NAME

XML::DTD::Component - Perl module representing a component of an XML DTD

DESCRIPTION

XML::DTD::Component is a Perl module representing a component of an
XML DTD. It is intended to be a base class for derived classes, and
should not itself be instantiated. The following methods are
provided.

new

$obj = new XML::DTD::Component;

isa

if (XML::DTD::Component->isa($obj) {
...
}

Test object type

define

$obj->define('component type', 'component text', 'left delimiter',
             'right delimiter');

Set the component description

unparsed

$txt = $obj->unparsed;

Get the unparsed component text

fwrite

open(FH,'>file.xml');
$obj->fwrite(*FH);

Write the unparsed component text to the specified file handle

swrite

$obj->swrite;

Return the unparsed component text as a string

writexml

open(FH,'>file.xml');
my $xo = new XML::Output({'fh' => *FH});
$obj->writexml($xo);

Write an XML representation.

xmlattrib

$obj->xmlattrib;

Return a hash of attributes for XML representation

writexmlelts

open(FH,'>file.xml');
my $xo = new XML::Output({'fh' => *FH});
$obj->writexmlelts($xo);

Write a component-specific part of the XML representation

SEE ALSO

XML::DTD

AUTHOR

Brendt Wohlberg <wohl@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2004-2006 by Brendt Wohlberg

This library is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), described in the GPL file included in this distribution.