Sorry Matt, I guess I made the highly simplified XML that I posted a
little too simplified.
Here is a better generalization of the XML I want to produce:
.........
<users>
<user>
<first_name> ... </first_name>
<user_id> ... </user_id>
<last_name> ... </last_name>
<username> ... </username>
<users_arms>
<users-arm>
<hand>
<fingers>
<finger> .... </finger>
<finger> .... </finger>
<finger> .... </finger>
<finger> .... </finger>
<finger> .... </finger>
</fingers>
</hand>
<elbow> .... </elbow>
</users-arm>
<users-arm>
<hand>
<fingers>
<finger> .... </finger>
<finger> .... </finger>
<finger> .... </finger>
<finger> .... </finger>
<finger> .... </finger>
</fingers>
</hand>
<elbow> .... </elbow>
</users-arm>
</users-arms>
</user>
<user> .... </user>
</users>
.....
Basically what I am trying to produce is a deeply nested XML tree
where each group of singular elements is enclosed in a larger plural
element (arms->arm, fingers->finger).
Doing what you suggested works fine whith the question I originally
posted, but my actual need is more complicated (again, sorry for
oversimplifying it).
After posting my question to the mailling list, I looked around myself
for an answer to my problem. I haven't yet found a way to use
TaglibHelper to do what I want, but I have been looking at the
TaglibHelper code and I think that a very minor change would make the
functionality possible.
I think it may be as simple as changing this snippet of code:
170 # each item within an array should have a wrapper "-item" tag
171 my $item;
172 if ($options{itemtag}) {
173 $item = $document->createElement($options{itemtag});
174 }
175 else {
176 my $funcname = $options{'array_uses_hash'} ? $lastkey :
177 func_name($funspec) || func_name($funspec);
178 $funcname =~ s/_|\s/-/g; # convert back to XML-style tagnames
179 $item = $document->createElement("${funcname}-item");
180 }
to this new snippet of code:
170 # each item within an array should have a wrapper "-item" tag
171 my $item;
172 if ($options{itemtag}) {
173 $item = $document->createElement($options{itemtag});
174 }
175 elsif($options{'plural_tags'}) {
176 my $new_element_name = $lastkey;
177 $new_element_name =~ s/s$//; # Remove trailing s's
from plural tags
178 $item = $document->createElement($new_element_name);
179 }
180 else {
181 my $funcname = $options{'array_uses_hash'} ? $lastkey :
182 func_name($funspec) || func_name($funspec);
183 $funcname =~ s/_|\s/-/g; # convert back to
XML-style tagnames
184 $item = $document->createElement("${funcname}-item");
185 }
I have not yet tested the above code (will probably do that in the morning)
Am I oversimplying the modifications needed to add this
functionallity? Is there something that I'm missing?
Thanks,
-Chuck
On 10/3/05, Matt Sergeant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 30 Sep 2005, at 15:12, Chuck Phillips wrote:
>
> > Any ideas on how to convince TaglibHelper to not include the unwanted
> > "-item" tags?
>
> return:
>
> 'users' => [
> {
> 'first_name' => '...',
> 'user_id' => '...',
> 'last_name' => '...',
> 'username' => '...',
> },
> ...
> ]
>
> and set itemtag=user in your @EXPORT_TAGLIB line.
>
> Matt.
>
>
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