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Re^3: Generating elements with attributes and contents using XML::Smart

by gmpassos (Priest)
on Aug 19, 2004 at 14:26 UTC ( [id://384308]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Generating elements with attributes and contents using XML::Smart
in thread Generating elements with attributes and contents using XML::Smart

The error is in your DTD syntax! You can't have PCDATA as attribute, since PCDATA is only for contents. You should use CDATA.

When you apply_dtd(), if some ELEMENT or ATTRIBUTE is not defined in the DTD it will be removed from the tree! So, type is removed since the line ATTLIST is wrong.

This code will work:

use XML::Smart; my $xml = XML::Smart->new; $xml->{customer}{phone} = "555-1234"; $xml->{customer}{phone}{type} = "home"; $xml->apply_dtd(<<EOF); <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE customer [ <!ELEMENT customer (phone+)> <!ELEMENT phone (#PCDATA)> <!ATTLIST phone type CDATA #REQUIRED> ]> EOF print $xml->data;
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <?meta name="GENERATOR" content="XML::Smart/1.6.8 Perl/5.006001 [MSWin +32]" ?> <!DOCTYPE customer [ <!ELEMENT customer (phone+)> <!ELEMENT phone (#PCDATA)> <!ATTLIST phone type CDATA #REQUIRED> ]> <customer> <phone type="home">555-1234</phone> </customer>

Graciliano M. P.
"Creativity is the expression of the liberty".

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Re^4: Generating elements with attributes and contents using XML::Smart
by pfaut (Priest) on Aug 19, 2004 at 14:33 UTC

    Yes, that's working perfect. Guess it's time to study the spec some more. Thanks.

    90% of every Perl application is already written.
    dragonchild
Re^4: Generating elements with attributes and contents using XML::Smart
by pfaut (Priest) on Aug 20, 2004 at 12:23 UTC

    I made these corrections to my full program and DTD and I still have a problem. If I have a 'type' element defined, then the 'type' attribute is still getting converted to a tag inside the 'phone' element.

    use XML::Smart; my $xml = XML::Smart->new; $xml->{customer}{phone} = "555-1234"; $xml->{customer}{phone}{type} = "home"; $xml->apply_dtd(<<EOF); <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE customer [ <!ELEMENT customer (type?,phone+)> <!ELEMENT phone (#PCDATA)> <!ATTLIST phone type CDATA #REQUIRED> <!ELEMENT type (#PCDATA)> ]> EOF print $xml->data;

    This produces:

    <customer> <phone> <type>home</type>555-1234</phone> </customer>
    90% of every Perl application is already written.
    dragonchild
      Fixed on XML::Smart 1.6.8! Thanks for the report.

      Graciliano M. P.
      "Creativity is the expression of the liberty".

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