">
    <c id="cc"><d id="dd">DDDD</d></c>
  </b>
</a>
END

putLastAsText($$@)

Add a new text node last under a parent and return the new text node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      The parent node
2  $text      The string to be added which might contain unparsed Xml as well as text
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb">
    <c id="cc"><d id="dd">DDDD</d></c>
  </b>
</a>
END

$x->go(qw(b c))->putLastAsText("<e id=\"ee\">EEEE</e>");

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb">
    <c id="cc"><d id="dd">DDDD</d><e id="ee">EEEE</e></c>
  </b>
</a>
END

putNextAsText($$@)

Add a new text node following this node and return the new text node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      The parent node
2  $text      The string to be added which might contain unparsed Xml as well as text
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb">
    <c id="cc"><d id="dd">DDDD</d><e id="ee">EEEE</e></c>
  </b>
</a>
END

$x->go(qw(b c))->putNextAsText("<n id=\"nn\">NNNN</n>");

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb">
    <c id="cc"><d id="dd">DDDD</d><e id="ee">EEEE</e></c>
<n id="nn">NNNN</n>
  </b>
</a>
END

putPrevAsText($$@)

Add a new text node following this node and return the new text node

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      The parent node
2  $text      The string to be added which might contain unparsed Xml as well as text
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb">
    <c id="cc"><d id="dd">DDDD</d><e id="ee">EEEE</e></c>
<n id="nn">NNNN</n>
  </b>
</a>
END

$x->go(qw(b c))->putPrevAsText("<p id=\"pp\">PPPP</p>");

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb"><p id="pp">PPPP</p>
    <c id="cc"><d id="dd">DDDD</d><e id="ee">EEEE</e></c>
<n id="nn">NNNN</n>
  </b>
</a>
END

Break in and out

Break nodes out of nodes or push them back

breakIn($@)

Concatenate the nodes following and preceding the start node, unwrapping nodes whose tag matches the start node and return the start node. To concatenate only the preceding nodes, use breakInBackwards, to concatenate only the following nodes, use breakInForwards.

   Parameter  Description
1  $start     The start node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <d/>
  <b>
    <c/>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <e/>
  <b>
    <c/>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <d/>
</a>
END

$a->go(qw(b 1))->breakIn;

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <d/>
    <c/>
    <c/>
    <e/>
    <c/>
    <c/>
    <d/>
  </b>
</a>
END

breakInForwards($@)

Concatenate the nodes following the start node, unwrapping nodes whose tag matches the start node and return the start node in the manner of breakIn.

   Parameter  Description
1  $start     The start node
2  @context   Optional context..

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <d/>
  <b>
    <c/>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <e/>
  <b>
    <c/>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <d/>
</a>
END

$a->go(q(b))->breakInForwards;

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <d/>
  <b>
    <c/>
    <c/>
    <e/>
    <c/>
    <c/>
    <d/>
  </b>
</a>
END

breakInBackwards($@)

Concatenate the nodes preceding the start node, unwrapping nodes whose tag matches the start node and return the start node in the manner of breakIn.

   Parameter  Description
1  $start     The start node
2  @context   Optional context..

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <d/>
  <b>
    <c/>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <e/>
  <b>
    <c/>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <d/>
</a>
END

$a->go(qw(b 1))->breakInBackwards;

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <d/>
    <c/>
    <c/>
    <e/>
    <c/>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <d/>
</a>
END

breakOut($@)

Lift child nodes with the specified tags under the specified parent node splitting the parent node into clones and return the cut out original node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $parent    The parent node
2  @tags      The tags of the modes to be broken out.

Example:

my $A = Data::Edit::Xml::new("<a><b><d/><c/><c/><e/><c/><c/><d/></b></a>");

$a->go(q(b))->breakOut($a, qw(d e));

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <d/>
  <b>
    <c/>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <e/>
  <b>
    <c/>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <d/>
</a>
END

Replace

Replace nodes in the parse tree with nodes or text

replaceWith($$@)

Replace a node (and all its content) with a new node (and all its content) and return the new node. If the node to be replaced is the root of the parse tree then no action is taken other then returning the new node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $old       Old node
2  $new       New node
3  @context   Optional context..

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(qq(<a><b><c id="cc"/></b></a>));

$x->go(qw(b c))->replaceWith($x->newTag(qw(d id dd)));

ok -s $x eq '<a><b><d id="dd"/></b></a>';

replaceWithText($$@)

Replace a node (and all its content) with a new text node and return the new node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $old       Old node
2  $text      Text of new node
3  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(qq(<a><b><c id="cc"/></b></a>));

$x->go(qw(b c))->replaceWithText(qq(BBBB));

ok -s $x eq '<a><b>BBBB</b></a>';

replaceWithBlank($@)

Replace a node (and all its content) with a new blank text node and return the new node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $old       Old node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(qq(<a><b><c id="cc"/></b></a>));

$x->go(qw(b c))->replaceWithBlank;

ok -s $x eq '<a><b> </b></a>';

replaceContentWithMovedContent($@)

Replace the content of a specified target node with the contents of the specified source nodes removing the content from each source node and return the target node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Target node
2  @nodes     Source nodes

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
     <b1/>
     <b2/>
  </b>
  <c>
     <c1/>
     <c2/>
  </c>
  <d>
     <d1/>
     <d2/>
  </d>
</a>
END

my ($b, $c, $d) = $a->contents;

$d->replaceContentWithMovedContent($c, $b);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <b/>
  <c/>
  <d>
    <c1/>
    <c2/>
    <b1/>
    <b2/>
  </d>
</a>
END

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <d>
     <b>
       <b1/>
       <b2/>
    </b>
    <c>
       <c1/>
       <c2/>
    </c>
  </d>
</a>
END

my ($d)     = $a->contents;

my ($b, $c) = $d->contents;

