package XML::Descent; use warnings; use strict; use Carp; use XML::TokeParser; =head1 NAME XML::Descent - Recursive descent XML parsing =head1 VERSION This document describes XML::Descent version 1.04 =head1 SYNOPSIS use XML::Descent; # Create parser my $p = XML::Descent->new( { Input => \$xml } ); # Setup handlers $p->on( folder => sub { my ( $elem, $attr ) = @_; $p->on( url => sub { my ( $elem, $attr ) = @_; my $link = { name => $attr->{name}, url => $p->text }; } ); my $folder = $p->walk; $folder->{name} = $attr->{name}; } ); # Parse my $res = $p->walk; =head1 DESCRIPTION The conventional models for parsing XML are either DOM (a data structure representing the entire document tree is created) or SAX (callbacks are issued for each element in the XML). XML grammar is recursive - so it's nice to be able to write recursive parsers for it. XML::Descent allows such parsers to be created. Typically a new XML::Descent is created and handlers are defined for elements we're interested in my $p = XML::Descent->new( { Input => \$xml } ); $p->on( link => sub { my ( $elem, $attr ) = @_; print "Found link: ", $attr->{url}, "\n"; $p->walk; # recurse } ); $p->walk; # parse A handler provides a convenient lexical scope that lasts until the closing tag of the element that triggered the handler is reached. When called at the top level the parsing methods walk, text and xml parse the whole XML document. When called recursively within a handler they parse the portion of the document nested inside node that triggered the handler. New handlers may be defined within a handler and their scope will be limited to the XML inside the node that triggered the handler. =cut our $VERSION = '1.04'; =head1 INTERFACE =head2 C Create a new XML::Descent. Options are supplied has a hash reference. The only option recognised directly by XML::Descent is C which should be reference to the object that provides the XML source. Any value that can be passed as the first argument to C<< XML::TokeParser->new >> is allowed. The remaining options are passed directly to C. Consult that module's documentation for more details. =cut sub new { my $class = shift; my %args = (); my @opt = (); for my $arg ( @_ ) { if ( 'HASH' eq ref $arg ) { %args = ( %args, %$arg ); } else { push @opt, $arg; } } croak "Expected a number of name => value pairs" if @opt % 2; %args = ( %args, @opt ); my $parser = XML::TokeParser->new( delete $args{Input} || croak( "No Input arg" ), %args ) || croak( "Failed to create XML::TokeParser" ); return bless { parser => $parser, context => { parent => undef, rules => {}, obj => undef }, token => undef, path => [], }, $class; } sub _get_rule_handler { my ( $self, $tos, $elem ) = @_; croak "It is not possible to register an explicit handler for '*'" if '*' eq $elem; while ( $tos ) { if ( my $h = $tos->{rules}{$elem} || $tos->{rules}{'*'} ) { return $h; } $tos = $tos->{parent}; } return; } sub _depth { scalar @{ shift->{path} } } =head2 C Parse part of the XML document tree triggering any handlers that correspond with elements it contains. When called recursively within a handler C visits all the elements below the element that triggered the handler and then returns. =cut sub walk { my $self = shift; TOKEN: while ( my $tok = $self->get_token ) { if ( $tok->[0] eq 'S' ) { my $tos = $self->{context}; my $handler = $self->_get_rule_handler( $tos, $tok->[1] ); if ( defined $handler ) { my $stopat = $self->_depth; # Push context $self->{context} = { parent => $tos, stopat => $stopat, obj => $tos->{obj} }; # Call handler $handler->( $tok->[1], $tok->[2], $tos->{obj} ); # If handler didn't recursively parse the content of # this node we need to discard it. 1 while $self->_depth >= $stopat && ( $tok = $self->get_token ); # Pop context $self->{context} = $tos; } else { $self->walk; } } elsif ( $tok->[0] eq 'E' ) { last TOKEN; } } } =head2 C Register a handler to be called when the named element is encountered. Multiple element names may be supplied as an array reference. Multiple handlers may be registered with one call to C by supplying a number of element, handler pairs. Calling C within a handler defines a nested local handler whose scope is limited to the containing element. Handlers are called with three arguments: the name of the element that triggered the handler, a hash of the element's attributes and a user defined context value - see C for more about that. For example: $p = XML::Descent->new( { Input => \$some_xml } ); # Global