Excel::Writer::XLSX::Package::XMLwriterSimple3pm

Light weight re-implementation of xml::writer. this module is used internally by excel::writer::xlsx.

Overview

This module is used by Excel::Writer::XLSX for writing XML documents. It is a light weight re-implementation of XML::Writer.

XMLwriterSimple is approximately twice as fast as XML::Writer. This speed is achieved at the expense of error and correctness checking. In addition not all of the XML::Writer methods are implemented. As such, XMLwriterSimple is not recommended for use outside of Excel::Writer::XLSX.

If required XMLwriterSimple can be overridden and XML::Writer can be used in its place by setting an "_EXCEL_WRITER_XLSX_USE_XML_WRITER" environmental variable:

    export _EXCEL_WRITER_XLSX_USE_XML_WRITER=1
    perl example.pl
    Or for one off programs:
    _EXCEL_WRITER_XLSX_USE_XML_WRITER=1 perl example.pl

This technique is used for verifying the test suite with both XMLwriterSimple and XML::Writer:

    _EXCEL_WRITER_XLSX_USE_XML_WRITER=1 prove -l -r t

Disclaimer of warranty

See the documentation for Excel::Writer::XLSX.