XML::RelaxNG::Compact::PXB - create perl XML (RelaxNG Compact) data binding API

Version 0.14

The instance of this class is capable of generating the API tree of the perl objects based on XML (RelaxNG compact) schema described as perl data structures. If you have bunch of XML schemes ( and able to convert them into RelaxNG Compact ) and hate to waste your time by writing DOM tree walking code then this module may help you. Of course POD will be created automatically as well. Also, it will build the tests suit automatically as well and provide perltidy and perlcritic config files for you to assure the absence of problems in your API. The Perl::Critic test will be performed as part of the tests suit.

See XML::RelaxNG::Compact::DataModel for more details and examples.

 


      ###
      use    XML::RelaxNG::Compact::PXB;

      # express your schema 

      my $subelement =  {  'attrs'  => {value => 'scalar', type => 'scalar', port => 'scalar',  xmlns => 'nsid2'},
                                                   elements => [],
                                                   text => 'unless:value',
                    };
      my $model = = {  'attrs'  => {id => 'scalar', type => 'scalar', xmlns => 'nsid'},
                  elements => [
                                [subelement => $subelement ]
                              ],
                 };
      # define Namespace registry for your schemes

      my $nsreg = { 'nsid' => 'http://nsid/URI',  'nsid2' => 'http://nsid2/URI'};

      # create API builder with your desired parameters 
      #
      my $api_builder =   XML::RelaxNG::Compact::PXB->new({ 
                                            top_dir         =>   "/topdir/",
                                            nsregistry      => $nsreg,
                                            datatypes_root  =>   "Datatypes,
					    project_root    => 'API,
                                            schema_version  =>   "1.0",
                                            test_dir        =>   "t",
					    footer => POD::Credentials->new({author=> 'Author Name', 
				     						license=> ' This stuff is for free !',
									        copyright => 'Copyright (c) 2009, by me'});

      #### this call will build everything - API,tests, helper modules
      #### where  name parameter is the name of your root element  - "nsid:mymodel"
      #
      #   it will create versioned API under /topdir/API/Datatypes/v1_0/nsid/ for nsid namespace prefix
      #  and /topdir/API/Datatypes/v1_0/nsid2/ for nsid2 namespace prefix
      #

      $api_builder->buildAPI({name => 'mymodel', element => $model});

     


      #### this call will build only test suit
      ####
      $api_builder->buildTests({name => 'mymodel', element => $model});

      ####

      #### this call will build only Helper modules under /topdir/API/Datatypes/v1_0/ -  
      #### namespace prefix mapping, basic element operations
      ####

      $api_builder->buildHelpers();

      ####

creates new object, accepts reference to hash as parameters container where keys are:

DEBUG - set it to something defined to provide extra logging

top_dir - full pathname to the api root dir, for example test files will be placed as top_dir/test_dir Default: current directory

nsregistry - reference to the hash with {ns_prefix => ns_URI} pairs, it will be built into the Element class Default: just XSD and XSI namespaces

datatypes_root - name of the generated datatypes directory Default: XMLTypes

project_root - name of the API project directory, all packages will have naming beginning with this one Default: API, with datatypes_root default value every package will have API::XMLTYpes:: pre-fix

schema_version - version identifier for your XML schema Default: 1.0

test_dir - name for the test suit files ( relative to the <top_dir>) Default: t

footer - container of the object - POD::Credentials, used for printing POD footer with SEE ALSO, AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, LICENSE

Possible ways to call new():

  ### with defaults
  $api_builder =   XML::RelaxNG::Compact::PXB->new();

  ## passes hashref with explicit   parameters, for the next example:
  ## api will be created at /root/XMLTypes/v1_0/
  ## and tests files under - /root/t

  $api_builder =   XML::RelaxNG::Compact::PXB->new({
                                            top_dir =>   "/root/",
                                            datatypes_root =>   "XMLTypes",
                                            nsregistry => { 'nsid' => 'nsURI'},
					    project_root => 'API,
                                            schema_version =>   "1.0",
                                            test_dir =>   "t",
                                            footer => POD::Credentials->new({author=> 'Joe Doe'}),
                                            });

builds XML binding API recursively accepts hashref with keys:

 name - scalar, name of the root element - undef by default

 element - reference to the hash representing the RelaxNG Compact schema, empty hash ref by default

 parent - optional scalar parameter, reference to the hash with definition of the parent element, its C<undef> for the root element

returns $self

  shortcut to build Helper classes only, no arguments
  returns $self

 prints accessors and mutators for the passed reference to array of names
 returns $self

 shortcut to build test files  only, no arguments
 returns $self

builds single class on the filesystem and corresponded test file accepts position bounded parameters:

name of the element

hashref with the element definition

hashref with parent definition if its not the root element

returns $self

 auxiliary method
 it builds test file for current class
 accepts:

       reference to array with elements,
       reference to array with attributes,
       class name
       name of the package
       element name
 returns: nothing

 prints string into the  file handler without new line

 prints string into the   file handler with new line added

Maxim Grigoriev (FNAL), maxim_at_fnal_dot_gov

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