Re: inserting spaces between nodes in XML::XPath

From: Walter Lewis <[email protected]>
> I have a need to pass data from an XML document to an index engine.  I'm 
> using XML::XPath.
> 
> The call is in the form (where $div is populated with a get_nodelist):
>     my $fulltext = $div->string_value;
> 
> This works generally well.  The challenge comes from:
> <div> 
>     bunch of stuff
>     <table>
>        <row>
>           <cell>text</cell><cell>text</cell>
>      </row>
>     </table>
>     more stuff
> </div>
> with the table contents returning as texttext. 
> 
> Given that I don't want to manipulate all the tables in all the 
> documents that may ever be touched by this transformation, what are my 
> options for wrapping white-space around the contents of the <cell> 
> elements to keep them from blending into the next value?

You might instead use XML::Rules to transform the XML into plain 
text. You may specify that the default rule is to wrap the content 
with whitespace and merge it into the content of the parent tag. And 
then specify different rules for some tags.

Jenda
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