[Chicago-talk] Processing XSLT with Perl

[Ed Summers]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 06:49:29AM -1000, Christopher Nava wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with XSLT processing in Perl?
> What module do you recommend?
>
> I need something that does XSLT transformations and is a relatively complete 
> implementation.
>
> I'd LIKE something that exposes the DOM to Perl so I can do a few XPath 
> searches and the like.  (But it's not required.)

The Apache AxKit [1] project uses XML::Sablotron [2] for XSLT processing. This
module is basicallying Perl bindings to the speedy Sablotron C++ library [3].
I've heard lots of good things about AxKit, and seen it being used in 
production systems before. 

Matt Sergeant also has a CPAN module XML::XPath which can process XPath
searches on a DOM. Matt does great work, I've used his XML::SAX package heavily,
and would recommend you check it out.

I know XML is a dirty word in some circles but I have been thinking about 
offering up a talk proposal for chicago-pm on using XML data from Perl. There 
are lots of modules available, and I was thinking I could provide a view from 
1000 ft on parsing XML from Perl, and some practical examples of the various 
module uses, including guidance on when one approach is more suitable than 
another. If anyone is interested in this let me know, and I'll start 
collecting stuff.

//Ed

[1] http://axkit.org/ 
[2] http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?XML::Sablotron
[3] http://www.gingerall.com/charlie/ga/xml/x_sabperl.xml?s=org

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