Bug#805626: ITP: libxml-parser-easytree-perl -- Easier tree style for XML::Parser

[Doug Torrance <dtorrance@monmouthcollege.edu>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Doug Torrance <dtorrance@monmouthcollege.edu>

* Package name    : libxml-parser-easytree-perl
  Version         : 0.01
  Upstream Author : Eric Bohlman <ebohlman@omsdev.com>
* URL             : https://metacpan.org/release/XML-Parser-EasyTree
* License         : GPL/Artistic
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : Easier tree style for XML::Parser

XML::Parser::EasyTree adds a new "built-in" style called "EasyTree" to
XML::Parser. Like XML::Parser's "Tree" style, setting this style causes the
parser to build a lightweight tree structure representing the XML document.
This structure is, at least in this author's opinion, easier to work with
than the one created by the built-in style.

When the parser is invoked with the EasyTree style, it returns a reference to
an array of tree nodes, each of which is a hash reference. All nodes have a
'type' key whose value is the type of the node: 'e' for element nodes, 't'
for text nodes, and 'p' for processing instruction nodes. All nodes also have
a 'content' key whose value is a reference to an array holding the element's
child nodes for element nodes, the string value for text nodes, and the data
value for processing instruction nodes. Element nodes also have an 'attrib'
key whose value is a reference to a hash of attribute names and values.
Processing instructions also have a 'target' key whose value is the PI's
target.

I plan to package this as a member of the Debian Perl Group.

It will be a dependency of WeBWorK, an online math homework platform I am
packaging as a member of the Debian Science Team.