VALIDXML(1p)

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💖 VALIDXML 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to validxml — it's the manual page for the validxml command, hanging out in section 1p of the User Contributed Perl Documentation. She's a little command-line driver, and honestly? She ate. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

validxml — the command-line driver for XML::Validate. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

validxml *.xml
validxml --assert-invalid *.xml

look at her go. two whole modes. iconic. 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So validxml is a command-line driver for XML::Validate, and she rolls with the 'BestAvailable' processing type. no cap, that's just how she operates. 🫶

🧚 Commandline Options 🧚

  • --assert-invalid — this one flips the whole ok/not ok situation so that invalid stuff counts as OK instead. and yes, she still prints out the validation error, she's not hiding anything. (the original literally has a stray closing paren here, we're keeping it, character for character, periodt: "Swap the ok/not ok so invalid things are OK - still output the validation error) - this is useful for schema "unit tests".") this is lowkey perfect for schema "unit tests". 💜
  • --backend [validator type] — wanna pick a specific "XML::Validate" backend? say it here, bestie. like LibXML or Xerces. if you don't say anything it just defaults to BestAvailable, because she trusts her own taste. 👑

🌈 Output 🌈

The output is Test::Harness compatible, which is giving very much "I play nice with your test suite" energy. 🍓

1..scalar @files
ok - filename/not ok - filename - validation error

like, that's the format. 1..scalar @files up top, then a line per file saying ok - filename or not ok - filename - validation error. she's transparent, she's honest, she tells you exactly what went wrong. main character energy fr fr. 😭

⭐ VERSION ⭐

$Revision: 1.10 $

$Id: validxml.pl,v 1.10 2006/04/07 09:43:10 johnl Exp $

yep, version 1.10. vintage but still serving. 🔥

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Nicola Worthington wrote this. also, hanging out right here in the AUTHOR section:

$Author: johnl $

so, credits where credits are due. 🫶

(c) BBC 2005. This program is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU GPL.  See the file COPYING in this
distribution, or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
okay so technically: (c) BBC 2005. this program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU GPL. check the file COPYING in this distribution, or go to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt. do it, bestie, read your licenses. 📜

the cute little sign-off: this page is from perl v5.34.0, dated 2022-06-28, and it's page VALIDXML(1p). mwah. 💋 bye bestie, go validate some XML. 🌟

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