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infinity.xml

Provides XML data parsing and stringifying functionality.

Module: infinity.xml

Functions:

Example:

infinity.loadModule('infinity.xml');

let xmlData = '<note><to>Venus</to><from>Mars</from><heading>Message</heading><body>Line up!</body></note>';

let parsedData = infinity.xml.parse(xmlData);
console.debug(parsedData);
//{"note":{"body":"Line up!","from":"Mars","heading":"Message","to":"Venus"}}

let stringified = infinity.xml.stringify(parsedData);
console.debug(stringified);
//<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><note><body>Line up!</body><from>Mars</from><heading>Message</heading><to>Venus</to></note>
Functions

parse()

Attempts to parse the given string according to the XML-format and returns the results.

Signature: 

parse( value: string, normalize?: boolean, strict?: boolean, convertNumbers?: boolean ): any

Parameters:

  • value: string

    The string to parse.

  • normalize: boolean, optional

    Whether to apply normalization.

  • strict: boolean, optional

    Whether to operate in strict mode. Strict mode true expects correct xml, while strict mode false can parse html (where tags like or
    don't have a closing tag)

  • convertNumbers: boolean, optional

    Whether to convert numerical values within the XML to number types, or otherwise, to treat them as strings.

Return type: any

Example:

infinity.loadModule('infinity.xml');
let parsedData = infinity.xml.parse(xmlData);

stringify()

Serializes the given data according to the XML-format and returns the results.

Signature: 

stringify( value: any, omitHeader?: boolean ): string

Parameters:

  • value: any

    The data to process.

  • omitHeader: boolean

    If set true, then the xml header is omitted in the returned result.

Return type: string

Example:

infinity.loadModule('infinity.xml');
let xmlData = infinity.xml.stringify(dataToStringify);