The "simple" libraries for working with XML in Ruby or Perl.
The Perl XML::Simple module or the XmlSimple Ruby gem.
Questions tagged [xml-simple]
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How to use XmlSimple to produce an XML element with attribute and text node?
I have a problem that sounds basic, but I haven't found a solution anywhere.
I'm using the Ruby version of XmlSimple, specifically the xml_out function.
The Problem
I'm having trouble outputting an element which would have one attribute node and a…
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XML::Simple leaving entities in attribute text
I have two systems, one RHEL5 and one Ubuntu 10.04, and they exhibit differing behavior. I'm using perl's XML::Simple to parse the response of a call to some SaaS software. The response is:
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Ordering input tags in XML::Simple using Perl while printing the output in XML format
How to order the input tags in Perl code using XML::Simple module for printing the output in XML format in specified order..
i have tried this
use XML::Simple;
use Data::Dumper;
open (FH,"> xml4.txt") || die ();
# create array
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Android, help with a simpleframework PersistenceException
I am trying to use org.simpleframework.xml. classes to handle xml data on my Android project. I can't understand how to build my class "Point" contructor to match the xml definition: at run-time I get this…
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In Ruby, is there a way to use XmlSimple when some values are nil?
As the nil will choke XmlSimple:
>> require 'xmlsimple'
=> true
>> XmlSimple.xml_out([{'a' => 1}, {'a' => 3}])
=> "\n \n"
but if it is the following, then it will give an error:
>>…
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Change an XML file content via Perl script
This thread is in continuation of Perl script to populate an XML file.
The file I want to change is:
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How do I compress XML from XML::Simple::XMLout?
I am using XML::Simple to parse and edit a very large XML file, and speed is essential (so far of all the method's I have tried XML::Simple has been the fastest)
Now once all my edits are completed I print the XML to a document using XMLout(),…
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How Can I Remove Magic Number when using XML::Simple?
I did a exercise like this, how do I calculate the # of XML elements collapsed into an array by XML::Simple so I don't have to hard-code the # of elements?
I plan to use the code to parse a bigger xml file. I don't want to cout the elements by…
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Parsing XML data into a different structure
I have the below XML file and I am trying to parse it
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Merging XML document hierarchies
Background
I'm designing a Perl application that uses XML files as inputs for config and settings information. There will be a hierarchy of documents, with global data overridden by more local information.
My program will be invoked with the most…
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Search XML Element Value By Name Perl
I am basically a java developer but my client gave me small task in perl. The task is that I will get xml input in that I need to search a element and print it's value(save value in String variable). e.g. in below xml I want to read the value of…
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Using XML::Simple for retrieving data in Perl
I've created the below XML file for retrieving data.
Input:
value1
value2
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Updating xml attribute value based on other with Perl
This is my sample xml file
remote1
rev1
common
opensource/device
sa
oss
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How can I replace the tag in XML::Simple with the original tag name?
I'm using XML::Simple to edit an XML file. After which the updated data is sent to a new XML file. But this procedure produces with the original tag name. How…
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perl XML::Simple attributes blank
I'm trying to parse some XML into Perl, but testing isn't yielding what I'd expect.
$buffer = qq[
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