XML::Smart::DTD(3)

NAME
XML::Smart::DTD - DTD parser for XML::Smart.

DESCRIPTION
This will parse DTD and provides methods to access the information stored in the DTD.

USAGE
  use XML::Smart::DTD ;

  my $dtd = XML::Smart::DTD->new('some.dtd') ;

  if ( $dtd->child_exists('tag1','subtag1') ) {
  ...
  }

  use Data::Dumper ;
  print Dumper( $dtd->tree ) ;

new

METHODS

  attr_exists ( TAG , ATTR )
Return TRUE if the attribute exists in the element TAG.

  child_exists ( TAG , CHILD )
Return TRUE if the child exists in the element TAG.

  elem_exists ( TAG )
Return TRUE if the element TAG exists.

  error
Return the error list.

  get_attr_def ( TAG , ATTR )
Return the default value of an attribute

  get_attr_type ( TAG , ATTR )
Return the attribute type.

  get_attr_values ( TAG , ATTR )
Return the defined values of an attribute.

  get_attrs ( TAG )
Return the attribute list of a element.

  get_attrs_req ( TAG )
Return the required attribute list of a element.

  get_childs ( TAG )
Return the child list of an element.

  get_childs_req ( TAG )
Return the required child list of an element.

  get_elem_opt ( TAG )
Return the occurrence option of an element:

  !  REQUIRED AND ONLY ONE MATCH
  +  1 or more
  *  0 or more
  ?  0 or 1

  get_elem_child_opt ( TAG , CHILD )
Same of get_elem_opt() but this element as a child of an element.

  is_attr_fix ( TAG , ATTR )
Return TRUE if an attribute is FIXED.

  is_attr_req ( TAG , ATTR )
Return TRUE if an attribute is REQUIRED.

  is_elem_any ( TAG )
Return TRUE if an element is ANY.

  is_elem_child_multi ( TAG , CHILD )
Return TRUE if an element can have multiple occurrences as a child of TAG.

  is_elem_child_opt ( TAG , CHILD )
Return TRUE if an element is optional as a child of TAG.

  is_elem_child_req ( TAG , CHILD )
Return TRUE if an element is optional as a child of TAG.

  is_elem_child_uniq ( TAG , CHILD )
Return TRUE if an element is required and unique as a child of TAG.

  is_elem_pcdata ( TAG )
Return TRUE if an element is PCDATA (have content).

  is_elem_empty ( TAG )
Return TRUE if an element is EMPTY (doesn't have attributes, content or children).

  is_elem_multi ( TAG )
Return TRUE if an element can have multiple occurrences globally.

  is_elem_opt ( TAG )
Return TRUE if an element is optional globally.

  is_elem_parent ( TAG , @PARENTS )
Return TRUE if the list of @PARENTS can be parent of element TAG.

  is_elem_req
Return TRUE if an element is required globally.

  is_elem_uniq
Return TRUE if an element is unique and required globally.

  root
Return the root name of the DTD.

  tree
Return the HASH tree of the DTD.

SEE ALSO
XML::Smart, XML::DTDParser.

AUTHOR
Graciliano M. P. <gm@virtuasites.com.br>

I will appreciate any type of feedback (include your opinions and/or suggestions). ;-P

THANKS
Thanks to Jenda@Krynicky.cz http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz that is the author of XML::DTDParser.

COPYRIGHT
The DTD parser was based on XML-DTDParser-1.7 by Jenda@Krynicky.cz http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.