$d->replaceContentWithMovedContent($c, $b);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <d>
    <c1/>
    <c2/>
    <b1/>
    <b2/>
  </d>
</a>
END

replaceContentWith($@)

Replace the content of a node with the specified nodes and return the replaced content

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node whose content is to be replaced
2  @content   New content

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(qq(<a><b/><c/></a>));

$x->replaceContentWith(map {$x->newTag($_)} qw(B C));

ok -s $x eq '<a><B/><C/></a>';

replaceContentWithText($@)

Replace the content of a node with the specified texts and return the replaced content

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node whose content is to be replaced
2  @text      Texts to form new content

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(qq(<a><b/><c/></a>));

$x->replaceContentWithText(qw(b c));

ok -s $x eq '<a>bc</a>';

Swap

Swap nodes both singly and in blocks

swap($$@)

Swap two nodes optionally checking that the first node is in the specified context and return the first node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $first     First node
2  $second    Second node
3  @context   Optional context

Example:

ok <<END eq -p $x;
<x>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
  <b/>
  <c a="1" b="3" c="4"/>
</x>
END

$a->swap($c);

ok <<END eq -p $x;
<x>
  <c a="1" b="3" c="4"/>
  <b/>
  <a a="1" b="2"/>
</x>
END

Use swapX to execute swap but die 'swap' instead of returning undef

Wrap and unwrap

Wrap and unwrap nodes to alter the depth of the parse tree

wrapWith($$@)

Wrap the original node in a new node forcing the original node down - deepening the parse tree - return the new wrapping node.

   Parameter    Description
1  $old         Node
2  $tag         Tag for the new node or tag
3  %attributes  Attributes for the new node or tag.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="11"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

$x->go(qw(b c))->wrapWith(qw(C id 1));

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <C id="1">
      <c id="11"/>
    </C>
  </b>
</a>
END

wrapUp($@)

Wrap the original node in a sequence of new nodes forcing the original node down - deepening the parse tree - return the array of wrapping nodes.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to wrap
2  @tags      Tags to wrap the node with - with the uppermost tag rightmost.

Example:

my $c = Data::Edit::Xml::newTree("c", id=>33);

my ($b, $a) = $c->wrapUp(qw(b a));

ok -p $a eq <<'END';
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="33"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

wrapDown($@)

Wrap the content of the specified node in a sequence of new nodes forcing the original node up - deepening the parse tree - return the array of wrapping nodes.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to wrap
2  @tags      Tags to wrap the node with - with the uppermost tag rightmost.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::newTree("a", id=>33);

my ($b, $c) = $a->wrapDown(qw(b c));

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a id="33">
  <b>
    <c/>
  </b>
</a>
END

wrapContentWith($$@)

Wrap the content of a node in a new node: the original node then contains just the new node which, in turn, contains all the content of the original node - returns the new wrapped node.

   Parameter    Description
1  $old         Node
2  $tag         Tag for new node
3  %attributes  Attributes for new node.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c/>
    <c/>
    <c/>
  </b>
</a>
END

$x->go(q(b))->wrapContentWith(qw(D id DD));

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <D id="DD">
      <c/>
      <c/>
      <c/>
    </D>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <b id="1"/>
  <c id="2"/>
  <d id="3"/>
  <c id="4"/>
  <d id="5"/>
  <e id="6"/>
  <b id="7"/>
  <c id="8"/>
  <d id="9"/>
  <f id="10"/>
</a>
END

wrapTo($$$@)

Wrap all the nodes starting and ending at the specified nodes with a new node with the specified tag and attributes and return the new node. Return undef if the start and end nodes are not siblings - they must have the same parent for this method to work.

   Parameter    Description
1  $start       Start node
2  $end         End node
3  $tag         Tag for the wrapping node
4  %attributes  Attributes for the wrapping node

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(my $s = <<END);
<aa>
  <a>
    <b/>
      <c id="1"/><c id="2"/><c id="3"/><c id="4"/>
    <d/>
  </a>
</aa>
END

$x->go(qw(a c))->wrapTo($x->go(qw(a c -1)), qq(C), id=>1234);

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<aa>
  <a>
    <b/>
    <C id="1234">
      <c id="1"/>
      <c id="2"/>
      <c id="3"/>
      <c id="4"/>
    </C>
    <d/>
  </a>
</aa>
END

Use wrapToX to execute wrapTo but die 'wrapTo' instead of returning undef

The children of each node.

contents($@)

Return a list of all the nodes contained by this node or an empty list if the node is empty or not in the optional context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b id="b1"><c id="1"/></b>
  <d id="d1"><c id="2"/></d>
  <e id="e1"><c id="3"/></e>
  <b id="b2"><c id="4"/></b>
  <d id="d2"><c id="5"/></d>
  <e id="e2"><c id="6"/></e>
</a>
END

is_deeply [map{-u $_} $x->contents], [qw(b1 d1 e1 b2 d2 e2)];

contentAfter($@)

Return a list of all the sibling nodes following this node or an empty list if this node is last or not in the optional context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok 'f g' eq join ' ', map {$_->tag} $x->go(qw(b e))->contentAfter;

contentBefore($@)

Return a list of all the sibling nodes preceding this node or an empty list if this node is last or not in the optional context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok 'c d' eq join ' ', map {$_->tag} $x->go(qw(b e))->contentBefore;

contentAsTags($@)

Return a string containing the tags of all the child nodes of this node separated by single spaces or the empty string if the node is empty or undef if the node does not match the optional context. Use over to test the sequence of tags with a regular expression.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $x->go(q(b))->contentAsTags eq 'c d e f g';

Use contentAsTagsX to execute contentAsTags but die 'contentAsTags' instead of returning undef

contentAsTags2($@)

Return a string containing the tags of all the child nodes of this node separated by two spaces with a single space preceding the first tag and a single space following the last tag or the empty string if the node is empty or undef if the node does not match the optional context. Use over2 to test the sequence of tags with a regular expression.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

ok $x->go(q(b))->contentAsTags2 eq q( c  d  e  f  g );

