$|=1;
use XML::Rules;
$xml = <<'*END*';
<doc boo="789">
<person active="1">
<fname>Jane</fname>
<lname>Luser</lname>
<email>JLuser@bogus.com</email>
<address>
<street>Washington st.</street>
<city>Old Creek</city>
<country>The US</country>
<bogus>bleargh</bogus>
</address>
</person>
<person active="0">
<fname>John</fname>
<lname>Other</lname>
<email>JOther@silly.com</email>
<address>
<street>Grant's st.</street>
<city>New Creek</city>
<country>Canada</country>
<bogus>sdrysdfgtyh <foo>degtrhy werthy</foo> drthyu</bogus>
</address>
</person>
</doc>
*END*
my $parser = new XML::Rules (
rules => [
'^bogus' => undef, # means "ignore". The subtags ARE NOT processed.
'^person' => sub {
return $_[1]->{active};
},
email => sub {$_[1]->{_content} = lc($_[1]->{_content}); return $_[0] => $_[1]}
],
style => 'filter'
# other options
);
$parser->filterstring($xml, \*STDOUT);