How can I create XML from Perl?

Question

I need to create XML in Perl. From what I read, XML::LibXML is great for parsing and using XML that comes from somewhere else. Does anyone have any suggestions for an XML

Answer 1

Just for the record, here's a snippet that uses XML::LibXML.

#!/usr/bin/env perl

#
# Create a simple XML document
#

use strict;
use warnings;
use XML::LibXML;

my $doc = XML::LibXML::Document->new('1.0', 'utf-8');

my $root = $doc->createElement('my-root-element');
$root->setAttribute('some-attr'=> 'some-value');

my %tags = (
    color => 'blue',
    metal => 'steel',
);

for my $name (keys %tags) {
    my $tag = $doc->createElement($name);
    my $value = $tags{$name};
    $tag->appendTextNode($value);
    $root->appendChild($tag);
}

$doc->setDocumentElement($root);
print $doc->toString();

and this outputs:

    blue
    steel