Re: XML::Parser XML validation

in reply to XML::Parser XML validation

The parser cannot know how to fix the first error it finds. The other errors, therefore, might lack information value. Consider the following document:

<r>
   <a>
      <b>
         <c>
      </b>
   </a>
</r>
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The problem is the missing </c>. But the parser might tell you:

Start and end tag mismatch: c and b, line 5.
Start and end tag mismatch: b and a, line 6.
Start and end tag mismatch: a and r, line 7.
Unexpected end of the document, line 7.
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BTW, that's roughly what xmllint would tell you.

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