Simple

NAME

Kernel::System::XML::Simple - Turn XML into a Perl structure

DESCRIPTION

Turn XML into a Perl structure.

PUBLIC INTERFACE

new()

create an object. Do not use it directly, instead use:

use Kernel::System::ObjectManager;
local $Kernel::OM = Kernel::System::ObjectManager->new();
my $XMLSimpleObject = $Kernel::OM->Get('Kernel::System::XML::Simple');

XMLIn()

Turns given XML data into Perl structure. The resulting Perl structure can be in adjusted with options. Available options can be found here: http://search.cpan.org/~markov/XML-LibXML-Simple-0.97/lib/XML/LibXML/Simple.pod#Parameter_%options

# XML from file:
my $PerlStructure = $XMLSimpleObject->XMLIn(
    XMLInput => '/xml/items.xml',
    Options  => {
        ForceArray   => 1,
        ForceContent => 1,
        ContentKey   => 'Content',
    },
);

# XML from string:
my $PerlStructure = $XMLSimpleObject->XMLIn(
    XMLInput => '<MyXML><Item Type="String">My content</Item><Item Type="Number">23</Item></MyXML>',
    Options  => {
        ForceArray   => 1,
        ForceContent => 1,
        ContentKey   => 'Content',
    },
);

Results in:

my $PerlStructure = {
    Item => [
        {
            Type    => 'String',
            Content => 'My content',
        },
        {
            Type    => 'Number',
            Content => '23',
        },
    ],
};