Use contentAsTags2X to execute contentAsTags2 but die 'contentAsTags2' instead of returning undef

contentAfterAsTags($@)

Return a string containing the tags of all the sibling nodes following this node separated by single spaces or the empty string if the node is empty or undef if the node does not match the optional context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok 'f g' eq join ' ', map {$_->tag} $x->go(qw(b e))->contentAfter;

ok $x->go(qw(b e))->contentAfterAsTags eq 'f g';

contentAfterAsTags2($@)

Return a string containing the tags of all the sibling nodes following this node separated by two spaces with a single space preceding the first tag and a single space following the last tag or the empty string if the node is empty or undef if the node does not match the optional context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $x->go(qw(b e))->contentAfterAsTags2 eq q( f  g );

contentBeforeAsTags($@)

Return a string containing the tags of all the sibling nodes preceding this node separated by single spaces or the empty string if the node is empty or undef if the node does not match the optional context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok 'c d' eq join ' ', map {$_->tag} $x->go(qw(b e))->contentBefore;

ok $x->go(qw(b e))->contentBeforeAsTags eq 'c d';

contentBeforeAsTags2($@)

Return a string containing the tags of all the sibling nodes preceding this node separated by two spaces with a single space preceding the first tag and a single space following the last tag or the empty string if the node is empty or undef if the node does not match the optional context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @context   Optional context.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c/><d/><e/><f/><g/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $x->go(qw(b e))->contentBeforeAsTags2 eq q( c  d );

position($)

Return the index of a node in its parent's content.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a         id="11">
  <b       id="12">
     <c    id="13"/>
     <d    id="14"/>
     <b    id="15">
        <c id="16"/>
        <d id="17"/>
        <e id="18"/>
        <f id="19"/>
        <g id="20"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="21"/>
     <g    id="22"/>
  </b>
  <b       id="23">
     <c    id="24"/>
     <d    id="25"/>
     <b    id="26">
        <c id="27"/>
        <d id="28"/>
        <e id="29"/>
        <f id="30"/>
        <g id="31"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="32"/>
     <g    id="33"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $a->go(qw(b 1 b))->id == 26;

ok $a->go(qw(b 1 b))->position == 2;

index($)

Return the index of a node in its parent index.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a         id="11">
  <b       id="12">
     <c    id="13"/>
     <d    id="14"/>
     <b    id="15">
        <c id="16"/>
        <d id="17"/>
        <e id="18"/>
        <f id="19"/>
        <g id="20"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="21"/>
     <g    id="22"/>
  </b>
  <b       id="23">
     <c    id="24"/>
     <d    id="25"/>
     <b    id="26">
        <c id="27"/>
        <d id="28"/>
        <e id="29"/>
        <f id="30"/>
        <g id="31"/>
     </b>
     <f    id="32"/>
     <g    id="33"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $a->go(qw(b 1))->id == 23;

ok $a->go(qw(b 1))->index == 1;

present($@)

Return the count of the number of the specified tag types present immediately under a node or a hash {tag} = count for all the tags present under the node if no names are specified.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @names     Possible tags immediately under the node.

Example:

is_deeply {$a->first->present}, {c=>2, d=>2, e=>1};

isText($@)

Return the specified node if this node is a text node, optionally in the specified context, else return undef.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to test
2  @context   Optional context

Example:

ok $a->prettyStringCDATA eq <<END;
<a>
    <b><CDATA> </CDATA></b>
</a>
END

ok $b->first->isText;

ok $b->first->isText(qw(b a));

Use isTextX to execute isText but die 'isText' instead of returning undef

isFirstText($@)

Return the specified node if this node is a text node, the first node under its parent and that the parent is optionally in the specified context, else return undef.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to test
2  @context   Optional context for parent

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<x>
  <a>aaa
    <b>bbb</b>
    ccc
    <d>ddd</d>
    eee
  </a>
</x>
END

my $a = $x->first;

my ($ta, $b, $tc, $d, $te) = $a->contents;

ok $ta      ->isFirstText(qw(a x));

ok $b->first->isFirstText(qw(b a x));

ok $b->prev ->isFirstText(qw(a x));

ok $d->last ->isFirstText(qw(d a x));

Use isFirstTextX to execute isFirstText but die 'isFirstText' instead of returning undef

isLastText($@)

Return the specified node if this node is a text node, the last node under its parent and that the parent is optionally in the specified context, else return undef.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to test
2  @context   Optional context for parent

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<x>
  <a>aaa
    <b>bbb</b>
    ccc
    <d>ddd</d>
    eee
  </a>
</x>
END

ok $d->next ->isLastText (qw(a x));

ok $d->last ->isLastText (qw(d a x));

ok $te      ->isLastText (qw(a x));

Use isLastTextX to execute isLastText but die 'isLastText' instead of returning undef

matchesText($$@)

Returns an array of regular expression matches in the text of the specified node if it is text node and it matches the specified regular expression and optionally has the specified context otherwise returns an empty array

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to test
2  $re        Regular expression
3  @context   Optional context

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c>CDECD</c>
  </b>
</a>
END

my $c = $x->go(qw(b c))->first;

is_deeply [qw(E)], [$c->matchesText(qr(CD(.)CD))];

ok !$c->matchesText(qr(\AD));

ok  $c->matchesText(qr(\AC), qw(c b a));

ok !$c->matchesText(qr(\AD), qw(c b a));

Use matchesTextX to execute matchesText but die 'matchesText' instead of returning undef

isBlankText($@)

Return the specified node if this node is a text node, optionally in the specified context, and contains nothing other than whitespace else return undef. See also: isAllBlankText

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to test
2  @context   Optional context

Example:

ok $a->prettyStringCDATA eq <<END;
<a>
    <b><CDATA> </CDATA></b>
</a>
END

ok $b->first->isBlankText;

