XML::Li...dNodeMap(3)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, gather round 💖 this page is the manual for XML::LibXML::NamedNodeMap (that's the XML::LibXML docs, section 3, from the User Contributed Perl Documentation crew) — literally just a map for named nodes. that's the whole vibe. a lil lookup table where node names go in and nodes come out. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's how you actually use it, no cap:

use XML::LibXML;
my $map = XML::LibXML::NamedNodeMap->new(@nodes);

my $nodes_list = $map->nodes();

my $node_with_index_2 = $map->item(2);

my $length = $map->length;
my $nodes_ref = $node->nodes()
my $node_2 = $map->item(2);
my $node = $map->getNamedItem('phone_number');
$map->setNamedItem($new_node)
$map->removeNamedItem($name)

(yes we're doing the phone_number thing, iconic example, love that for us 📞✨)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

XML::LibXML::NamedNodeMap maps nodes' names to nodes. that's it. that's the whole description. it's giving "name in, node out" and honestly? simple. clean. slay. 💅

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👑 METHODS 👑

length ⭐

my $length = $map->length;

Returns the number of nodes in the map. 🧮

nodes 💜

my $nodes_ref = $node->nodes()

Returns a reference to the list of nodes. heads up bestie, it's a reference, not the list itself — don't come for me. 🔗

item 🌈

my $node_2 = $map->item(2);

Returns the node with the index of the argument (starting from 0). yep, zero-indexed, we count like programmers here. 🍓

getNamedItem 🫶

my $node = $map->getNamedItem('phone_number');

Returns the node with the name. 💖

setNamedItem ✨

$map->setNamedItem($new_node)

Sets the node with the same name as $new_node to $new_node. ✏️

removeNamedItem 🙈

$map->removeNamedItem($name)

Remove the item with the name $name. bye bestie 👋

getNamedItemNS 💀

Not implemented yet.. (yes with two dots, that's canon, i don't make the rules 😭)

setNamedItemNS 💀

Not implemented yet..

removeNamedItemNS 💀

Not implemented yet..

okay so real talk: the three NS ones are not implemented yet. do not go calling them expecting main character results. 🫠

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🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

the legends behind this:

• Matt Sergeant
• Christian Glahn
• Petr Pajas

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

2.0213 — that's the one. 💅

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🌸 COPYRIGHT 🌸

• 2001-2007, AxKit.com Ltd.
• 2002-2006, Christian Glahn.
• 2006-2009, Petr Pajas.

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💖 LICENSE 💖

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. so, you know, go off. 🧚

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and that's the whole page bestie — this was perl v5.42.2, dated 2026-05-25, from the XML::LibXML::NamedNodeMap(3) manual. mwah, go build something cute with it. 💜🌈