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',
            },
        ],
    };