Comments on: XML::Genx Plans http://happygiraffe.net/blog/2006/06/07/xml-genx-plans/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:02:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dominic Mitchell http://happygiraffe.net/blog/2006/06/07/xml-genx-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-682 Dominic Mitchell Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:14:52 +0000 tag:happygiraffe.net:Article308#comment-682 <p>Thanks for the input—that’s really helpful. I agree, <span class="caps">XML</span>::SAX::Builder’s namespace support is really awkward, but more than anything else, it’s a by product of the implementation (blessed closures).</p> <p>I’ll have a nose around and see what else is out there. It needs to be solved decently…</p> Thanks for the input—that’s really helpful. I agree, XML::SAX::Builder’s namespace support is really awkward, but more than anything else, it’s a by product of the implementation (blessed closures).

I’ll have a nose around and see what else is out there. It needs to be solved decently…

]]> By: Aristotle Pagaltzis http://happygiraffe.net/blog/2006/06/07/xml-genx-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Aristotle Pagaltzis Fri, 09 Jun 2006 01:42:19 +0000 tag:happygiraffe.net:Article308#comment-681 <p>A nice <span class="caps">XML</span> builder <span class="caps">API</span> would be excellent. Above all I’d love smooth namespace support.</p> <p>The support in <span class="caps">XML</span>::SAX::Builder is very awkward.</p> <p>In <span class="caps">XML</span>::Writer it’s smoother, but that isn’t saying much because the <span class="caps">API</span> in general is rather verbose.</p> <p>In Ruby’s builder, it’s concise but really un-XMLish. The meaning of the method name flips from element name to prefix string when you pass a symbol, which looks funny to me despite the syntactic cleverness it enables. Worse, though, it promotes use of concrete prefixes. I want to associate namespaces with nodes symbolically.</p> A nice XML builder API would be excellent. Above all I’d love smooth namespace support.

The support in XML::SAX::Builder is very awkward.

In XML::Writer it’s smoother, but that isn’t saying much because the API in general is rather verbose.

In Ruby’s builder, it’s concise but really un-XMLish. The meaning of the method name flips from element name to prefix string when you pass a symbol, which looks funny to me despite the syntactic cleverness it enables. Worse, though, it promotes use of concrete prefixes. I want to associate namespaces with nodes symbolically.

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