Question

I know that any language is capable of parsing XML; I’m really just looking for advantages or drawbacks that you may have come across in your own experiences. Perl would be my standard go to here, but I’m open to suggestions.

Thanks!

UPDATE: I ended up going with XML::Simple which did a nice job, but I have one piece of advice if you plan to use it–research the forcearray option first. I had to rewrite a bunch of statements after learning that it is usually best practice to set forcearray. This page had the clearest explanation that I could find. Frankly, I’m surprised this isn’t the default behavior.

Answer 1

If you are using Perl then I would recommend XML::Simple:

As more and more Web sites begin using
XML for their content, it’s
increasingly important for Web
developers to know how to parse XML
data and convert it into different
formats. That’s where the Perl module
called XML::Simple comes in. It takes
away the drudgery of parsing XML data,
making the process easier than you
ever thought possible.