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.IX Title "Expat 3"
.TH Expat 3 2024-07-13 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
XML::SAX::Expat \- SAX2 Driver for Expat (XML::Parser)
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&  use XML::SAX::Expat;
\&  use XML::SAX::MyFooHandler;
\&  my $h = XML::SAX::MyFooHandler\->new;
\&  my $p = XML::SAX::Expat\->new(Handler => $h);
\&  $p\->parse_file(\*(Aq/path/to/foo.xml\*(Aq);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This is an implementation of a SAX2 driver sitting on top of Expat
(XML::Parser) which Ken MacLeod posted to perl-xml and which I have
updated.
.PP
It is still incomplete, though most of the basic SAX2 events should be
available. The SAX2 spec is currently available from <http://perl\-xml.sourceforge.net/perl\-sax/>.
.PP
A more friendly URL as well as a PODification of the spec are in the
works.
.SH METHODS
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The methods defined in this class correspond to those listed in the
PerlSAX2 specification, available above.
.SH "FEATURES AND CAVEATS"
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.IX Item "supported_features"
Returns:
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\&  * http://xml.org/sax/features/external\-general\-entities
\&  * http://xml.org/sax/features/external\-parameter\-entities
\&  * [ Features supported by ancestors ]
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Turning one of the first two on also turns the other on (this maps
to the XML::Parser ParseParamEnts option). This may be fixed in the
future, so don't rely on this behaviour.
.SH "MISSING PARTS"
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XML::Parser has no listed callbacks for the following events, which
are therefore not presently generated (ways may be found in the
future):
.PP
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\&  * ignorable_whitespace
\&  * skipped_entity
\&  * start_entity / end_entity
\&  * resolve_entity
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Ways of signalling them are welcome. In addition to those,
set_document_locator is not yet called.
.SH TODO
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\&  \- reuse Ken\*(Aqs tests and add more
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.SH AUTHOR
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Robin Berjon; stolen from Ken Macleod, ken@bitsko.slc.ut.us, and with
suggestions and feedback from perl-xml. Currently maintained by Bjoern
Hoehrmann, <http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de/>.
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
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Copyright (c) 2001\-2008 Robin Berjon. All rights reserved. This program is
free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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XML::Parser::PerlSAX