Multiple Documents in a Stream
use XML::Parser;

$delim = "J.S. Bach's 7th cello suite.";
$smallXML = "<tiny>Miniscule</tiny>\n";
$xml = $smallXML . $delim . "\n" . $smallXML;
open(TMP, ">tmp"); print TMP $xml; close(TMP);
open(TMP, "<tmp");

$p = new XML::Parser(Handlers => { Start => \&STag,
                                   End => \&ETag },
                     Stream_Delimiter => $delim);
$test = 1; $p->parse(*TMP);
$test = 2; $p->parse(*TMP);

sub STag { print "Test $test: saw <$_[1]>\n"; }
sub ETag { print "Test $test: saw </$_[1]>\n"; }
Test 1: saw <tiny>
Test 1: saw </tiny>
Test 2: saw <tiny>
Test 2: saw </tiny>

Delimiter must be alone on a line!

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