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xacobeo::utils

Xacobeo::Utils(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				       Xacobeo::Utils(3pm)

NAME

       Xacobeo::Utils - Utilities.

SYNOPSIS

	       use Xacobeo::Utils qw(:dom :xml);

	       if (isa_dom_text($node)) {
		       my $text = escape_xml_text($node->nodeValue);
		       print "$text
";
	       }

DESCRIPTION

       This package provides utility functions that are shared among the different modules in this project.

IMPORTS

       The following import tags are defined:

   :xml
       Import the XML utilities.

   :dom
       Imports the DOM utilities.

FUNCTIONS

       The following functions are available:

   escape_xml_text
       Escapes the text as if would be added to a Text node. This function escapes only the entities <, > and &.

       Parameters:

       o   $string

	   The string to escape.

   escape_xml_attribute
       Escapes the text as if would be added to an Attribute. This function escapes the entities <, >, &, ' and ".

       Parameters:

       o   $string

	   The string to escape.

   isa_dom_document
       Returns true if the node is a DOM "Document" (instance of XML::LibXML::Document).

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_element
       Returns true if the node is a DOM "Element" (instance of XML::LibXML::Element).

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_attr
       Returns true if the node is a DOM "Attribute" (instance of XML::LibXML::Attr).

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_nodelist
       Returns true if the node is a DOM "NodeList" (instance of XML::LibXML::NodeList).

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_text
       Returns true if the node is a DOM "Text" (instance of XML::LibXML::Text).

       NOTE: XML::LibXML considers that "Comment" and "CDATA" nodes are also "Text" nodes. This method doesn't consider a "Comment" nor a "CDATA"
       node as being "Text" nodes.

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_comment
       Returns true if the node is a DOM "Comment" (instance of XML::LibXML::Comment).

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_node
       Returns true if the node is a DOM "Node" (instance of XML::LibXML::Node).

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_pi
       Returns true if the node is a DOM "PI" (also known as: processing instruction) (instance of XML::LibXML::PI).

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_dtd
       Returns true if the node is a DOM "DTD" (instance of XML::LibXML::Dtd).

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_cdata
       Returns true if the node is a DOM "CDATASection" (instance of XML::LibXML::CDATASection).

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_namespace
       Returns true if the node is a "Namespace" (instance of XML::LibXML::Namespace).

       NOTE: The DOM doesn't define an object type named "Namespaces" but XML::LibXML does so this function is named 'isa_dom' for consistency
       with the other functions.

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_literal
       Returns true if the node is a "Literal" (instance of XML::LibXML::Literal).

       NOTE: The DOM doesn't define an object type named "Literal" but XML::LibXML does so this function is named 'isa_dom' for consistency with
       the other functions.

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_boolean
       Returns true if the node is a "Boolean" (instance of XML::LibXML::Boolean).

       NOTE: The DOM doesn't define an object type named "Boolean" but XML::LibXML does so this function is named 'isa_dom' for consistency with
       the other functions.

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   isa_dom_number
       Returns true if the node is a "Number" (instance of XML::LibXML::Number).

       NOTE: The DOM doesn't define an object type named "Number" but XML::LibXML does so this function is named 'isa_dom' for consistency with
       the other functions.

       Parameters:

       o   $node

	   The node to check.

   scrollify
       Wraps a widget in a scrolled window.

       Parameters:

       o   $widget

	   The widget to wrap.

       o   $width

	   The width of the scroll window. If "undef" then -1 will be used.

       o   $height

	   The height of the scroll window. If "undef" then -1 will be used.

AUTHORS

       Emmanuel Rodriguez <potyl@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2008,2009 by Emmanuel Rodriguez.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or,
       at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

perl v5.14.2							    2011-11-16						       Xacobeo::Utils(3pm)