I have tried many of the Perl XML Parsers. I was quite interested in the Sablotron Parser, but it is such a pain to install on a Windows box. Currently I have started using XML::LibXML and XML::LibXSLT both of which seem to do everything I need.
They seem to be quite standard as well. Are there any better XML Parsers to use than this?
I think you are using a pretty good one. XML::LibXML, Matt Sergeant and Christian Glahn's Perl interface to Daniel Velliard's libxml2 is one of the faster XML Parsers that I know of.
It really depends on your needs, as people have said. To parse XML files that were ~100Mb in size (gene annotations from TAIR, 1 file per chromosome), I used mirod's XML::Twig module, which lets you set callbacks to parse the elements that interest you, presenting each sub-document as an XML::Simple tree. It combines the benefits of a SAX parser (scanning the file as a stream) with a DOM parser (working more easily with the interesting pieces).
If you need speed, power or features, XML::LibXML is the way to go. If you're after ease of use, though, XML::Simple is a viable alternative.
In my experience XML::Simple is best for quick and dirty parsing of XML. We use it for parsing data from third parties that do not always conform to the XML standard. XML::Simple throws informative errors and gets you up an running extremely quickly.
(Actually it's not an answer, but a comment - however, I cannot comment...)
XML::Simple has been mentioned here.
(I know it's few from few years ago, but this appeared up in Google today...)
However, it's site (http://metacpan.org/pod/XML::Simple) now says:
STATUS OF THIS MODULE
The use of this module in new code is discouraged. Other modules are available which provide more straightforward and consistent interfaces. In particular, XML::LibXML is highly recommended.
The major problems with this module are the large number of options and the arbitrary ways in which these options interact - often with unexpected results.
Patches with bug fixes and documentation fixes are welcome, but new features are unlikely to be added.
You could also look at XML::Liberal which uses LibXML underneath.
I think you should give XML::MyXML a try, too. It's very easy to use.
I'll offer one that SHOULD NOT be used: XML::Parser.
It automatically expands HTML entities to their UTF-8 equivalents, and the option to disable this behavior does not work on the most characteristic of all entities, &.
Additionally, its XMLDecl-parser will interpret and display the standalone attribute in the <?xml ... ?> block as "standalone"="1", which is absolutely incorrect -- it should be "standalone"="yes".
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