Use isBlankTextX to execute isBlankText but die 'isBlankText' instead of returning undef

isAllBlankText($@)

Return the specified node if this node, optionally in the specified context, does not contain anything or if it does contain something it is all whitespace else return undef. See also: bitsNodeTextBlank

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to test
2  @context   Optional context

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c>
      <z/>
    </c>
  </b>
  <d/>
</a>
END

$a->by(sub{$_->replaceWithBlank(qw(z))});

my ($b, $c, $d) = $a->firstBy(qw(b c d));

ok  $c->isAllBlankText;

ok  $c->isAllBlankText(qw(c b a));

ok !$c->isAllBlankText(qw(c a));

Use isAllBlankTextX to execute isAllBlankText but die 'isAllBlankText' instead of returning undef

bitsNodeTextBlank($)

Return a bit string that shows if there are any non text nodes, text nodes or blank text nodes under a node. An empty string is returned if there are no child nodes.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to test.

Example:

ok $x->prettyStringCDATA eq <<END;
<a>
    <b>
        <C/>
    </b>
    <c>
        <D/>
<CDATA>
     E
    </CDATA>
    </c>
    <d>
        <F/>
<CDATA> </CDATA>
        <H/>
    </d>
    <e/>
</a>
END

ok '100' eq -B $x;

ok '100' eq -B $x->go(q(b));

ok '110' eq -B $x->go(q(c));

ok '111' eq -B $x->go(q(d));

ok !-B $x->go(qw(e));

Order

Number and verify the order of nodes.

findByNumber($$)

Find the node with the specified number as made visible by prettyStringNumbered in the parse tree containing the specified node and return the found node or undef if no such node exists.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node in the parse tree to search
2  $number    Number of the node required.

Example:

$a->numberTree;

ok $a->prettyStringNumbered eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <A id="3"/>
    <B id="4"/>
  </b>
  <c id="5">
    <C id="6"/>
    <D id="7"/>
  </c>
</a>
END

ok q(D) eq -t $a->findByNumber(7);

Use findByNumberX to execute findByNumber but die 'findByNumber' instead of returning undef

findByNumbers($@)

Find the nodes with the specified numbers as made visible by prettyStringNumbered in the parse tree containing the specified node and return the found nodes in a list with undef for nodes that do not exist.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node in the parse tree to search
2  @numbers   Numbers of the nodes required.

Example:

$a->numberTree;

ok $a->prettyStringNumbered eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <A id="3"/>
    <B id="4"/>
  </b>
  <c id="5">
    <C id="6"/>
    <D id="7"/>
  </c>
</a>
END

is_deeply [map {-t $_} $a->findByNumbers(1..3)], [qw(a b A)];

numberTree($)

Number the nodes in a parse tree in pre-order so they are numbered in the same sequence that they appear in the source. You can see the numbers by printing the tree with prettyStringNumbered().

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node

Example:

$x->numberTree;

ok -z $x eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d id="4">
    <e id="5"/>
  </d>
</a>
END

above($$@)

Return the first node if the first node is above the second node optionally checking that the first node is in the specified context otherwise return undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $first     First node
2  $second    Second node
3  @context   Optional context

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a       id='a1'>
  <b     id='b1'>
    <c   id='c1'/>
    <c   id='c2'/>
    <d   id='d1'>
      <e id='e1'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c3'/>
    <c   id='c4'/>
    <d   id='d2'>
      <e id='e2'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c5'/>
    <c   id='c6'/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $b->id eq 'b1';

ok $e->id eq "e1";

ok $E->id eq "e2";

ok  $b->above($e);

ok !$E->above($e);

Use aboveX to execute above but die 'above' instead of returning undef

below($$@)

Return the first node if the first node is below the second node optionally checking that the first node is in the specified context otherwise return undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $first     First node
2  $second    Second node
3  @context   Optional context

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a       id='a1'>
  <b     id='b1'>
    <c   id='c1'/>
    <c   id='c2'/>
    <d   id='d1'>
      <e id='e1'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c3'/>
    <c   id='c4'/>
    <d   id='d2'>
      <e id='e2'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c5'/>
    <c   id='c6'/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $d->id eq 'd1';

ok $e->id eq "e1";

ok !$d->below($e);

Use belowX to execute below but die 'below' instead of returning undef

after($$@)

Return the first node if it occurs after the second node in the parse tree optionally checking that the first node is in the specified context or else undef if the node is above, below or before the target.

   Parameter  Description
1  $first     First node
2  $second    Second node
3  @context   Optional context

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a       id='a1'>
  <b     id='b1'>
    <c   id='c1'/>
    <c   id='c2'/>
    <d   id='d1'>
      <e id='e1'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c3'/>
    <c   id='c4'/>
    <d   id='d2'>
      <e id='e2'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c5'/>
    <c   id='c6'/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $c->id eq 'c1';

ok $e->id eq "e1";

ok $e->after($c);

Use afterX to execute after but die 'after' instead of returning undef

before($$@)

Return the first node if it occurs before the second node in the parse tree optionally checking that the first node is in the specified context or else undef if the node is above, below or before the target.

