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NAME
    XML::Hash::XS - Simple and fast hash to XML conversion

SYNOPSIS
        use XML::Hash::XS;

        my $xmlstr = hash2xml \%hash;
        hash2xml \%hash, output => $FH;

DESCRIPTION
    This module implements simple hash to XML converter written in C using
    libxml2 library.

FUNCTIONS
  hash2xml $hash, [ %options ]
    $hash is reference to hash

        hash2xml
            {
                node1 => 'value1',
                node2 => [ 'value21', { node22 => 'value22' } ],
                node3 => \'value3',
                node4 => sub { return 'value4' },
                node5 => sub { return { node51 => 'value51' } },
            },
            canonical => 1,
            indent    => 2,
        ;

    will convert to:

        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
        <root>
          <node1>value1</node1>
          <node2>value21</node2>
          <node2>
            <node22>value22</node22>
          </node2>
          <node3>value3</node3>
          <node4>value4</node4>
          <node5>
            <node51>value51</node51>
          </node5>
        </root>

    and (use_attr=1):

        hash2xml
            {
                node1 => 'value1',
                node2 => [ 'value21', { node22 => 'value22' } ],
                node3 => \'value3',
                node4 => sub { return 'value4' },
                node5 => sub { return { node51 => 'value51' } },
            },
            use_attr  => 1,
            canonical => 1,
            indent    => 2,
        ;

    will convert to:

        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
        <root node1="value1" node3="value3" node4="value4">
          <node2>value21</node2>
          <node2 node22="value22"/>
          <node5 node51="value51"/>
        </root>

OPTIONS
    root [ = 'root' ]
        Root node name.

    version [ = '1.0' ]
        XML document version

    encoding [ = 'utf-8' ]
        XML output encoding

    indent [ = 0 ]
        if indent great than "0", XML output should be indented according to
        its hierarchic structure. This value determines the number of
        spaces.

        if indent is "0", XML output will all be on one line.

    output [ = undef ]
        XML output method

        if output is undefined, XML document dumped into string.

        if output is FH, XML document writes directly to a filehandle or a
        stream.

    canonical [ = 0 ]
        if canonical is "1", converter will be write hashes sorted by key.

        if canonical is "0", order of the element will be pseudo-randomly.

    use_attr [ = 0 ]
        if use_attr is "1", converter will be use the attributes.

        if use_attr is "0", converter will be use tags only.

    content [ = undef ]
        if defined that the key name for the text content(used only if
        use_attr=1).

    xml_decl [ = 1 ]
        if xml_decl is "1", output will start with the XML declaration
        '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'.

        if xml_decl is "0", XML declaration will not be output.

AUTHOR
        Yuriy Ustushenko, <<yoreek@yahoo.com>>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    Copyright (C) 2012 Yuriy Ustushenko

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.