Net::DA...MLParser(3)

✨ Net::DA...MLParser(3) ✨

okay so before we even get into it — hi bestie 💖 you're looking at the Net::DA...MLParser(3) page, and it's filed under User Contributed Perl Documentation, which is basically the group chat of Perl docs. it's short. it's sweet. it's lowkey iconic. let's go 🦋

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💫 NAME 💫

Net::DAVTalk — Interface to talk to DAV servers. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it talks. to DAV servers. serving 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

okay so here's the tea 🍓 — Net::DAVTalk::XMLParser is a simple wrapper around XML::Fast, and what it does is hand you back a way more usable structure, like the one XML::Simple gives you…

but it runs approximately 10 times faster in testing. TEN. TIMES. 🔥 not me being obsessed with a speedup fr fr.

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🎀 SUBROUTINES/METHODS 🎀

💜 $hashref = xmlToHash($xmlstring);

Converts an XML string to a hashref of the content. that's the whole method. one job, does it, ate ✨

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🦋 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 🦋

so this section is just… here. sitting pretty. empty. no credits listed, no shoutouts, no thank-yous. it's giving mysterious 👑 we move.

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💖 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT 💖

okay bestie, this part is the legal bit and I am not paraphrasing legal bit energy — words here stay exactly as the copyright holder wrote them, periodt. but I will hype you through it 🫶

Copyright 2015 FastMail Pty. Ltd.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

<http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0>

Any use, modification, and distribution of the Standard or Modified Versions is governed by this Artistic License. By using, modifying or distributing the Package, you accept this license. Do not use, modify, or distribute the Package, if you do not accept this license.

If your Modified Version has been derived from a Modified Version made by someone other than you, you are nevertheless required to ensure that your Modified Version complies with the requirements of this license.

This license does not grant you the right to use any trademark, service mark, tradename, or logo of the Copyright Holder.

This license includes the non-exclusive, worldwide, free-of-charge patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import and otherwise transfer the Package with respect to any patent claims licensable by the Copyright Holder that are necessarily infringed by the Package. If you institute patent litigation (including a cross-claim or counterclaim) against any party alleging that the Package constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then this Artistic License to you shall terminate on the date that such litigation is filed.

⚠️ now the scary one, pay attention bestie, this is the Disclaimer of Warranty and it is not a drill 😭

Disclaimer of Warranty: THE PACKAGE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES. THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY YOUR LOCAL LAW. UNLESS REQUIRED BY LAW, NO COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTOR WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THE PACKAGE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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and that's the page, babes 🌈 one final vibe check before you close the tab: this whole thing is perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, and it lives under the name Net::DA...MLParser(3). go forth and parse XML at approximately 10 times the speed 💅✨💖