=head1 NAME

XML::Compile::Translate::Reader - translate XML to HASH

=head1 INHERITANCE

 XML::Compile::Translate::Reader
   is a XML::Compile::Translate

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 my $schema = XML::Compile::Schema->new(...);
 my $code   = $schema->compile(READER => ...);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The translator understands schemas, but does not encode that into
actions.  This module implements those actions to translate from XML
into a (nested) Perl HASH structure.

=head2 Unsupported features

=head1 METHODS

=head2 Constructors

=over 4

=item $obj-E<gt>B<new>(TRANSLATOR, OPTIONS)

See L<XML::Compile::Translate/"Constructors">

=item $obj-E<gt>B<register>(NAME)

=item XML::Compile::Translate::Reader-E<gt>B<register>(NAME)

See L<XML::Compile::Translate/"Constructors">

=back

=head2 Attributes

=head2 Handlers

=over 4

=item XML::Compile::Translate::Reader-E<gt>B<compile>(ELEMENT|ATTRIBUTE|TYPE, OPTIONS)

See L<XML::Compile::Translate/"Handlers">

=back

=head1 DETAILS

=head2 Translator options

=head3 performance optimization

=head3 qualified XML

=head3 Name-spaces

=head3 Wildcards handlers

=head2 Processing Wildcards

If you want to collect information from the XML structure, which is
permitted by C<any> and C<anyAttribute> specifications in the schema,
you have to implement that yourself.  The problem is C<XML::Compile>
has less knowledge than you about the possible data.

=head3 option any_attribute

By default, the C<anyAttribute> specification is ignored.  When C<TAKE_ALL>
is given, all attributes which are fulfilling the name-space requirement
added to the returned data-structure.  As key, the absolute element name
will be used, with as value the related unparsed XML element.

In the current implementation, if an explicit attribute is also
covered by the name-spaces permitted by the anyAttribute definition,
then it will also appear in that list (and hence the handler will
be called as well).

Use L<XML::Compile::Schema::compile(any_attribute)|XML::Compile::Schema/"Compilers"> to write your
own handler, to influence the behavior.  The handler will be called for
each attribute, and you must return list of pairs of derived information.
When the returned is empty, the attribute data is lost.  The value may
be a complex structure.

=head3 option any_element

By default, the C<any> definition in a schema will ignore all elements
from the container which are not used.  Also in this case C<TAKE_ALL>
is required to produce C<any> results.  C<SKIP_ALL> will ignore all
results, although this are being processed for validation needs.

The C<minOccurs> and C<maxOccurs> of C<any> are ignored: the amount of
elements is always unbounded.  Therefore, you will get an array of
elements back per type. 

=head3 option any_type CODE

By default, the elements which have type "xsd:anyType" will return
an XML::LibXML::Element when there are sub-elements.  Otherwise,
it will return the textual content. 

If you pass your own CODE reference, you can change this behavior.  It
will get called with the path, the node, and the default handler.  Be
awayre the $node may actually be a string already.

   $schema->compile(READER => ..., any_type => \&handle_any_type);
   sub handle_any_type
   { my ($path, $node, $handler) = @_;
     ref $node or return $node;
     $node;
   }

=head2 Mixed elements

[available since 0.86]
ComplexType and ComplexContent components can be declared with the
C<<mixed="true">> attribute.  This implies that text is not limited
to the content of containers, but may also be used inbetween elements.
Usually, you will only find ignorable white-space between elements.

In this example, the C<a> container is marked to be mixed:
  <a id="5"> before <b>2</b> after </a>

Often the "mixed" option is bending one of both ways: either the element
is needed as text, or the element should be parsed and the text ignored.
The reader has various options to avoid the need of processing raw
XML::LibXML nodes.

[1.00]
When the return is a HASH, that HASH will also contain the
C<_MIXED_ELEMENT_MODE> key, to help people understand what
happens.  This is not possible for all modes, only for some.

With L<XML::Compile::Schema::compile(mixed_elements)|XML::Compile::Schema/"Compilers"> set to

=over 4

=item ATTRIBUTES  (the default)

a HASH is returned, the attributes are processed.  The node is found
as XML::LibXML::Element with the key '_'.  Above example will
produce
  $r = { id => 5, _ => $xmlnode };

=item TEXTUAL

Like the previous, but now the textual representation of the content is
returned with key '_'.  Above example will produce
  $r = { id => 5, _ => ' before 2 after '};

=item STRUCTURAL

will remove all mixed-in text, and treat the element as normal element.
The example will be transformed into
  $r = { id => 5, b => 2 };

=item XML_NODE

return the XML::LibXML::Node itself.  The example:
  $r = $xmlnode;

=item XML_STRING

return the mixed node as XML string, just as in the source.  Be warned
that it is rather expensive: the string was parsed and then stringified
again, which is costly for large nodes.  Result:
  $r = '<a id="5"> before <b>2</b> after </a>';

=item CODE reference

the reference is called with the XML::LibXML::Node as first argument.
When a value is returned (even undef), then the right tag with the value
will be included in the translators result.  When an empty list is
returned by the code reference, then nothing is returned (which may
result in an error if the element is required according to the schema)

=back

When some of your mixed elements need different behavior from other
elements, then you have to go play with the normal hooks in specific
cases.

