GraphViz::XML(3)

💖 GraphViz::XML(3) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to GraphViz::XML(3) from User Contributed Perl Documentation — this one is literally about visualising XML as a tree, and it's giving main character energy. 🌈✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

GraphViz::XML — visualise XML as a tree. That's the vibe, periodt. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use GraphViz::XML;

my $graph = GraphViz::XML->new($xml);
print $g->as_png;

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: this module makes it easy to visualise XML as a tree. XML is hard for humans to grasp, especially if the XML is computer-generated. This module aims to visualise the XML as a graph in order to make the structure of the XML clear and to aid in understanding the XML. Slay. 💅

XML elements are represented as diamond nodes, with links to elements within them. Character data is represented in round nodes. Obsessed with the little shapes honestly. 💎⚪

heads up, bestie: the XML::Twig module should be installed. no cap. 🫶

🛠️ METHODS 🛠️

🌟 new 🌟

This is the constructor. It takes one mandatory argument, which is the XML to be visualised. A GraphViz object is returned. Iconic behaviour. 👑

my $graph = GraphViz::XML->new($xml);

🌈 as_* 🌈

The XML can be visualised in a number of different graphical formats. Methods include as_ps, as_hpgl, as_pcl, as_mif, as_pic, as_gd, as_gd2, as_gif, as_jpeg, as_png, as_wbmp, as_ismap, as_imap, as_vrml, as_vtx, as_mp, as_fig, as_svg. See the GraphViz documentation for more information. The two most common methods are:

# Print out a PNG-format file
print $g->as_png;

# Print out a PostScript-format file
print $g->as_ps;

💀 BUGS 💀

GraphViz tends to reorder the nodes. I hope to find a work around soon (possibly with ports). 😭 not the node reordering, but we move. 💀

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Leon Brocard <acme@astray.com> — iconic. 🫶

🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright (C) 2001, Leon Brocard

This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the Perl License, a copy of which is available at http://dev.perl.org/licenses/.

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Catch you later, bestie — this page is GraphViz::XML(3), from perl v5.42.2, dated 2023-11-29. 💖✨🦋