XML::XP...:Builder(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, meet XML::XPath::Builder — it's literally a SAX handler for building an XPath tree. that's the whole job description, and she does it flawlessly. no cap. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the vibe, copy-paste ready, do not touch a single character bestie:

use AnySAXParser;
use XML::XPath::Builder;

$builder = XML::XPath::Builder->new();
$parser = AnySAXParser->new( Handler => $builder );

$root_node = $parser->parse( Source => [SOURCE] );

ngl the way this just uses, news, wires up a Handler and then parses is giving main character energy fr fr 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, XML::XPath::Builder is a SAX handler for building an XML::XPath tree. that's it, that's the tea. she's the bridge between your SAX parser and an actual tree you can go walk around in. 🦋

the way you use her is: make a brand-new instance of XML::XPath::Builder, then hand her over as the Handler for a SAX parser. that's the whole ritual, no complicated situationship. 💖

then when you call parse() on that SAX parser? she gives you back the root node of the tree built from that parse. yes queen, the root node. the whole tree is right there waiting for you. 🌈

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Ken MacLeod, <ken@bitsko.slc.ut.us> — the icon who made this happen 🫶

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• perl(1), XML::XPath(3)
• PerlSAX.pod in libxml-perl
• Extensible Markup Language (XML) <http://www.w3c.org/XML> 🌐

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and that's the whole page bestie, tysm for reading 💖 this was XML::XPath::Builder(3), straight outta perl v5.42.1, dated 2026-04-21 — mwah, slay, periodt ✨💅🎀