XML::Grove::Sub - run a filter sub over a grove
use XML::Grove::Sub;
# Using filter method on XML::Grove::Document or XML::Grove::Element:
@results = $grove_object->filter(\&sub [, ...]);
# Using an XML::Grove::Sub instance:
$filterer = XML::Grove::Sub->new();
@results = $grove_object->accept($filterer, \&sub [, ...]);
XML::Grove::Sub executes a sub, the filter, over all objects in a
grove and returns a list of all the return values from the sub. The
sub is called with the grove object as it's first parameter and
passing the rest of the arguments to the call to `filter()' or
`accept()'.
The following filter will return a list of all `foo' or `bar'
elements with an attribute `widget-no' beginning with `A' or
`B'.
@results = $grove_obj->filter(sub {
my $obj = shift;
if ($obj->isa('XML::Grove::Element')
&& (($obj->{Name} eq 'foo')
|| ($obj->{Name} eq 'bar'))
&& ($obj->{Attributes}{'widget-no'} =~ /^[AB]/)) {
return ($obj);
}
return ();
});
Ken MacLeod, ken@bitsko.slc.ut.us
perl(1), XML::Grove(3), Data::Grove::Visitor(3)
Extensible Markup Language (XML) <http://www.w3c.org/XML>
