use strict; use warnings; use XML::LibXML; my %TV = ( flintstones => { series => "flintstones", nights => [ "monday", "thursday", "friday" ], members => [ { name => "fred", role => "husband", age => 36, }, { name => "wilma", role => "wife", age => 31, }, { name => "pebbles", role => "kid", age => 4, }, ], }, jetsons => { series => "jetsons", nights => [ "wednesday", "saturday" ], members => [ { name => "george", role => "husband", age => 41, }, { name => "jane", role => "wife", age => 39, }, { name => "elroy", role => "kid", age => 9, }, ], }, simpsons => { series => "simpsons", nights => [ "monday" ], members => [ { name => "homer", role => "husband", age => 34, }, { name => "marge", role => "wife", age => 37, }, { name => "bart", role => "kid", age => 11, }, ], }, ); my $xmlString = HASH2XML(\%TV,'TV_SERIES'); print $xmlString; ############################################################################################## sub HASH2XML{ my ($inHashRef) = $_[0]; my ($inName) = $_[1]; if(!defined $inName){$inName = 'rootNode';} my $doc = XML::LibXML::Document->new('1.0', 'utf-8'); # to create XML doc my $rootNode = $doc->createElement("$inName"); # to create xml root node $rootNode->setAttribute('Profile_id'=> "$inName"); # add some Attribute to the node _OBJ2XML_($doc,$rootNode,$inHashRef,$inName); $doc->setDocumentElement($rootNode); # print $doc->toString(); return $doc->toString(1); } sub _OBJ2XML_{ my ($doc) = $_[0]; my ($inNode) = $_[1]; my ($inRef) = $_[2]; my ($inName) = $_[3]; if(!defined $inName){$inName = 'Node';} if(ref($inRef) eq 'HASH'){ for my $key (sort keys %{$inRef}) { if(ref($inRef->{$key}) eq 'HASH'){ my $tag = $doc->createElement($key); # $tag->setAttribute('dataType'=> "HASH"); $inNode->appendChild($tag); _OBJ2XML_($doc,$tag,$inRef->{$key},$key); }else{ _OBJ2XML_($doc,$inNode,$inRef->{$key},$key); } } }elsif(ref($inRef) eq 'ARRAY'){ my $Len = @{$inRef}; for(my $i = 0; $i < $Len; $i++){ if(ref(@{$inRef}[$i]) eq 'HASH' or ref(@{$inRef}[$i]) eq 'ARRAY'){ my $tag = $doc->createElement($inName); # $tag->setAttribute('dataType'=> "ARRAY"); $inNode->appendChild($tag); _OBJ2XML_($doc,$tag,@{$inRef}[$i],$inName); }else{ _OBJ2XML_($doc,$inNode,@{$inRef}[$i],$inName); } } }elsif(ref($inRef) eq 'CODE'){ print "--End to CODE ref @ LINE:".__LINE__."\n"; return 0; }elsif(ref($inRef) eq 'SCALAR'){ print "--End to SCALAR ref @ LINE:".__LINE__."\n"; return 0; }else{ my $tag = $doc->createElement($inName); # $tag->setAttribute('dataType'=> "data"); $tag->appendTextNode($inRef); $inNode->appendChild($tag); return 0; } return 0; }