HTML::HTML5::Sanity3pm

Usage

  use HTML::HTML5::Parser;
  use HTML::HTML5::Sanity;
  
  my $parser    = HTML::HTML5::Parser->new;
  my $html5_dom = $parser->parse_file('http://example.com/');
  my $sane_dom  = fix_document($html5_dom);

Overview

The Document Object Model (DOM) generated by HTML::HTML5::Parser meets the requirements of the HTML5 spec, but will probably catch a lot of people by surprise.

The main oddity is that elements and attributes which appear to be namespaced are not really. For example, the following element:

  <div xml:lang="fr">...</div>

Looks like it should be parsed so that it has an attribute "lang" in the XML namespace. Not so. It will really be parsed as having the attribute "xml:lang" in the null namespace.

"fix_document($document)"

  $sane_dom = fix_document($html5_dom);

Returns a modified copy of the DOM and leaving the original DOM unmodified.

"fix_element($element_node, $new_document_node, \%namespaces)"

Don't use this. Not exported.

"fix_attribute($attribute_node, $new_element_node, \%namespaces)"

Don't use this. Not exported.

$HTML::HTML5::Sanity::FIX_LANG_ATTRIBUTES

  $HTML::HTML5::Sanity::FIX_LANG_ATTRIBUTES = 2;
  $sane_dom = fix_document($html5_dom);

If set to 1 (the default), the package will detect invalid values in @lang and @xml:lang, and remove the attribute if it is invalid. If set to 2, it will also attempt to canonicalise the value (e.g. 'EN_GB' will be converted to to 'en-GB'). If set to 0, then the value of language attributes is not checked.

Copyright and license

Copyright (C) 2009-2014 by Toby Inkster

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

Disclaimer of warranties

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.