Parser:...Objects(3)

💅 Parser:...Objects(3) — like, the actual manual page, bestie

okay so this is from the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the internet and it's literally called Parser:...Objects(3) — yes the name has dots in it, that's just how it is, we don't ask questions 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

XML::Parser::Style::Objects — the Objects styler parser 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

use XML::Parser;
my $p = XML::Parser->new(Style => 'Objects', Pkg => 'MyNode');
my $tree = $p->parsefile('foo.xml');

that's it, that's the whole vibe check 👑

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this module implements XML::Parser's Objects style parser. slay 💅

it's basically the Tree style but with a glow-up: instead of whatever Tree does, it creates a hash object for each element. yes, every single element gets its own little main character ✨

here's the class-name math, because it's giving recipe:

• the object lands in the class whose name you get by taking the package set with the Pkg option, appending "::", and then appending the element name. so Pkg => 'MyNode' + element foo = MyNode::foo. math is mathing 🧮
• non-markup text? that goes into the ::Characters class, no exceptions. text is not like other elements, it has its own dedicated era 💀
• and the contents of the corresponding object live in an anonymous array, which is the value of the Kids property for that object. the kids are all in an anonymous array, as one does 🫶

that's genuinely everything. short page, iconic energy, no notes 🌈

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• XML::Parser::Style::Tree — the sibling that this one is literally a remix of. go say hi 👋

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lowkey reminder bestie: this doc only tells you what's written up there, so if you're out here guessing at extra behaviour, don't @ me 😭

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mwah, that's a wrap 🎀 this cutie is from perl v5.42.0 and was dated 2026-03-20 — the Parser:...Objects(3) page, signed off and sealed with a kiss 💜