XML Parser - Parsing XML Documents, Parsing XML Strings - XML DOM Object

Source: http://www.w3schools.com/ml/xml_parser.asp


Note: Internet Explorer uses the loadXML() method to parse an XML string, while other browsers use the DOMParser object.

All modern browsers have a built-in XML parser.

An XML parser converts an XML document into an XML DOM object - which can then be manipulated with a JavaScript.

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Parse an XML Document

The following code fragment parses an XML document into an XML DOM object:

if (window.XMLHttpRequest)   {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari   xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();   } else   {// code for IE6, IE5   xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");   } xmlhttp.open("GET","books.xml",false); xmlhttp.send(); xmlDoc=xmlhttp.responseXML;