HTML::DOM, version 0.052 HTML::DOM is a Perl implementation of the HTML Document Object Model This is an alpha release. So far, the level-2 core, HTML and event DOM interfaces have been implemented, and some of the level-2 style sheet interfaces. RECENT CHANGES See the Changes file for the long version. 0.052 ----- Bug fixes: • An extraneous tag no longer closes currently open tags, turning
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(RT #75997). Thanks to Tomki Camp for the report. • The weird colour methods of the document (fgColor, etc.) no longer die when there is no body element. 0.051 ----- Bug fix: write() no longer dies inside an element handler if the doc- ument has no root element. 0.050 ----- Bug fixes: • $doc->cookie no longer lists cookies from the request object in add- ition to those from the cookie jar. • HTML::DOM::Interface now makes sure that all modules providing con- stants are loaded. TO DO - Finish Level 2 CSS support - outerHTML/innerText? - Other DOM interfaces (the rest of level 2, and level 3) - HTML 5 stuff - Write more complete documentation - Write more tests - Finishing checking for memory leaks (run all tests under Devel::Leak::Object) INSTALLATION The easiest way to install this module is to use the CPAN module or the cpan script: [sudo] perl -MCPAN -e "install HTML::DOM" [sudo] cpan HTML::DOM Or you can use the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test [sudo] make install DEPENDENCIES This module requires perl 5.8.3 or higher and the following Perl modules: - Scalar::Util 1.14 or later - Exporter 5.57 or later - URI - LWP 1.13 or later - CSS::DOM 0.07 or later - HTML::Tagset 3.02 or later - HTML::Parser 3.46 or later - HTML::Encoding is required if the parse_file method is to be used. - Tie::RefHash::Weak 0.08 or higher, if you are using perl 5.8.x DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc HTML::DOM Or try using man (it's faster, in my experience): man HTML::DOM COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2007-12 Father Chrysostomos This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as perl.