   Parameter  Description
1  $first     First node
2  $second    Second node
3  @context   Optional context

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a       id='a1'>
  <b     id='b1'>
    <c   id='c1'/>
    <c   id='c2'/>
    <d   id='d1'>
      <e id='e1'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c3'/>
    <c   id='c4'/>
    <d   id='d2'>
      <e id='e2'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c5'/>
    <c   id='c6'/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $e->id eq "e1";

ok $E->id eq "e2";

ok $e->before($E);

Use beforeX to execute before but die 'before' instead of returning undef

disordered($@)

Return the first node that is out of the specified order when performing a pre-ordered traversal of the parse tree.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @nodes     Following nodes.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a       id='a1'>
  <b     id='b1'>
    <c   id='c1'/>
    <c   id='c2'/>
    <d   id='d1'>
      <e id='e1'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c3'/>
    <c   id='c4'/>
    <d   id='d2'>
      <e id='e2'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c5'/>
    <c   id='c6'/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $b->id eq 'b1';

ok $c->id eq 'c1';

ok $d->id eq 'd1';

ok $e->id eq "e1";

ok  $e->disordered($c        )->id eq "c1";

ok  $b->disordered($c, $e, $d)->id eq "d1";

ok !$c->disordered($e);

commonAncestor($@)

Find the most recent common ancestor of the specified nodes or undef if there is no common ancestor.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @nodes     @nodes

Example:

ok -z $a eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="3">
      <e id="4"/>
    </c>
    <d id="5">
      <e id="6"/>
    </d>
    <c id="7">
      <d id="8">
        <e id="9"/>
      </d>
    </c>
    <d id="10">
      <e id="11"/>
    </d>
    <c id="12">
      <d id="13">
        <e id="14"/>
      </d>
    </c>
  </b>
</a>
END

my ($b, $e, @n) = $a->findByNumbers(2, 4, 6, 9);

ok $e == $e->commonAncestor;

ok $e == $e->commonAncestor($e);

ok $b == $e->commonAncestor($b);

ok $b == $e->commonAncestor(@n);

Use commonAncestorX to execute commonAncestor but die 'commonAncestor' instead of returning undef

ordered($@)

Return the first node if the specified nodes are all in order when performing a pre-ordered traversal of the parse tree else return undef

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @nodes     Following nodes.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a       id='a1'>
  <b     id='b1'>
    <c   id='c1'/>
    <c   id='c2'/>
    <d   id='d1'>
      <e id='e1'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c3'/>
    <c   id='c4'/>
    <d   id='d2'>
      <e id='e2'/>
    </d>
    <c   id='c5'/>
    <c   id='c6'/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $e->id eq "e1";

ok $E->id eq "e2";

ok  $e->ordered($E);

ok !$E->ordered($e);

ok  $e->ordered($e);

ok  $e->ordered;

Use orderedX to execute ordered but die 'ordered' instead of returning undef

Analyze and generate tables of contents

tocNumbers($@)

Table of Contents number the nodes in a parse tree.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @match     Optional list of tags to descend into e3se all tags will be descended into

Example:

ok $a->prettyStringNumbered eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <A id="3"/>
    <B id="4"/>
  </b>
  <c id="5">
    <C id="6"/>
    <D id="7"/>
  </c>
</a>
END

my $t = $a->tocNumbers();

is_deeply {map {$_=>$t->{$_}->tag} keys %$t},

"1"  =>"b",

"1 1"=>"A",

"1 2"=>"B",

"2"  =>"c",

"2 1"=> "C",

"2 2"=>"D"

}

Labels

Label nodes so that they can be cross referenced and linked by Data::Edit::Xml::Lint

addLabels($@)

Add the named labels to the specified node and return that node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node in parse tree
2  @labels    Names of labels to add.

Example:

ok -r $x eq '<a><b><c/></b></a>';

my $b = $x->go(q(b));

ok $b->countLabels == 0;

$b->addLabels(1..2);

$b->addLabels(3..4);

ok -r $x eq '<a><b id="1, 2, 3, 4"><c/></b></a>';

countLabels($)

Return the count of the number of labels at a node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node in parse tree.

Example:

ok -r $x eq '<a><b><c/></b></a>';

my $b = $x->go(q(b));

ok $b->countLabels == 0;

$b->addLabels(1..2);

$b->addLabels(3..4);

ok -r $x eq '<a><b id="1, 2, 3, 4"><c/></b></a>';

ok $b->countLabels == 4;

getLabels($)

Return the names of all the labels set on a node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node in parse tree.

Example:

ok -r $x eq '<a><b><c/></b></a>';

my $b = $x->go(q(b));

ok $b->countLabels == 0;

$b->addLabels(1..2);

$b->addLabels(3..4);

ok -r $x eq '<a><b id="1, 2, 3, 4"><c/></b></a>';

is_deeply [1..4], [$b->getLabels];

deleteLabels($@)

Delete the specified labels in the specified node or all labels if no labels have are specified and return that node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node in parse tree
2  @labels    Names of the labels to be deleted

Example:

ok -r $x eq '<a><b id="1, 2, 3, 4"><c id="1, 2, 3, 4"/></b></a>';

$b->deleteLabels(1,4) for 1..2;

ok -r $x eq '<a><b id="2, 3"><c id="1, 2, 3, 4"/></b></a>';

copyLabels($$)

Copy all the labels from the source node to the target node and return the source node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $source    Source node
2  $target    Target node.

Example:

ok -r $x eq '<a><b id="1, 2, 3, 4"><c/></b></a>';

$b->copyLabels($c) for 1..2;

ok -r $x eq '<a><b id="1, 2, 3, 4"><c id="1, 2, 3, 4"/></b></a>';

moveLabels($$)

Move all the labels from the source node to the target node and return the source node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $source    Source node
2  $target    Target node.

