NAME¶
MKDoc::XML::Decode - Expands XML entities
SYNOPSIS¶
use MKDoc::XML::Decode;
my $decode = new MKDoc::XML::Decode qw/xml xhtml numeric/;
# $xml is now "Chris' Baloon"
my $xml = MKDoc::XML::Decode->process ("Chris' Baloon");
SUMMARY¶
MKDoc::XML::Decode is a very simple module with pluggable entity decoding
mechanism. At the moment there are three modules:
xml - Decodes ' " > < and & xhtml -
Decodes XHTML entities such as é numeric - Decodes numeric entities
such as A
That's it.
This module and its counterpart MKDoc::XML::Encode are used by
MKDoc::XML::Dumper to XML-encode and XML-decode litterals.
API¶
my $decode_object = new MKDoc::XML::Decode (@modules);¶
Constructs a new decode object using the modules specified in @modules.
my $decoded = $decode_object->decode ($stuff);¶
Decodes $stuff and returns it into $decoded.
Any entity which is not recognized will be returned as is but will trigger a
warning.
AUTHOR¶
Copyright 2003 - MKDoc Holdings Ltd.
Author: Jean-Michel Hiver
This module is free software and is distributed under the same license as Perl
itself. Use it at your own risk.
SEE ALSO¶
MKDoc::XML::Encode