XML::Literal(3p)

NAME
XML::Literal - Syntax suppor for XML literals

SYNOPSIS
    # This is not a source filter: it just augments glob().
    use XML::Simple;
    use XML::Literal \&XMLin;

    # Simple element
    my $xml1 = <hr/>;

    # With variable interpolation
    my $xml2 = <input value='$ARGV[0]' />;

    # With an extra pair of angle brackets
    my $xml3 = < <a href='/'> Some Text </a> >;

    # With escaped angle brackets
    my $xml4 = <a href='/'\> Some Text \</a>;

    # Direct call to the xml-building glob'' constructor
    my $xml5 = glob'
        <p><em>
            Some Text
        </em></p>
    ';

    # This does not look like XML, so it's still shell glob
    my @files = <*.*>;

DESCRIPTION
This module takes one function at its "use" line. Afterwards, all single-line "<...>" calls that looks like a XML literal will be processed with that function, instead of the built-in shell "glob".

Support for qx<...> overriding for multiline XML literals is planned for Perl 5.10.

AUTHORS
Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>

COPYRIGHT (The "MIT" License)
Copyright 2006 by Audrey Tang <cpan@audreyt.org>.

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