Data::DumpXML - phpMan

NAME
    Data::DumpXML - Dump arbitrary data structures as XML

SYNOPSIS
     use Data::DumpXML qw(dump_xml);
     $xml = dump_xml(@list)

DESCRIPTION
    This module provides a single function called dump_xml() that takes a
    list of Perl values as its argument and produces a string as its result.
    The string returned is an XML document that represents any Perl data
    structures passed to the function. Reference loops are handled
    correctly.

    The following data model is used:

       data : scalar*
       scalar = undef | str | ref | alias
       ref : scalar | array | hash | glob | code
       array: scalar*
       hash: (key scalar)*

    The distribution comes with an XML schema and a DTD that more formally
    describe this structure.

    As an example of the XML documents produced, the following call:

      $a = bless [1,2], "Foo";
      dump_xml($a);

    produces:

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
      <data xmlns="http://www.cpan.org/.../Data-DumpXML.xsd">
       <ref>
        <array class="Foo">
         <str>1</str>
         <str>2</str>
        </array>
       </ref>
      </data>

    If dump_xml() is called in a void context, then the dump is printed on
    STDERR automatically. For compatibility with "Data::Dump", there is also
    an alias for dump_xml() called simply dump().

    "Data::DumpXML::Parser" is a class that can restore data structures
    dumped by dump_xml().

  Configuration variables
    The generated XML is influenced by a set of configuration variables. If
    you modify them, then it is a good idea to localize the effect. For
    example:

      sub my_dump_xml {
          local $Data::DumpXML::INDENT = "";
          local $Data::DumpXML::XML_DECL = 0;
          local $Data::DumpXML::DTD_LOCATION = "";
          local $Data::DumpXML::NS_PREFIX = "dumpxml";

          return dump_xml(@_);
      }

    The variables are:

    $Data::DumpXML::INDENT
        You can set the variable $Data::DumpXML::INDENT to control the
        amount of indenting. The variable contains the whitespace you want
        to be used for each level of indenting. The default is a single
        space. To suppress indenting, set it to "".

    $Data::DumpXML::INDENT_STYLE
        This variable controls where end element are placed. If you set this
        variable to the value "Lisp" then end tags are not prefixed by NL.
        This give a more compact output.

    $Data::DumpXML::XML_DECL
        This boolean variable controls whether an XML declaration should be
        prefixed to the output. The XML declaration is the <?xml ...?>
        thingy. The default is 1. Set this value to 0 to suppress the
        declaration.

    $Data::DumpXML::NAMESPACE
        This variable contains the namespace used for the XML elements. The
        default is to let this be a URI that actually resolve to the XML
        schema on CPAN. Set it to "" to disable use of namespaces.

    $Data::DumpXML::NS_PREFIX
        This variable contains the namespace prefix to use on the elements.
        The default is "", which means that a default namespace will be
        declared.

    $Data::DumpXML::SCHEMA_LOCATION
        This variable contains the location of the XML schema. If this
        variable is non-empty, then an "xsi:schemaLocation" attribute is
        added to the top level "data" element. The default is not to include
        this, as the location can be inferred from the default XML namespace
        used.

    $Data::DumpXML::DTD_LOCATION
        This variable contains the location of the DTD. If this variable is
        non-empty, then a <!DOCTYPE ...> is included in the output. The
        default is to point to the DTD on CPAN. Set it to "" to suppress the
        <!DOCTYPE ...> line.

BUGS
    Class names with 8-bit characters are dumped as Latin-1, but converted
    to UTF-8 when restored by the Data::DumpXML::Parser.

    The content of globs and subroutines are not dumped. They are restored
    as the strings "** glob **" and "** code **".

    LVALUE and IO objects are not dumped at all. They simply disappear from
    the restored data structure.

SEE ALSO
    Data::DumpXML::Parser, XML::Parser, XML::Dumper, Data::Dump

AUTHORS
    The "Data::DumpXML" module is written by Gisle Aas <gisle AT aas.no>, based
    on "Data::Dump".

    The "Data::Dump" module was written by Gisle Aas, based on
    "Data::Dumper" by Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar AT umich.edu>.

     Copyright 1998-2003 Gisle Aas.
     Copyright 1996-1998 Gurusamy Sarathy.

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.