package GraphViz::XML; use strict; use vars qw($VERSION); use Carp; use lib '..'; use GraphViz; use XML::Twig; # This is incremented every time there is a change to the API $VERSION = '0.01'; =head1 NAME GraphViz::XML - Visualise XML as a tree =head1 SYNOPSIS use GraphViz::XML; my $graph = GraphViz::XML->new($xml); print $g->as_png; =head1 DESCRIPTION This module makes it easy to visualise XML as a tree. XML is hard for humans to grasp, especially if the XML is computer-generated. This modules aims to visualise the XML as a graph in order to make the structure of the XML clear and to aid in understanding the XML. XML elements are represented as diamond nodes, with links to elements within them. Character data is represented in round nodes. Note that the XML::Twig module should be installed. =head1 METHODS =head2 new This is the constructor. It takes one mandatory argument, which is the XML to be visualised. A GraphViz object is returned. my $graph = GraphViz::XML->new($xml); =cut sub new { my $proto = shift; my $class = ref($proto) || $proto; my $xml = shift; my $t = XML::Twig->new(); $t->parse($xml); my $graph = GraphViz->new(); _init($graph, $t->root); return $graph; } =head2 as_* The XML can be visualised in a number of different graphical formats. Methods include as_ps, as_hpgl, as_pcl, as_mif, as_pic, as_gd, as_gd2, as_gif, as_jpeg, as_png, as_wbmp, as_ismap, as_imap, as_vrml, as_vtx, as_mp, as_fig, as_svg. See the GraphViz documentation for more information. The two most common methods are: # Print out a PNG-format file print $g->as_png; # Print out a PostScript-format file print $g->as_ps; =cut sub _init { my($g, $root) = @_; #warn "$root $root->gi\n"; my $label = $root->gi; my $colour = 'blue'; my $shape = 'ellipse'; if ($root->is_pcdata) { $label = $root->text; $label =~ s|^\s+||; $label =~ s|\s+$||; $colour = 'black'; } else { $shape = "diamond"; } $g->add_node($root, label => $label, color => $colour, shape => $shape); foreach my $child ($root->children) { $g->add_edge($root => $child); _init($g, $child); } } =head1 BUGS GraphViz tends to reorder the nodes. I hope to find a work around soon (possibly with ports). =head1 AUTHOR Leon Brocard EFE =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2001, Leon Brocard This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut 1;