Name
Data::Edit::Xml::Lint - lint xml files in parallel using xmllint and report the failure rate
Synopsis
Linting and reporting
Create some sample xml files, some with errors, lint them in parallel and retrieve the number of errors and failing files:
for my $n(1..$N) # Some projects
{my $x = Data::Edit::Xml::Lint::new(); # New xml file linter
my $catalog = $x->catalog = catalogName; # Use catalog if possible
my $project = $x->project = projectName($n); # Project name
my $file = $x->file = fileName($n); # Target file
$x->source = <<END; # Sample source
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE concept PUBLIC "-//HPE//DTD HPE DITA Concept//EN" "concept.dtd" []>
<concept id="$project">
<title>Project $project</title>
<conbody>
<p>Body of $project</p>
</conbody>
</concept>
END
$x->source =~ s/id="\w+?"//gs if addError($n); # Introduce an error into some projects
$x->lint(foo=>1); # Write the source to the target file, lint using xmllint, include some attributes to be included as comments at the end of the target file
}
Data::Edit::Xml::Lint::wait; # Wait for lints to complete
say STDERR Data::Edit::Xml::Lint::report($outDir, "xml")->print; # Report total pass fail rate
}Produces:
50 % success converting 3 projects containing 10 xml files on 2017-07-13 at 17:43:24
ProjectStatistics
# Percent Pass Fail Total Project
1 33.3333 1 2 3 aaa
2 50.0000 2 2 4 bbb
3 66.6667 2 1 3 ccc
FailingFiles
# Errors Project File
1 1 ccc out/ccc5.xml
2 1 aaa out/aaa9.xml
3 1 bbb out/bbb1.xml
4 1 bbb out/bbb7.xml
5 1 aaa out/aaa3.xmlRereading
Once a file has been linted, it can reread with read to obtain details about the xml including id=?s defined (see: idDefs below) and any labels that refer to these id=?s (see: labelDefs below). Such labels provide additional names for a node which cannot be stored in the xml itself.
{catalog => "/home/phil/hp/dtd/Dtd_2016_07_12/catalog-hpe.xml",
definition => "bbb",
docType => "<!DOCTYPE concept PUBLIC \"-//HPE//DTD HPE DITA Concept//EN\" \"concept.dtd\" []>",
errors => 1,
file => "out/bbb1.xml",
foo => 1,
header => "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>",
idDefs => { bbb => 1, c1 => 1 },
labelDefs => {
bbb => "bbb",
c1 => "c1",
conbody1 => "c1",
conbody2 => "c1",
concept1 => "bbb",
concept2 => "bbb",
},
labels => "bbb concept1 concept2",
project => "bbb",
sha256 => "b00cdebf2e1837fa15140d25315e5558ed59eb735b5fad4bade23969babf9531",
source => "..."
}ReLinting
In order to fix references between files, a list of files can be relinted:
a map is constructed to locate all the ids and labels defined in the specified files
the resulting parse tree and id map are handed to a caller provided 𝘀𝘂𝗯 that can the traverse the parse tree fixing attributes which make references between the files.
the modified parse trees are written back to the originating file thus fixing the changes
Description
The following sections describe the methods in each functional area of this module. For an alphabetic listing of all methods by name see Index.
Constructor
Construct a new linter
new()
Create a new xml linter - call this method statically as in Data::Edit::Xml::Lint
Attributes
Attributes describing a lint
author :lvalue
Optional author of the xml - only needed if you want to generate an SDL file map
catalog :lvalue
Optional catalog file containing the locations of the DTDs used to validate the xml
ditaType :lvalue
Optional Dita topic type(concept|task|troubleshooting|reference) of the xml - only needed if you want to generate an SDL file map
docType :lvalue
The second line: the document type extracted from the source
dtds :lvalue
Optional directory containing the DTDs used to validate the xml
errors :lvalue
Number of lint errors detected by xmllint
file :lvalue
File that the xml will be written to and read from by lint, read or relint
fileNumber :lvalue
File number - assigned early on by the caller to help debugging transformations
guid :lvalue
Guid for outermost tag - only required if you want to generate an SD file map
header :lvalue
The first line: the xml header extracted from source
idDefs :lvalue
{id} = count - the number of times this id is defined in the xml contained in this file
labelDefs :lvalue
{label or id} = id - the id of the node containing a label defined on the xml
labels :lvalue
Optional parse tree to supply labels for the current source as the labels are present in the parse tree not in the string representing the parse tree
linted :lvalue
Date the lint was performed by lint
preferredSource :lvalue
Preferred representation of the xml source, used by relint to supply a preferred representation for the source
processes :lvalue
Maximum number of xmllint processes to run in parallel - 8 by default
project :lvalue
Optional project name to allow error counts to be aggregated by project and to allow id and labels to be scoped to the files contained in each project
reusedInProject :lvalue
List of projects in which this file is reused
sha256 :lvalue
Sha256 hash of the string containing the xml processed by lint or read
source :lvalue
The source Xml to be linted
title :lvalue
Optional title of the xml - only needed if you want to generate an SDL file map
Lint
Lint xml files in parallel
lint($@)
Store some xml in a files, apply xmllint in parallel and update the source file with the results
Parameter Description
1 $lint Linter
2 %attributes Attributes to be recorded as xml commentslintNOP($@)
Store some xml in a files, apply xmllint in single and update the source file with the results
Parameter Description
1 $lint Linter
2 %attributes Attributes to be recorded as xml commentsnolint($@)
Store just the attributes in a file so that they can be retrieved later to process non xml objects referenced in the xml - like images
Parameter Description
1 $lint Linter
2 %attributes Attributes to be recorded as xml commentsReport
Methods for reporting the results of linting several files
report($$)
Analyse the results of prior lints and return a hash reporting various statistics and a printable report
Parameter Description
1 $outputDirectory Directory to search
2 $filter Optional regular expression to filter filesAttributes
passRatePercent :lvalue
Total number of passes as a percentage of all input files
timestamp :lvalue
Timestamp of report
numberOfProjects :lvalue
Number of projects defined - each project can contain zero or more files
numberOfFiles :lvalue
Number of files encountered
failingFiles :lvalue
Array of [number of errors, project, files] ordered from least to most errors
projects :lvalue
Hash of "project name"=>[project name, pass, fail, total, percent pass]
print :lvalue
A printable report of the above
Private Methods
lintOP($$@)
Store some xml in a files, apply xmllint in parallel or single and update the source file with the results
Parameter Description
1 $inParallel In parallel or not
2 $lint Linter
3 %attributes Attributes to be recorded as xml commentsp4($$)
Format a fraction as a percentage to 4 decimal places
Parameter Description
1 $p Pass
2 $f FailIndex
1 author
2 catalog
3 ditaType
4 docType
5 dtds
6 errors
8 file
10 guid
11 header
12 idDefs
13 labelDefs
14 labels
15 lint
16 linted
17 lintNOP
18 lintOP
19 new
20 nolint
23 p4
26 print
27 processes
28 project
29 projects
30 report
32 sha256
33 source
34 timestamp
35 title
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 installYou will also need to install xmllint:
sudo apt-get install libxml2-utilsAuthor
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Philip R Brenan.
This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.