XML parser should ignore PerlIO layers

jorol · Apr 5, 2014 · bd65b9e · bd65b9e
1 parent 857c365
commit bd65b9e
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/lib/MAB2/Parser/XML.pm b/lib/MAB2/Parser/XML.pm
@@ -60,12 +60,13 @@ sub new {
     # check for file or filehandle
     my $ishandle = eval { fileno($input); };
     if ( !$@ && defined $ishandle ) {
+        binmode $input; # drop all PerlIO layers, as required by libxml2
         my $reader = XML::LibXML::Reader->new( IO => $input )
             or croak "cannot read from filehandle $input\n";
         $self->{filename}   = scalar $input;
         $self->{xml_reader} = $reader;
     }
-    elsif ( -e $input ) {
+    elsif ( defined $input && $input !~ /\n/ && -e $input ) {
         my $reader = XML::LibXML::Reader->new( location => $input )
             or croak "cannot read from file $input\n";
         $self->{filename}   = $input;