Hope it's okay to write to this group regarding beginner problems with XML::Writer.
I'm a beginner both to XML in general, and XML::Writer in particular.
I'm trying to run this program:
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#! /usr/bin/perl
use XML::Writer;
my $writer = new XML::Writer(DATA_MODE => 1,
DATA_INDENT => 3,
UNSAFE =>1);
$writer->xmlDecl("ISO-8859-1");
$writer->dataElement("docnum", "PIP 189165");
$writer->startTag("greeting",
"class" => "simple");
$writer->characters("Hello, world!");
$writer->endTag("greeting");
$writer->end();
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When I do, I get the output I think I want:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/POPLINE_XML$ ./test.pl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<docnum>PIP 189165</docnum>
<greeting class="simple">Hello, world!</greeting>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/POPLINE_XML$
This output looks like valid XML to me. I don't see any problems with it.
However, when I remove the UNSAFE and change the third line to:
my $writer = new XML::Writer(DATA_MODE => 1,
DATA_INDENT => 3);
I get this output:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/POPLINE_XML$ ./test.pl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
Attempt to insert start tag after close of document element at ./test.pl line 11
<docnum>PIP 189165</docnum>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/POPLINE_XML$
I don't understand what I'm doing wrong to cause XML::Writer to complain. Do I not
understand XML correctly?
Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions.
-Kevin Zembower
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E. Kevin Zembower
Unix Administrator
Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs
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Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-6139
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