Example:

ok -r $x eq '<a><b id="2, 3"><c id="1, 2, 3, 4"/></b></a>';

$b->moveLabels($c) for 1..2;

ok -r $x eq '<a><b><c id="1, 2, 3, 4"/></b></a>';

Operators

Operator access to methods use the assign versions to avoid 'useless use of operator in void context' messages. Use the non assign versions to return the results of the underlying method call. Thus '/' returns the wrapping node, whilst '/=' does not. Assign operators always return their left hand side even though the corresponding method usually returns the modification on the right.

opString($$)

-B: bitsNodeTextBlank

-b: previous node

-c: next node

-e: prettyStringEnd

-f: first node

-l: last node

-M: number

-o: stringQuoted

-p: prettyString

-r: stringReplacingIdsWithLabels

-s: string

-S : stringNode

-t : tag

-u: id

-z: prettyStringNumbered.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $op        Monadic operator.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

my $prev = -b $x->go(q(d));

ok -t $prev eq q(b);

my $next = -c $x->go(q(b));

ok -t $next eq q(d);

my $first = -f $x;

ok -t $first eq q(b);

my $last  = -l $x;

ok -t $last eq q(d);

ok -o $x eq "'<a><b><c id=\"42\"/></b><d><e/></d></a>'";

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

ok -s $x eq '<a><b><c id="42"/></b><d><e/></d></a>';

ok -t $x eq 'a';

$x->numberTree;

ok -z $x eq <<END;
<a id="1">
  <b id="2">
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d id="4">
    <e id="5"/>
  </d>
</a>
END

opContents($)

@{} : content of a node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

ok 'bd' eq join '', map {$_->tag} @$x ;

opAt($$)

<= : Check that a node is in the context specified by the referenced array of words.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $context   Reference to array of words specifying the parents of the desired node.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

ok (($x >= [qw(d e)]) <= [qw(e d a)]);

opNew($$)

** : create a new node from the text on the right hand side: if the text contains a non word character \W the node will be create as text, else it will be created as a tag

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $text      Name node of node to create or text of new text element

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new("<a/>");

my $b = $a ** q(b);

ok -s $b eq "<b/>";

opPutFirst($$)

>> : put a node or string first under a node and return the new node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $text      Node or text to place first under the node.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a/>
END

my $f = $a >> qq(first);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
</a>
END

opPutFirstAssign($$)

>>= : put a node or string first under a node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $text      Node or text to place first under the node.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a/>
END

$a >>= qq(first);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
</a>
END

opPutLast($$)

<< : put a node or string last under a node and return the new node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $text      Node or text to place last under the node.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
</a>
END

my $l = $a << qq(last);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
  <last/>
</a>
END

opPutLastAssign($$)

<<= : put a node or string last under a node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $text      Node or text to place last under the node.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
</a>
END

$a <<= qq(last);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
  <last/>
</a>
END

opPutNext($$)

> + : put a node or string after the specified node and return the new node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $text      Node or text to place after the first node.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
  <last/>
</a>
END

$f += qq(next);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
  <next/>
  <last/>
</a>
END

opPutNextAssign($$)

+= : put a node or string after the specified node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $text      Node or text to place after the first node.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
  <last/>
</a>
END

my $f = -f $a;

$f += qq(next);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
  <next/>
  <last/>
</a>
END

opPutPrev($$)

< - : put a node or string before the specified node and return the new node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $text      Node or text to place before the first node.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
  <next/>
  <last/>
</a>
END

$l -= qq(prev);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
  <next/>
  <prev/>
  <last/>
</a>
END

opPutPrevAssign($$)

-= : put a node or string before the specified node,

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $text      Node or text to place before the first node.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
  <next/>
  <last/>
</a>
END

my $l = -l $a;

$l -= qq(prev);

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a>
  <first/>
  <next/>
  <prev/>
  <last/>
</a>
END

opBy($$)

x= : Traverse a parse tree in post-order.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Parse tree
2  $code      Code to execute against each node.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

my $s; $x x= sub{$s .= -t $_}; ok $s eq "cbeda"

opGo($$)

>= : Search for a node via a specification provided as a reference to an array of words each number. Each word represents a tag name, each number the index of the previous tag or zero by default.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $go        Reference to an array of search parameters.

Example:

ok -p $x eq <<END;
<a>
  <b>
    <c id="42"/>
  </b>
  <d>
    <e/>
  </d>
</a>
END

ok (($x >= [qw(d e)]) <= [qw(e d a)]);

opAttr($$)

% : Get the value of an attribute of this node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $attr      Reference to an array of words and numbers specifying the node to search for.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new('<a number="1"/>');

ok $a %  qq(number) == 1;

Statistics

Statistics describing the parse tree.

count($@)

Return the count of the number of instances of the specified tags under the specified node, either by tag in array context or in total in scalar context.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  @names     Possible tags immediately under the node.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a>

</a>
END

ok $x->count == 0;

countTags($)

Count the number of tags in a parse tree.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Parse tree.

Example:

ok -p $a eq <<END;
<a id="aa">
  <b id="bb">
    <c id="cc"/>
  </b>
</a>
END

ok $a->countTags == 3;

countTagNames($$)

Return a reference to a hash showing the number of instances of each tag on and below the specified node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $count     Count of tags so far.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a A="A" B="B" C="C">
  <b  B="B" C="C">
    <c  C="C">
    </c>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <b  C="C">
    <c/>
  </b>
</a>
END

is_deeply $x->countTagNames,  { a => 1, b => 2, c => 3 };

countAttrNames($$)

Return a reference to a hash showing the number of instances of each attribute on and below the specified node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $count     Count of attributes so far.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a A="A" B="B" C="C">
  <b  B="B" C="C">
    <c  C="C">
    </c>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <b  C="C">
    <c/>
  </b>
</a>
END

is_deeply $x->countAttrNames, { A => 1, B => 2, C => 4 };

countAttrValues($$)

Return a reference to a hash showing the number of instances of each attribute value on and below the specified node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $count     Count of attributes so far.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<a A="A" B="B" C="C">
  <b  B="B" C="C">
    <c  C="C">
    </c>
    <c/>
  </b>
  <b  C="C">
    <c/>
  </b>
</a>
END

is_deeply $x->countAttrValues, { A => 1, B => 2, C => 4 };

countOutputClasses($$)

Count instances of outputclass attributes

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node
2  $count     Count so far.

Example:

my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::newTree("a", id=>1, class=>2, href=>3, outputclass=>4);

is_deeply { 4 => 1 }, $a->countOutputClasses;

Debug

Debugging methods

Private Methods

tree($$)

Build a tree representation of the parsed XML which can be easily traversed to look for things.

