XML and Perl
- Main Page
- Table of content
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- About the Technical Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- Tell Us What You Think
- Introduction
- What Does This Book Cover?
- Conventions Used
- Who Should Read This Book and Why?
- Prerequisites for This Book
- Support and Errata
- Part I: The Foundation
- Chapter 1. Basics of XML Processing in Perl
- Chapter Roadmap
- XMLWhat Is It and Why Should I Use It?
- What Can I Do with XML?
- What Is Perl?
- And That s Not All
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Now Let s Start Digging
- Chapter Roadmap
- What Is XML Processing?
- XML Parser Paradigms
- Parsing an XML Document and Extracting Statistics
- Generating XML Documents
- Searching XML Documents
- Transforming XML Documents
- Our First Perl XML Programs
- The Problem: Generating and Parsing an XML Document
- Summary
- Exercise
- Part II: Parsing XML Documents Using Perl
- Chapter 3. Event-Driven Parser Modules
- Chapter Roadmap
- What Are the Major Approaches to XML Parsing?
- Advantages of Event-Driven Parsers
- Disadvantages of Event-Driven Parsers
- What Is a Sequential Access Event-Driven XML Parser?
- XML::Parser Perl Module
- SAX1Simple API for XML Version 1
- SAX2
- Summary
- Exercises
- Relevant Links
- Chapter 4. Tree-Based Parser Modules
- Chapter Roadmap
- What Is a Tree-Based XML Parser?
- Tree-Based XML Parser Modules
- What Is the Document Object Model?
- DOM-Based XML Parser Modules
- Summary
- Exercises
- Relevant Links
- Part III: Generating XML Documents Using Perl Modules
- Chapter 5. Generating XML Documents from Text Files
- Chapter Roadmap
- Introduction to XML Generation
- Different Methods of Generating XML Data
- Examples of XML Document Generation
- Summary
- Exercise
- Chapter 6. Generating XML Documents from Databases
- Chapter Roadmap
- Why Store Data in XML?
- Introduction to the Perl Database Interface
- XML::Generator::DBI Perl Module
- XML::DBMS Perl Module
- Summary
- Exercises
- Relevant Links
- Chapter 7. Transforming Miscellaneous Data Formats to XML (and Vice-Versa)
- Chapter Roadmap
- Why Convert Another Data Format to XML?
- XML::SAXDriver::CSV Perl Module
- XML::SAXDriver::Excel Perl Module
- Developing a Custom Event Handler
- Summary
- Exercises
- Part IV: Advanced XML and Perl
- Chapter 8. XML Transformation and Filtering
- Chapter Roadmap
- XSLT Introduction
- XML::XPath Perl Module
- XML::LibXSLT Perl Module
- XML::Sablotron Perl Module
- Summary
- Exercises
- Relevant Links
- Chapter 9. AxKit
- Chapter Roadmap
- Serving Web Content with AxKit
- Installing the Required Software
- Making the Content for Delivery
- Additional AxKit Tools
- Summary
- Exercise
- Relevant Links
- Chapter 10. Perl and XML Web Services
- Chapter Roadmap
- What Are Web Services?
- Summary
- Exercises
- Relevant Links
- Part V: Appendices
- Appendix A. What Is XML?
- Introduction to the eXtensible Markup Language
- History of XML
- What Exactly Is XML?
- Components of an XML Document
- Defining the Structure and Content of an XML Document
- Additional Sources of XML Information
- Appendix B. Perl Essentials
- Perl Module Installation
- Acronym List
- References
- Books
- RFC 2616HyperText Transfer Protocol
- WML
- Glossary
- Index
- Index A
- Index B
- Index C
- Index D
- Index E
- Index F
- Index G
- Index H
- Index I
- Index L
- Index M
- Index N
- Index O
- Index P
- Index Q
- Index R
- Index S
- Index T
- Index U
- Index V
- Index W