=head2 Schema hooks

=head3 hooks executed before the XML is being processed

The C<before> hooks receives an XML::LibXML::Node object and
the path string.  It must return a new (or same) XML node which
will be used from then on.  You probably can best modify a node
clone, not the original as provided by the user.  When C<undef>
is returned, the whole node will disappear.

This hook offers a predefined C<PRINT_PATH>.

=head3 hooks executed as replacement

Your C<replace> hook should return a list of key-value pairs. To produce
it, it will get the XML::LibXML::Element, the translator settings as
HASH, the path, and the localname.

This hook has a predefined C<SKIP>, which will not process the
found element, but simply return the string "SKIPPED" as value.
This way, a whole tree of unneeded translations can be avoided.

Sometimes, the Schema spec is such a mess, that XML::Compile cannot
automatically translate it.  I have seen cases where confusion
over name-spaces is created: a choice between three elements with
the same name but different types.  Well, in such case you may use
L<XML::LibXML::Simple|XML::LibXML::Simple> to translate a part of your tree.  Simply

 use XML::LibXML::Simple  qw/XMLin/;
 $schema->addHook
   ( type    => ...type-definition...
   , replace =>
       sub { my ($xml, $args, $path, $type, $r) = @_;
             ($type => XMLin($xml, ...));
           }
   );

=head3 hooks for post-processing, after the data is collected

Your code reference gets called with three parameters: the XML node,
the data collected and the path.  Be careful that the collected data
might be a SCALAR (for simpleType).  Return a HASH or a SCALAR.  C<undef>
may work, unless it is the value of a required element you throw awy.

This hook also offers a predefined C<PRINT_PATH>.  Besides, it has
C<XML_NODE>, C<NODE_TYPE>, C<ELEMENT_ORDER>, and C<ATTRIBUTE_ORDER>, which
will result in additional fields in the HASH, respectively containing the
NODE which was processed (an XML::LibXML::Element), the type_of_node,
the element names, and the attribute names.  The keys start with an
underscore C<_>.

=head2 Typemaps

In a typemap, a relation between an XML element type and a Perl class (or
object) is made.  Each translator back-end will implement this a little
differently.  This section is about how the reader handles typemaps.

=head3 Typemap to Class

Usually, an XML type will be mapped on a Perl class.  The Perl class
implements the C<fromXML> method as constructor.

 $schema->addTypemaps($sometype => 'My::Perl::Class');

 package My::Perl::Class;
 ...
 sub fromXML
 {   my ($class, $data, $xmltype) = @_;
     my $self = $class->new($data);
     ...
     $self;
 }

Your method returns the data which will be included in the result tree
of the reader.  You may return an object, the unmodified C<$data>, or
C<undef>.  When C<undef> is returned, this may fail the schema parser
when the data element is required.

In the simpelest implementation, the class stores its data exactly as
the XML structure:

 package My::Perl::Class;
 sub fromXML
 {   my ($class, $data, $xmltype) = @_;
     bless $data, $class;
 }

 # The same, even shorter:
 sub fromXML { bless $_[1], $_[0] }

=head3 Typemap to Object

An other option is to implement an object factory: one object which creates
other objects.  In this case, the C<$xmltype> parameter can come of use,
to have one object spawning many different other objects.

 my $object = My::Perl::Class->new(...);
 $schema->typemap($sometype => $object);

 package My::Perl::Class;
 sub fromXML
 {   my ($object, $xmltype, $data) = @_;
     return Some::Other::Class->new($data);
 }

This object factory may be a very simple solution when you map XML onto
objects which are not under your control; where there is not way to
add the C<fromXML> method.

=head3 Typemap to CODE

The light version of an object factory works with CODE references.

 $schema->typemap($t1 => \&myhandler);
 sub myhandler
 {   my ($backend, $data, $type) = @_;
     return My::Perl::Class->new($data)
         if $backend eq 'READER';
     $data;
 }

 # shorter
 $schema->typemap($t1 => sub {My::Perl::Class->new($_[1])} );

=head3 Typemap implementation

Internally, the typemap is simply translated into an "after" hook for the
specific type.  After the data was processed via the usual mechanism,
the hook will call method C<fromXML> on the class or object you specified
with the data which was read.  You may still use "before" and "replace"
hooks, if you need them.

Syntactic sugar:

  $schema->typemap($t1 => 'My::Package');
  $schema->typemap($t2 => $object);

is comparible to

  $schema->typemap($t1 => sub {My::Package->fromXML(@_)});
  $schema->typemap($t2 => sub {$object->fromXML(@_)} );

with some extra checks.

=head1 SEE ALSO

This module is part of XML-Compile distribution version 1.29,
built on October 16, 2012. Website: F<http://perl.overmeer.net/xml-compile/>

Other distributions in this suite:
L<XML::Compile>,
L<XML::Compile::SOAP>,
L<XML::Compile::SOAP12>,
L<XML::Compile::SOAP::Daemon>,
L<XML::Compile::SOAP::WSA>,
L<XML::Compile::C14N>,
L<XML::Compile::WSS>,
L<XML::Compile::Tester>,
L<XML::Compile::Cache>,
L<XML::Compile::Dumper>,
L<XML::Compile::RPC>,
L<XML::Rewrite>,
L<XML::eXistDB>,
and
L<XML::LibXML::Simple>.

Please post questions or ideas to the mailinglist at
F<http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xml-compile>
For live contact with other developers, visit the C<#xml-compile> channel
on C<irc.perl.org>.

=head1 LICENSE

Copyrights 2006-2012 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See F<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>