   Parameter  Description
1  $parent    The parent node
2  $parse     The remaining parse

disconnectLeafNode($)

Remove a leaf node from the parse tree and make it into its own parse tree.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Leaf node to disconnect.

reindexNode($)

Index the children of a node so that we can access them by tag and number.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to index.

indexNode($)

Merge multiple text segments and set parent and parser after changes to a node

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node to index.

prettyStringEnd($)

Return a readable string representing a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it as a here document

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Start node

byX2($$@)

Post-order traversal of a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub within eval{} at each node and returning the specified starting node. The sub is passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors. The value of the current node is also made available via $_.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Starting node
2  $sub       Sub to call
3  @context   Accumulated context.

byX22($$@)

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Starting node
2  $sub       Sub to call
3  @context   Accumulated context.

downX2($$@)

Pre-order traversal of a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub within eval{} at each node and returning the specified starting node. The sub is passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors. The value of the current node is also made available via $_.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Starting node
2  $sub       Sub to call
3  @context   Accumulated context.

downX22($$@)

Pre-order traversal down through a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub within eval{} at each node and returning the specified starting node. The sub is passed references to the current node and all of its ancestors. The value of the current node is also made available via $_.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Starting node
2  $sub       Sub to call for each sub node
3  @context   Accumulated context.

numberNode($)

Ensure that this node has a number.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node

printAttributes($)

Print the attributes of a node.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node whose attributes are to be printed.

Example:

my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::new(my $s = <<END);
<a no="1" word="first"/>
END

ok $x->printAttributes eq qq( no="1" word="first");

printAttributesReplacingIdsWithLabels($)

Print the attributes of a node replacing the id with the labels.

   Parameter  Description
1  $node      Node whose attributes are to be printed.

checkParentage($)

Check the parent pointers are correct in a parse tree.

   Parameter  Description
1  $x         Parse tree.

checkParser($)

Check that every node has a parser.

   Parameter  Description
1  $x         Parse tree.

nn($)

Replace new lines in a string with N to make testing easier.

   Parameter  Description
1  $s         String.

