XML::XPath::Node(3)

💖 XML::XPath::Node 💖

okay bestie, so this is XML::XPath::Node — it's the internal representation of a node, straight out of the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of the manual. yes it's giving "under the hood" energy and we're obsessed 🎀

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✨ API ✨

The Node API is lowkey trying to emulate DOM, but ngl it isn't quite compatible with DOM. the whole point is to ease the transition from XML::DOM programming over to XML::XPath. and the tea is: compatibility with DOM may arise once XML::DOM gets namespace support. until then, we vibe with what we have 💅

🌸 new

Creates a new node. See the sub-classes for the parameters you pass to new() — they're the ones holding the receipts 🫶

🌸 getNodeType

Returns one of ELEMENT_NODE, TEXT_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, ATTRIBUTE_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE or NAMESPACE_NODE.

UNKNOWN_NODE gets returned if the sub-class doesn't implement getNodeType — but bestie, that means something is broken! 😭

The constants are exported by default from XML::XPath::Node, and they have the same numeric value as the XML::DOM versions. matching numbers, matching energy, periodt ✨

🌸 getParentNode

Returns the parent of this node, or undef if this is the root node.

⚠️ note that the root node here is the root node in terms of XPath — not the root element node. iykyk, don't get it twisted 👑

🌸 to_sax ( $handler | %handlers )

Generates sax calls to the handler or handlers. See the PerlSAX docs for details.

🙈 heads up: this one is not yet implemented correctly. we're being honest about it, fr fr.

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🦋 MORE INFO 🦋

See the sub-classes for the meaning of the rest of the API — they're the main characters here:

• XML::XPath::Node::Element
• XML::XPath::Node::Attribute
• XML::XPath::Node::Namespace
• XML::XPath::Node::Text
• XML::XPath::Node::Comment
• XML::XPath::Node::PI

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and that's the whole page, bestie! this lil gem is from perl v5.42.1, dated 2026-04-21 — shoutout to the User Contributed Perl Documentation crew for keeping the vibes immaculate. slay, bye! 💖✨🎀