NAME

XML::DTD::AttList - Perl module representing an ATTLIST declaration in an XML DTD.

SYNOPSIS

  use XML::DTD::AttList;
  my $entman = XML::DTD::EntityManager->new;
  my $att = XML::DTD::AttList::new($entman, '<!ATTLIST a b CDATA #IMPLIED>');

DESCRIPTION

  XML::DTD::AttList is a Perl module representing an ATTLIST
  declaration in an XML DTD. The following methods are provided.

new

  $entman = XML::DTD::EntityManager->new;
  $attlist = new XML::DTD::AttList($entman, '<!ATTLIST a b CDATA #IMPLIED>');

  Constructs a new XML::DTD::AttList object.

writexml

  $xo = new XML::Output({'fh' => *STDOUT});
  $attlist->writexml($xo);

Write an XML representation of the attribute list.

name

  $eltname = $attlist->name();

Return the name of the element with which the attribute list is associated.

attribnames

  $nmlst = $attlist->attribnames;

Return a list of attribute names.

merge

  $attlist->merge($otherattlist);

Return a list of attribute names.

Merge another attribute list's attribute declarations with this one's. Where the same attribute name is declared in both, keep the one already in <$attlist>.

SEE ALSO

XML::DTD, XML::DTD::Component

AUTHOR

Brendt Wohlberg <wohl@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2004-2006 by Brendt Wohlberg

This library is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), described in the GPL file included in this distribution.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Peter Lamb <Peter.Lamb@csiro.au> improved entity substitution and corrected handling of multiple declarations of attributes for the same element.