XML sequencing with Perl

[comma]

Hi,

I recently popped into STAF -project (

http://staf.sourceforge.net/index.php),

which uses XML -files for sequencing software test cases. Actually it's like a macro language implemented with XML and in XML there is function calls and variable declarations (e.g. variable = 1 etc.).

I was wondering if someone knows if there is something similar system for Perl.

Or if you have suggestions how this kind of "macro language" could be sequenced through Perl, it would be nice.

E.g. one SW test case would be run like this
<TEST name="prg_loader">
<CASE id="1" />
<LOOP times="5">
<CASE id="3" />
<CASE id="4" />
</LOOP>
</TEST>

I was wondering which would be the best way to run these kind of loops in "macro language"?

Of course file can be streamed with SAX, but then looping could be a problem, because it's difficult to go back and read parameters from CASE (if there is any).

Br, comma

 

[PaulTEG]

Look up test on

http://search.cpan.org,

dunno about an XML framework though, but there are XML test validators

HTH
--Paul

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