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Posted by Andrew on June 27, 2007, 7:20 pm
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> Andrew wrote:
> > In one sentence: Given an XML file and an XPath pointing to a certain
> > node, how can I find the line-number of that node in the original XML
> > file?
>
> > I am building a script that reads an XML file, checks it against a
> > bunch of validation rules, and outputs any errors and/or warnings.
> > Currently, I read the XML file via XML::XPath->new(filename =>
> > $filename), but I am open to alternative suggestions. When I do find
> > an error (for example, a certain attribute may have an invalid keyword
> > for its value), I want to print the line number of the original XML
> > file in which this error occurred.
>
> > Searching on the web, I found several references to XML::Twig. I was
> > wondering if anyone could offer suggestions or advice about XML::Twig
> > or any other modules that could help.
>
> Keeping the line number around is actually a
FAQ:http://xmltwig.com/xmltwig/XML-Twig-FAQ.html#Q18
>
> And no, XML::Twig does not validate the XML (it's ultimately based on
> expat which is a non-validating parser).
>
> XML::LibXML has also that info available (even more conveniently: the
> line_number method in XML::LibXML::Node).
>
> I don't know those modules very well, but the XML::Schematron::* modules
> might also be usefull, they are designed for that kind of task I
think:http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Schematron/
>
> --
> mirod
Thanks, everyone! Currently, I'm busy with another part of the code,
but I will post back here after trying these suggestions.
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