Using Perl for transforming XML using XSLT

The XML::XSLT module is necessary to do the transformation of the XML to other format using the XSLT in Perl. You can download the XML::XSLT module from cpan.org. A simple search on that site would give you the download link to that module.

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If you want to use that module in Perl programming you need some other modules also installed in your system. The other modules that are required are XML::RegExp, XML::DOM, and XML::LWP. You can check the cpan.org site for other details on the required modules.

Once you have installed this module, you can easily write the transformation code. In the code import the XML::XSLT module and define two variables for loading the .xsl and the .xml files.

You can use tools like XMLSpy to create the XSL and the XML files needed. Now create an instance of the XSLT processor with the code similar to,

my $xsltobj = XML::XSLT->new($ur_xsl_file);

Now use the serve() method of the xsltobj to transform the XML file. Then use the dispose() method to free up the memory used.

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