STAG-HANDLE(1p)

NAME
stag-handle - streams a stag file through a handler into a writer

SYNOPSIS
  stag-handle -w itext -c my-handler.pl myfile.xml > processed.itext
  stag-handle -w itext -p My::Parser -m My::Handler myfile.xml > processed.itext

DESCRIPTION
will take a Stag compatible format (xml, sxpr or itext), turn the data into an event stream passing it through my-handler.pl

ARGUMENTS

-help|h
    shows this document

-module|m PERLMODULE
    A module that is used to transform the input events the module should inherit from Data::Stag::BaseHandler

-unit|u NODE_NAME
    (you should always use this option if you specify -m)

    this is the unit that gets passed to the handler/transformer. this will get set automatically if you use the the -c, -s or -t options

    multiple units can be set

      -u foo -u bar -u boz

-writer|w WRITER
    writer for final transformed tree; can be xml, sxpr or itext

-module|m MODULE
    perl modules for handling events

-codefile|c FILE
    a file containing a perlhashref containing event handlers - see below

-sub|s PERL
    a perl hashref containing handlers

-trap|t ELEMENT=SUB

EXAMPLES
  unix> cat my-handler.pl
  {
    person => sub {
        my ($self, $person) = @_;
        $person->set_fullname($person->get_firstname . ' ' .
                           $person->get_lastname);
        $person;
    },
    address => sub {
        my ($self, $address) = @_;
        # remove addresses altogether from processed file
        return;
    },
  }