NAME

XML::SAX::Expat - SAX2 Driver for Expat (XML::Parser)

SYNOPSIS

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('/path/to/foo.xml');

DESCRIPTION

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.

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/.

A more friendly URL as well as a PODification of the spec are in the works.

METHODS

The methods defined in this class correspond to those listed in the PerlSAX2 specification, available above.

FEATURES AND CAVEATS

supported_features

Returns:

* http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities
* http://xml.org/sax/features/external-parameter-entities
* [ Features supported by ancestors ]

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.

MISSING PARTS

XML::Parser has no listed callbacks for the following events, which are therefore not presently generated (ways may be found in the future):

* ignorable_whitespace
* skipped_entity
* start_entity / end_entity
* resolve_entity

Ways of signalling them are welcome. In addition to those, set_document_locator is not yet called.

TODO

- reuse Ken's tests and add more

AUTHOR

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/.