handler - trigger anywhere an tag is found $p->on( options => sub { my ( $elem, $attr, $ctx ) = @_; # Define a nested handler for elements that only # applies within the handler. $p->on( name => sub { my ( $elem, $attr, $ctx ) = @_; # Get the inner text of the name element my $name = $p->text; print "Name: $name\n"; } ); # Recursively walk elements inside triggering # any handlers $p->walk; } ); # Start parsing $p->walk; A handler may call one of the parsing methods (C, C, C or C) to consume any nested XML before returning. If none of the parsing methods are called nested XML is automatically discarded so that the parser can properly move past the current element. Nested handlers temporarily override another handler with the same name. A handler named '*' will trigger for all elements for which there is no explicit handler. A nested '*' handler hides all handlers defined in containing scopes. As a shorthand you may specify a path to a nested element: $p->on( 'a/b/c' => sub { print "Woo!\n"; })->walk; That's equivalent to: $p->on( a => sub { $p->on( b => sub { $p->on( c => sub { print "Woo!\n"; })->walk; })->walk; })->walk; Note that this shorthand only applies to C - not to other methods that accept element names. =cut sub on { my $self = shift; croak "Please supply a number of path => handler pairs" if @_ % 2; while ( my ( $spec, $cb ) = splice @_, 0, 2 ) { $spec = [$spec] unless ref $spec eq 'ARRAY'; for my $el ( @$spec ) { my ( $name, $tail ) = split /\//, $el, 2; if ( defined $tail ) { $self->{context}{rules}{$name} = sub { $self->on( $tail => $cb )->walk; }; } else { $self->{context}{rules}{$el} = $cb; } } } return $self; } =head2 C Inherit handlers from the containing scope. Typically used to import handlers that would otherwise be masked by a catch all '*' handler. $p->on( 'a' => sub { my ( $elem, $attr, $ctx ) = @_; my $link = $attr->{href} || ''; my $text = $p->text; print "Link: $text ($link)\n"; } ); $p->on( 'special' => sub { my ( $elem, $attr, $ctx ) = @_; # Within we want to handle all # tags apart from by printing them out $p->on( '*' => sub { my ( $elem, $attr, $ctx ) = @_; print "Found: $elem\n"; } ); # Get the handler for from our containing # scope. $p->inherit( 'a' ); $p->walk; } ); The inherited handler is the handler that would have applied in the containing scope for an element with the given name. For example: $p->on( '*' => sub { print "Whatever\n"; $p->walk; } ); $p->on( 'interesting' => sub { # Inherits the default 'Whatever' handler because that's the # handler that would have been called for in the # containing scope $p->inherit( 'frob' ); # Handle everything else ourselves #p->on('*', sub { $p->walk; }); } ); =cut sub inherit { my $self = shift; my ( $path ) = @_; $path = [$path] unless ref $path eq 'ARRAY'; my $par = $self->{context}{parent}; $self->on( $_, $self->_get_rule_handler( $par, $_ ) ) for @$path; return $self; } sub _filter { my ( $self, $mk_wrapper ) = splice @_, 0, 2; croak "Please supply a number of path => handler pairs" if @_ % 2; my $context = $self->{context}; while ( my ( $path, $cb ) = splice @_, 0, 2 ) { $path = [$path] unless ref $path eq 'ARRAY'; for my $elem ( @$path ) { my $h = $self->_get_rule_handler( $context, $elem ) or croak "No existing handler for $elem"; $self->{context}{rules}{$elem} = $mk_wrapper->( $h, $cb ); } } return $self; } =head2 C Register a handler to be called before the existing handler for an element. As with C multiple elements may be targetted by providing an array ref. =cut sub before { return shift->_filter( sub { my ( $h, $cb ) = @_; sub { $cb->( @_ ); $h->( @_ ) } }, @_ ); } =head2 C Register a handler to be called after the existing handler for an element. As with C multiple elements may be targetted by providing an array ref. =cut sub after { return shift->_filter( sub { my ( $h, $cb ) = @_; sub { $h->( @_ ); $cb->( @_ ) } }, @_ ); } =head2 C Every time a handler is called a new scope is created for it. This allows nested handlers to be defined. The current scope contains a user context variable which can be used, for example, to keep track of an object that is being filled with values parsed from the XML. The context value is inherited from the parent scope but may be overridden locally. For example: my $root = {}; # Set the outermost context $p->context( $root ); # Handle HTML links /anywhere/ $p->on( 'a' => sub { my ( $elem, $attr, $ctx ) = @_; my $link = { href => $attr->{href}, text => $p->text }; push @{ $ctx->{links} }, $link; } ); # Links in the body are stored in a nested # object. $p->on( 'body' => sub { my ( $elem, $attr, $ctx ) = @_; my $body = {}; # Set the context $p->context( $body ); $p->walk; $ctx->{body} = $body; } ); $p->walk; Note that the handler for tags stores its results in the current context object - whatever that happens to be. That means that outside of any tag links will be stored in C<$root> but within a they will be stored in a nested object (C<< $root->{body} >>). The handler itself need know nothing of this. With no parameter C returns the current context. The current context is also passed as the third argument to handlers. =cut sub context { my $self = shift; $self->{context}->{obj} = shift if @_; return $self->{context}{obj}; } =head2 C Return any text contained within the current element. XML markup is discarded. =cut sub text { my $self = shift; my @txt = (); TOKEN: while ( my $tok = $self->get_token ) { if ( $tok->[0] eq 'S' ) { push @txt, $self->text; } elsif ( $tok->[0] eq 'E' ) { last TOKEN; } elsif ( $tok->[0] eq 'T' ) { push @txt, $tok->[1]; } } return join '', @txt; } =head2 C Return the unparsed inner XML of the current element. For example: $p->on( 'item' => sub { my ( $elem, $attr, $ctx ) = @_; my $item_source = $p->xml; print "Item: $item_source\n"; } ); If contains XHTML (for example) the above handler would correctly capture it without recursively parsing any elements it contains. Parsing This is the first story. This is another story. would print Item: This is the first story. Item: This is another story. =cut sub xml { my $self = shift; my @xml = (); TOKEN: while ( my $tok = $self->get_token ) { if ( $tok->[0] eq 'S' ) { push @xml, $tok->[4], $self->xml, $self->{token}->[2]; } elsif ( $tok->[0] eq 'E' ) { last TOKEN; } elsif ( $tok->[0] eq 'T' || $tok->[0] eq 'C' ) { push @xml, $tok->[2]; } elsif ( $tok->[0] eq 'PI' ) { push @xml, $tok->[3]; } else { die "Unhandled token type: $tok->[0]"; } } return join '', @xml; } =head2 C Called within a handler returns the path that leads to the current element. For example: $p->on( 'here' => sub { my ( $elem, $attr, $ctx ) = @_; print "I am here: ", $p->get_path, "\n"; $p->walk; } ); would, if applied to this XML print I am here: /outer/inner/here I am here: /outer/here =cut sub get_path { '/' . join '/', @{ shift->{path} } } =head2 C XML::Descent is built on C which splits an XML document into a stream of tokens representing start tags, end tags, literal text, comment and processing instructions. Within an element C returns the same stream of tokens that C would produce. Returns C once all the tokens contained within the current element have been read (i.e. it's impossible to read past the end of the enclosed XML). =cut sub get_token { my $self = shift; my $p = $self->{parser}; my $tok = $self->{token} = $p->get_token; if ( defined( $tok ) ) { if ( $tok->[0] eq 'S' ) { push @{ $self->{path} }, $tok->[1]; } elsif ( $tok->[0] eq 'E' ) { my $tos = pop @{ $self->{path} }; die "$tos <> $tok->[1]" unless $tos eq $tok->[1]; } } my $stopat = $self->{context}{stopat}; return if defined $stopat && $self->_depth < $stopat; return $tok; } =head2 C Get a list of all handlers that are registered locally to the current scope. The returned list won't include '*' if a wildcard handler has been registered. =cut sub scope_handlers { sort grep { $_ ne '*' } keys %{ shift->{context}{rules} || {} }; } =head2 C Get a list of all registered handlers in all scopes. The returned list won't include the '*' wildcard handler. =cut sub all_handlers { my $self = shift; my %seen = (); my @h = (); my $tos = $self->{context}; while ( $tos ) { push @h, grep { !$seen{$_}++ } grep { $_ ne '*' } keys %{ $tos->{rules} || {} }; $tos = $tos->{parent}; } return sort @h; } 1; __END__ =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L. =head1 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS XML::Descent uses C to do the actual parsing. XML::TokeParser can only return start tags, end tags, raw text and processing instructions. As a result C called at the root of an XML document will exclude any declaration. No bugs have been reported. Please report any bugs or feature requests to C, or through the web interface at L. =head1 AUTHOR Andy Armstrong C<< >> =head1 LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2006-2009, Andy Armstrong C<< >>. All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. 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