Index

1 above

4 aboveX

7 after

10 afterX

11 ancestry

12 at

13 atOrBelow

14 atOrBelowX

15 attr

16 attrCount

17 attributes

18 attrs

19 atX

20 before

21 beforeNonBlank

22 beforeNonBlankX

23 beforeX

24 below

27 belowX

29 breakIn

31 breakInBackwardsNonBlank

32 breakInBackwardsNonBlankX

33 breakInForwards

34 breakInForwardsNonBlank

35 breakInForwardsNonBlankX

36 breakInNonBlank

37 breakInNonBlankX

38 breakOut

39 by

40 byReverse

41 byReverseX

42 byX

43 byX2

44 byX22

45 byXNonBlank

46 byXNonBlankX

47 c

48 cdata

49 change

50 changeAttr

54 changeX

56 checkParser

57 class

58 clone

63 concatenate

64 concatenateNonBlank

65 concatenateNonBlankX

66 concatenateSiblings

67 concatenateSiblingsNonBlank

68 concatenateSiblingsNonBlankX

69 conditions

70 containsSingleText

71 content

72 contentAfter

73 contentAfterAsTags

74 contentAfterAsTags2

75 contentAfterAsTags2NonBlank

76 contentAfterAsTags2NonBlankX

77 contentAfterAsTagsNonBlank

78 contentAfterAsTagsNonBlankX

79 contentAfterNonBlank

80 contentAfterNonBlankX

81 contentAsTags

82 contentAsTags2

83 contentAsTags2NonBlank

84 contentAsTags2NonBlankX

85 contentAsTags2X

86 contentAsTagsNonBlank

87 contentAsTagsNonBlankX

88 contentAsTagsX

89 contentBefore

90 contentBeforeAsTags

91 contentBeforeAsTags2

92 contentBeforeAsTags2NonBlank

93 contentBeforeAsTags2NonBlankX

94 contentBeforeAsTagsNonBlank

95 contentBeforeAsTagsNonBlankX

96 contentBeforeNonBlank

97 contentBeforeNonBlankX

98 contents

99 contentsNonBlank

100 contentsNonBlankX

101 context

102 copyAttrs

103 copyLabels

104 copyNewAttrs

105 count

106 countAttrNames

107 countAttrValues

108 countLabels

109 countOutputClasses

110 countTagNames

111 countTags

112 cut

113 cutNonBlank

114 cutNonBlankX

115 deleteAttr

116 deleteAttrs

117 deleteConditions

118 deleteLabels

119 depth

120 disconnectLeafNode

121 disordered

122 down

123 downReverse

124 downReverseX

125 downX

126 downX2

127 downX22

128 downXNonBlank

129 downXNonBlankX

130 equals

131 equalsX

132 errorsFile

133 expandIncludes

134 findByNumber

135 findByNumbers

136 findByNumberX

137 first

138 firstBy

139 firstContextOf

140 firstContextOfX

141 firstDown

142 firstIn

143 firstInIndex

144 firstInIndexNonBlank

145 firstInIndexNonBlankX

146 firstInIndexX

147 firstInX

148 firstNonBlank

149 firstNonBlankX

150 firstOf

151 firstSibling

152 firstSiblingNonBlank

153 firstSiblingNonBlankX

154 firstSiblingX

155 firstText

156 firstTextNonBlank

157 firstTextNonBlankX

158 firstTextX

159 firstX

160 from

161 fromTo

162 getAttrs

163 getLabels

164 go

165 goX

166 guid

167 href

168 id

169 index

170 indexes

171 indexNode

172 input

173 inputFile

174 inputString

175 isAllBlankText

176 isAllBlankTextNonBlank

177 isAllBlankTextNonBlankX

178 isAllBlankTextX

179 isBlankText

180 isBlankTextNonBlank

181 isBlankTextNonBlankX

182 isBlankTextX

183 isEmpty

184 isEmptyNonBlank

185 isEmptyNonBlankX

186 isEmptyX

187 isFirst

188 isFirstNonBlank

189 isFirstNonBlankX

190 isFirstText

191 isFirstTextNonBlank

192 isFirstTextNonBlankX

193 isFirstTextX

194 isFirstX

195 isLast

196 isLastNonBlank

197 isLastNonBlankX

198 isLastText

199 isLastTextNonBlank

200 isLastTextNonBlankX

201 isLastTextX

202 isLastX

203 isOnlyChild

204 isOnlyChildNonBlank

205 isOnlyChildNonBlankX

206 isOnlyChildX

207 isText

208 isTextNonBlank

209 isTextNonBlankX

210 isTextX

211 labels

212 lang

213 last

214 lastBy

215 lastContextOf

216 lastContextOfX

217 lastDown

218 lastIn

219 lastInIndex

220 lastInIndexNonBlank

221 lastInIndexNonBlankX

222 lastInIndexX

223 lastInX

224 lastNonBlank

225 lastNonBlankX

226 lastOf

227 lastSibling

228 lastSiblingNonBlank

229 lastSiblingNonBlankX

230 lastSiblingX

231 lastText

232 lastTextNonBlank

233 lastTextNonBlankX

234 lastTextX

235 lastX

236 listConditions

237 matchAfter

238 matchAfter2

239 matchAfter2NonBlank

240 matchAfter2NonBlankX

241 matchAfter2X

242 matchAfterNonBlank

243 matchAfterNonBlankX

244 matchAfterX

245 matchBefore

246 matchBefore2

247 matchBefore2NonBlank

248 matchBefore2NonBlankX

249 matchBefore2X

250 matchBeforeNonBlank

251 matchBeforeNonBlankX

252 matchBeforeX

253 matchesText

254 matchesTextNonBlank

255 matchesTextNonBlankX

256 matchesTextX

257 moveAttrs

258 moveLabels

259 moveNewAttrs

260 navtitle

261 new

262 newTag

263 newText

264 newTree

265 next

266 nextIn

267 nextInX

268 nextNonBlank

269 nextNonBlankX

270 nextOn

271 nextText

272 nextTextNonBlank

273 nextTextNonBlankX

274 nextTextX

275 nextX

276 nn

277 number

278 numbering

279 numberNode

280 numbers

281 numberTree

282 opAt

283 opAttr

284 opBy

285 opContents

286 opGo

287 opNew

288 opPutFirst

289 opPutFirstAssign

290 opPutLast

291 opPutLastAssign

292 opPutNext

293 opPutNextAssign

294 opPutPrev

295 opPutPrevAssign

296 opString

297 ordered

298 orderedX

299 otherprops

300 outputclass

301 over

302 over2

303 over2NonBlank

304 over2NonBlankX

305 over2X

306 overNonBlank

307 overNonBlankX

308 overX

309 parent

310 parse

311 parser

312 path

313 pathString

314 position

315 present

316 prettyString

317 prettyStringCDATA

318 prettyStringContent

319 prettyStringContentNumbered

320 prettyStringEnd

321 prettyStringNumbered

322 prev

323 prevIn

324 prevInX

325 prevNonBlank

326 prevNonBlankX

327 prevOn

328 prevText

329 prevTextNonBlank

330 prevTextNonBlankX

331 prevTextX

332 prevX

333 printAttributes

334 printAttributesReplacingIdsWithLabels

335 props

336 putFirst

337 putFirstAsText

338 putFirstAsTextNonBlank

339 putFirstAsTextNonBlankX

340 putFirstNonBlank

341 putFirstNonBlankX

342 putLast

343 putLastAsText

344 putLastAsTextNonBlank

345 putLastAsTextNonBlankX

346 putLastNonBlank

347 putLastNonBlankX

348 putNext

349 putNextAsText

350 putNextAsTextNonBlank

351 putNextAsTextNonBlankX

352 putNextNonBlank

353 putNextNonBlankX

354 putPrev

355 putPrevAsText

356 putPrevAsTextNonBlank

357 putPrevAsTextNonBlankX

358 putPrevNonBlank

359 putPrevNonBlankX

360 reindexNode

361 renameAttr

362 renameAttrValue

363 renew

364 renewNonBlank

365 renewNonBlankX

366 replaceContentWith

367 replaceContentWithMovedContent

368 replaceContentWithText

369 replaceSpecialChars

370 replaceWith

371 replaceWithBlank

372 replaceWithBlankNonBlank

373 replaceWithBlankNonBlankX

374 replaceWithNonBlank

375 replaceWithNonBlankX

376 replaceWithText

377 replaceWithTextNonBlank

378 replaceWithTextNonBlankX

379 restore

380 restoreX

381 save

382 set

383 setAttr

384 string

385 stringContent

386 stringNode

387 stringQuoted

388 stringReplacingIdsWithLabels

389 stringWithConditions

390 style

391 swap

392 swapNonBlank

393 swapNonBlankX

394 swapX

395 tag

396 text

397 through

398 throughX

399 to

400 tocNumbers

401 tree

402 type

403 up

404 upNonBlank

405 upNonBlankX

406 upTo

407 upToX

408 upWhile

409 upWhileX

410 upX

411 wrapContentWith

412 wrapDown

413 wrapTo

414 wrapToX

415 wrapUp

416 wrapWith

Installation

This module is written in 100% Pure Perl and, thus, it is easy to read, use, modify and install.

Standard Module::Build process for building and installing modules:

perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build install

If you receive the message:

Expat.xs:12:19: fatal error: expat.h: No such file or directory

during installation, install libexpat1-dev:

sudo apt install libexpat1-dev

Author

philiprbrenan@gmail.com

http://www.appaapps.com

Copyright

This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.

To install Data::Edit::Xml, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm Data::Edit::Xml

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Data::Edit::Xml

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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