Added function to export JSON and extract Metadata

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main  # Or the branch you use for documentation
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - "docs/**"  # Only trigger if there are changes in the documentation folder
 
 jobs:
   build-docs:

README.md

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Simple, fast, and extension-free parser for eXeLearning project files
 - Extract text content from XML
 - Detect file version
 - Extract entire .elp file contents
+- Retrieve full metadata tree
 - No external extensions required
 - Lightweight and easy to use (less than 4 KB footprint library)
 - Compatible with PHP 8.0 to PHP 8.5
@@ -98,6 +99,12 @@ $data = $parser->toArray();
 
 // JSON serialization
 $jsonData = json_encode($parser);
+
+// Export directly to a JSON file
+$parser->exportJson('path/to/output.json');
+
+// Retrieve full metadata as array
+$meta = $parser->getMetadata();
 ```
 
 ## Error Handling

docs/api.md

@@ -100,6 +100,23 @@ JSON serialization method implementing JsonSerializable interface.
 
 - **Returns:** mixed - Data to be JSON serialized
 
+#### `exportJson(?string $destinationPath = null): string`
+
+Export parsed data to JSON. If a destination path is provided, the JSON will be written to that file.
+
+- **Parameters:**
+  - `$destinationPath` (string|null): Optional file path for the JSON output
+- **Throws:** `Exception` if the JSON cannot be written
+- **Returns:** string - JSON representation of the parsed data
+
+#### `getMetadata(): array`
+
+Return a detailed metadata array containing Package, Dublin Core, LOM and LOM-ES
+information together with the page tree.
+
+- **Throws:** `Exception` if the XML cannot be parsed
+- **Returns:** array - Metadata and content structure
+
 #### `extract(string $destinationPath): void`
 
 Extract contents of an ELP file to a specified directory.

docs/index.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ELP Parser is a PHP library designed to parse and extract content from ELP (eXe
 
 - Parse ELP files (both version 2 and 3 supported)
 - Extract metadata like title, description, author, etc.
+- Retrieve a complete metadata tree
 - Access learning resource information
 - Extract package contents to a specified directory
 - JSON serialization support
@@ -133,6 +134,17 @@ $data = $parser->toArray();
 $json = json_encode($parser);
 ```
 
+#### Exporting to a JSON file
+
+You can directly export the parsed data to a JSON file using `exportJson()`:
+
+```php
+$parser->exportJson('path/to/output.json');
+
+// Obtain a metadata tree
+$meta = $parser->getMetadata();
+```
+
 ### Version Compatibility
 
 The library supports both version 2 and version 3 of ELP files. The parsing process automatically detects the version and handles the content appropriately.