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.SH "SYNOPSIS".IX Header "SYNOPSIS"use \s-1XML:\s0:Lite;
my \f(CW$xml\fR = new \s-1XML:\s0:Lite( xml => 'a_file.xml' );
.SH "DESCRIPTION".IX Header "DESCRIPTION"\&\s-1XML:\s0:Lite is a lightweight \s-1XML\s0 parser, with basic element traversing 
methods. It is entirely self-contained, pure Perl (i.e. \fInot\fR based on 
expat). It provides useful methods for reading most \s-1XML\s0 files, including 
traversing and finding elements, reading attributes and such. It is 
designed to take advantage of Perl-isms (Attribute lists are returned as 
hashes, rather than, say, lists of objects). It provides only methods 
for reading a file, currently.
.SH "METHODS".IX Header "METHODS"The following methods are available:
.Ip "my \f(CW$xml\fR = new \s-1XML:\s0:Lite( xml => \f(CW$source\fR[, ...] );" 4.IX Item "my $xml = new XML::Lite( xml => $source[, ...] );"Creates a new \s-1XML:\s0:Lite object. The \s-1XML:\s0:Lite object acts as the document
object for the \f(CW$source\fR that is sent to it to parse. This means that you 
create a new object for each document (or document sub-section). As the 
objects are lightweight this should not be a performance consideration.
.SpThe object constructor can take several named parameters. Parameter names
may begin with a '\-' (as in the example above) but are not required to. The 
following parameters are recognized.
.Sp.Vb 2\&  xml      The source XML to parse. This can be a filename, a scalar that 
\&           contains the document (or document fragment), or an IO handle..VeAs a convenince, if only on parameter is given, it is assumed to be the source.
So you can use this, if you wish:
.Sp.Vb 1\&        my $xml = new XML::Lite( 'file.xml' );.Ve.Ip "my \f(CW$elm\fR = \f(CW$xml\fR->\fIroot_element()\fR" 4.IX Item "my $elm = $xml->root_element()"Returns a reference to an \s-1XML:\s0:Lite::Element object that represents
the root element of the document.
.SpReturns \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR on errors.
.Ip "@list = \f(CW$xml\fR->elements_by_name( \f(CW$name\fR )" 4.IX Item "@list = $xml->elements_by_name( $name )"Returns a list of all elements that match \f(CW\*(C`$name\*(C'\fR.
\&\f(CW\*(C`@list\*(C'\fR is a list of the XML::Lite::Element manpage objects
If called in a scalar context, this will return the
first element found that matches (it's more efficient 
to call in a scalar context than assign the results 
to a list of one scalar).
.SpIf no matching elements are found then returns \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR
in scalar context or an empty list in array context.
.SH "BUGS".IX Header "BUGS"(None known)
.SH "VERSION".IX Header "VERSION"0.11
.SH "AUTHOR".IX Header "AUTHOR"Jeremy Wadsack for Wadsack-Allen Digital Group (dgsupport@wadsack-allen.com)
.SH "COPYRIGHT".IX Header "COPYRIGHT"Copyright 2001 Wadsack-Allen. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.