NAME
    XML::XBEL - OOP for reading and writing XBEL documents.

SYNOPSIS
     # creating an XBEL document

     use XML::XBEL;
     use XML::XBEL::Folder;
     use XML::XBEL::Bookmark;

     my $xbel = XML::XBEL->new();
     $xbel->new_document({title=>"My Bookmarks"});

     $xbel->add_bookmark({href  => "http://foo.com",
                          title => "foo",
                          desc  => "bar"});

     my $folder1 = XML::XBEL::Folder->new({title => "comp"});
     my $folder2 = XML::XBEL::Folder->new({title => "lang"});
     my $folder3 = XML::XBEL::Folder->new({title => "perl"});

     my $bm = XML::XBEL::Bookmark->new({"title=>"misc"});
     $bm->href("http://groups.google.com/groups?q=comp.lang.perl.misc");

     $folder3->add_bookmark($bm);
     $folder2->add_folder($folder3);
     $folder1->add_folder($folder2);

     $xbel->add_folder($folder1);

     print $xbel->toString();

     # parsing an XBEL document

     use XML::XBEL;

     my $xbel = XML::XBEL->new();
     $xbel->parse_file($file);
 
     foreach my $bm ($xbel->bookmarks()) {

         print sprintf("%s points to %s\n",
                       $bm->title(),
                       $bm->href());
     } 

DESCRIPTION
    OOP for reading and writing XBEL files.

PACKAGE METHODS
  __PACKAGE__->new()
    Returns an *XML::XBEL* object.

OBJECT METHODS
  $self->parse_file($file)
    Returns true or false.

  $self->parse_string($string)
    Returns true or false.

  $obj->new_document(\%args)
    Valid arguments are :

    * title
        String.

    * desc
        String.

    * info
        Hash ref, with the following key/value pairs :

        * *owner*
              Array ref.

    Returns true or false.

  $obj->title($title)
    Get/set the title for an XBEL document.

    Returns a string when called with no arguments; otherwise returns true
    or false.

  $obj->desc($description)
    Get/set the description for an XBEL document.

    Returns a string when called with no arguments; otherwise returns true
    or false.

  $obj->info(\%args)
    Get/set the metadata for an XBEL document.

    Valid args are :

    * owner
        Array reference

    Returns an array reference when called with no arguments; otherwise
    returns true or false.

  $obj->bookmarks($recursive)
    Returns a list of child *XML::XBEL::Bookmark* objects.

    Where *$recursive* is a boolean indicating whether to return all the
    bookmarks in an XBEL document or only its immediate children.

  $obj->folders($recursive)
    Returns a list of child *XML::XBEL::Folder* objects.

    Where *$recursive* is a boolean indicating whether to return all the
    folders in an XBEL document or only its immediate children.

  $obj->aliases($recursive)
    Returns a list of child *XML::XBEL::Alias* objects.

    Where *$recursive* is a boolean indicating whether to return all the
    aliases in an XBEL document or only its immediate children.

  $obj->find_by_id($id)
    Returns an *XML::XBEL::Bookmark* or *XML::XBEL::Folder* object whose id
    attribute matches $id.

  $obj->find_by_href($href)
    Returns a list of *XML::XBEL::Bookmark* objects whose href attribute
    matches $href.

  $obj->add_bookmark((XML::XBEL::Bookmark || \%args))
    Add a new bookmark to an XBEL document.

    If passed a hash ref, valid arguments are the same as those defined for
    the *XML::XBEL::Bookmark* object constructor.

  $obj->add_folder((XML::XBEL::Folder || \%args))
    Add a new folder to an XBEL document.

    If passed a hash ref, valid arguments are the same as those defined for
    the *XML::XBEL::Folder* object constructor.

  $obj->add_alias((XML::XBEL::Alias || \%args))
    Add a new alias to an XBEL document.

    If passed a hash ref, valid arguments are the same as those defined for
    the *XML::XBEL::Alias* object constructor.

  $obj->add_separator()
    Add a new separator to an XBEL document.

  $obj->toString($format)
  $obj->toFile($filename,$format)
  $obj->toFH(\*$fh,$format)
  $obj->toSAX(A::SAX::Handler)
    Generate SAX events for the XBEL object.

VERSION
    1.4

DATE
    $Date: 2005/04/02 20:54:52 $

AUTHOR
    Aaron Straup Cope <ascope@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO
    XML::XBEL::Folder

    XML::XBEL::Bookmark

    XML::XBEL::Alias

    XML::XBEL::Separator

BUGS
    It's possible. Please report all bugs via http://rt.cpan.org

LICENSE
    Copyright (c) 2004 Aaron Straup Cope. All rights reserved.

    This is free software, you may use it and distribute it under the same
    terms as Perl itself.