# phpman > man > XML::PatAct::PatternTempl(3pm)

## NAME
    [XML::PatAct::PATTERN](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/XML%3A%3APatAct%3A%3APATTERN/markdown) - A pattern module for

## SYNOPSIS
     use [XML::PatAct::PATTERN](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/XML%3A%3APatAct%3A%3APATTERN/markdown);

     my $patterns = [ PATTERN => ACTION,
                      ... ]

     my $matcher = [XML::PatAct::PATTERN](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/XML%3A%3APatAct%3A%3APATTERN/markdown)->new( Patterns => $patterns );

## DESCRIPTION
    [XML::PatAct::PATTERN](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/XML%3A%3APatAct%3A%3APATTERN/markdown) is a pattern module for use with PatAct action modules for applying
    pattern-action lists to XML parses or trees. [XML::PatAct::PATTERN](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/XML%3A%3APatAct%3A%3APATTERN/markdown) ...

    Parameters can be passed as a list of key, value pairs or a hash.

    DESCRIBE THE FORMAT OR LANGUAGE OF YOUR PATTERNS HERE

## AUTHOR
    This template file was written by Ken MacLeod, <ken@bitsko.slc.ut.us>

## SEE ALSO
### perl

    ``Using PatAct Modules'' and ``Creating PatAct Modules'' in libxml-perl.