XMLHelper

Helper for XML manipulation.

Functions

Convert a JavaScript object to an XML string.

From:

{
    name : 'Task 1',
    data : [
        {
            text : 'foo 1',
            ref  : 'fooItem 1'
        },
        {
            text : 'foo 2',
            ref  : 'fooItem 2'
        }
    ]
}

To:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<root>
    <name>Task 1</name>
    <data>
        <element>
            <text>foo 1</text>
            <ref>fooItem 1</ref>
        </element>
        <element>
            <text>foo 2</text>
            <ref>fooItem 2</ref>
        </element>
    </data>
</root>

Parameter	Type	Description
`obj`	Object	Object to convert.
`options`	Object	Convert options.
`options.rootName`	String	Root name for the XML. `root` by default.
`options.elementName`	String	Element name for each node of the XML. `element` by default.
`options.xmlns`	String	Add value for xmlns property for the root tag of the XML.
`options.includeHeader`	Boolean	`false` to not include the header `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>` on top of the XML.
`options.rootElementForArray`	Boolean	`false` to not include a root element for array of items. e.g. for the above example: `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <root> <name>Task 1</name> <element> <text>foo 1</text> <ref>fooItem 1</ref> </element> <element> <text>foo 2</text> <ref>fooItem 2</ref> </element> </root>`

Returns: String -

the XML