Search::Tools::XML 0.01

Search::Tools::XML are methods for playing nice with XML and HTML.

SYNOPSIS

use Search::Tools::XML;

my $class = Search::Tools::XML;

my $text = the "quick brown" fox;

my $xml = $class->start_tag(foo);

$xml .= $class->utf8_safe( $text );

$xml .= $class->end_tag(foo);

# $xml: the "quick brown" fox

$class->escape( $xml );

# $xml: <foo>the &#34;quick brown&#34; fox</foo>

$class->unescape( $xml );

# $xml: the "quick brown" fox

my $plain = $class->no_html( $xml );

# $plain eq $text

Search::Tools::XML provides utility methods for dealing with XML and HTML. There isnt really anything new here that CPAN doesnt provide via HTML::Entities or similar modules. The difference is convenience: the most common methods you need for search apps are in one place with no extra dependencies.

NOTE: To get full UTF-8 character set from chr() you must be using Perl >= 5.8. This affects things like the unescape* methods.