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.IX Title "SAX::ParserFactory 3pm"
.TH SAX::ParserFactory 3pm "2018-03-10" "perl v5.26.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
XML::SAX::ParserFactory \- Obtain a SAX parser
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\&  use XML::SAX::ParserFactory;
\&  use XML::SAX::XYZHandler;
\&  my $handler = XML::SAX::XYZHandler\->new();
\&  my $p = XML::SAX::ParserFactory\->parser(Handler => $handler);
\&  $p\->parse_uri("foo.xml");
\&  # or $p\->parse_string("<foo/>") or $p\->parse_file($fh);
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
XML::SAX::ParserFactory is a factory class for providing an application
with a Perl \s-1SAX2 XML\s0 parser. It is akin to \s-1DBI\s0 \- a front end for other
parser classes. Each new \s-1SAX2\s0 parser installed will register itself
with \s-1XML::SAX,\s0 and then it will become available to all applications
that use XML::SAX::ParserFactory to obtain a \s-1SAX\s0 parser.
.PP
Unlike \s-1DBI\s0 however, \s-1XML/SAX\s0 parsers almost all work alike (especially
if they subclass XML::SAX::Base, as they should), so rather than
specifying the parser you want in the call to \f(CW\*(C`parser()\*(C'\fR, \s-1XML::SAX\s0
has several ways to automatically choose which parser to use:
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\&\f(CW$XML::SAX::ParserPackage\fR
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If this package variable is set, then this package is \f(CW\*(C`require()\*(C'\fRd
and an instance of this package is returned by calling the \f(CW\*(C`new()\*(C'\fR
class method in that package. If it cannot be loaded or there is
an error, an exception will be thrown. The variable can also contain
a version number:
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\&  $XML::SAX::ParserPackage = "XML::SAX::Expat (0.72)";
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And the number will be treated as a minimum version number.
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Required features
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It is possible to require features from the parsers. For example, you
may wish for a parser that supports validation via a \s-1DTD.\s0 To do that,
use the following code:
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\&  use XML::SAX::ParserFactory;
\&  my $factory = XML::SAX::ParserFactory\->new();
\&  $factory\->require_feature(\*(Aqhttp://xml.org/sax/features/validation\*(Aq);
\&  my $parser = $factory\->parser(...);
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Alternatively, specify the required features in the call to the
ParserFactory constructor:
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\&  my $factory = XML::SAX::ParserFactory\->new(
\&          RequiredFeatures => {
\&               \*(Aqhttp://xml.org/sax/features/validation\*(Aq => 1,
\&               }
\&          );
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If the features you have asked for are unavailable (for example the
user might not have a validating parser installed), then an
exception will be thrown.
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The list of known parsers is searched in reverse order, so it will
always return the last installed parser that supports all of your
requested features (Note: this is subject to change if someone
comes up with a better way of making this work).
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\&\s-1SAX\s0.ini
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ParserFactory will search \f(CW@INC\fR for a file called \s-1SAX\s0.ini, which
is in a simple format:
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\&  # a comment looks like this,
\&  ; or like this, and are stripped anywhere in the file
\&  key = value # SAX.in contains key/value pairs.
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All whitespace is non-significant.
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This file can contain either a line:
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\&  ParserPackage = MyParserModule (1.02)
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Where MyParserModule is the module to load and use for the parser,
and the number in brackets is a minimum version to load.
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Or you can list required features:
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\&  http://xml.org/sax/features/validation = 1
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And each feature with a true value will be required.
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Fallback
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If none of the above works, the last parser installed on the user's
system will be used. The \s-1XML::SAX\s0 package ships with a pure perl
\&\s-1XML\s0 parser, XML::SAX::PurePerl, so that there will always be a
fallback parser.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Matt Sergeant, matt@sergeant.org
.SH "LICENSE"
.IX Header "LICENSE"
This is free software, you may use it and distribute it under the same
terms as Perl itself.