XML::GXML Perl Module

XML::GXML is a Perl module for transforming XML. It may be put to a variety of tasks; in scope it is similar to XSL, but less ambitious and easier to use (including a less verbose syntax). GXML is an outgrowth of gxml2html, my tool for converting web sites written in XML to HTML output.

These are some of GXML's features:

• Template substitution for any given element.
• Templates may be provided by user code or files on disk.
• Any part of the XML, source or template, may contain variables which will be substituted according to well-defined rules.
• Variable values may be: things embedded in an enclosing element's start tag, other elements in scope, sub-values of an in-scope element, or provided by user code.
• Element tags can have variables in them.
• Special commands allow conditionals and looping, e.g. "if exists," "if equals," and "foreach."
• User can specify callbacks for start and/or end of given tags.
• Element tags can be easily remapped to other things.
• XML syntax can be easily translated into HTML syntax.