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• XML::Simple doesn't validate? (Score:1)

  by Alias (5735)

  Excuse me for not having RTFPod myself, but XML::Simple doesn't do validation? If not, does that mean I'm really only limited to using XML::Simple in the sort of situations that don't really justify the use of XML at all... like say config files.
  
  "If you don't need a schema, you don't need XML"
  • Re:XML::Simple doesn't validate? (Score:2)

    by TeeJay (2309)

    If you want simple and validated - use XML Twig - it provides a powerful API with optional validation (iirc) and also the Simplify method which gives you XML::Simple style data.
    
    Furthermore - most XML processing doesn't require validation against a schema or DTD - usually you have a bunch of fields you are interested in and what get stuff out of or update - so long as they roughly the shape you expect things are fine.
    
    Validation would check that required fields and attributes, etc are present but frequently t

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    • Re:XML::Simple doesn't validate? (Score:2)

      by grantm (164)

      Actually, I assumed Adam was trolling and ignored his post in the same way as I ignored the original email :-)