# XML Parsing


Data transferred in XML format must be parsed in actual use. Generally, three types of elements need to be parsed, as described in [Parsing XML Tags and Tag Values](#parsing-xml-tags-and-tag-values), [Parsing XML Attributes and Attribute Values](#parsing-xml-attributes-and-attribute-values), and [Parsing XML Event Types and Element Depths](#parsing-xml-event-types-and-element-depths).


The **xml** module provides the **XmlPullParser** class to parse XML files. The input is an object of the ArrayBuffer or DataView type containing XML text, and the output is the parsed information.


**Table 1** XML parsing options

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| supportDoctype | boolean | No| Whether to ignore the document type. The default value is **false**, indicating that the document type is parsed.|
| ignoreNameSpace | boolean | No| Whether to ignore the namespace. The default value is **false**, indicating that the namespace is parsed.|
| tagValueCallbackFunction | (name: string, value: string) => boolean | No| Callback used to return **tagValue**, which consists of a tag and its value. The default value is **null**, indicating that XML tags and tag values are not parsed.|
| attributeValueCallbackFunction | (name: string, value: string) => boolean | No| Callback used to return **attributeValue**, which consists of an attribute and its value. The default value is **null**, indicating that XML attributes and attribute values are not parsed.|
| tokenValueCallbackFunction | (eventType: EventType, value: ParseInfo) => boolean | No| Callback used to return **tokenValue**, which consists of the event type and the attributes of **parseInfo**. The default value is **null**, indicating that the event type and the attributes of **parseInfo** are not parsed.|


## Precautions

- To ensure successful XML parsing and conversion, the input XML data must comply with the standard format.

- Currently, parsing a given node is not supported.


## Parsing XML Tags and Tag Values

1. Import the modules.
   
   ```js
   import xml from '@ohos.xml';
   import util from '@ohos.util'; // Use the API provided by the util module to encode the file.
   ```

2. Create an **XmlPullParser** object.

   The **XmlPullParser** object can be created based on an object of the ArrayBuffer or DataView type.

   
   ```js
   let strXml =
     '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' +
       '<note importance="high" logged="true">' +
       '<title>Play</title>' +
       '<lens>Work</lens>' +
       '</note>';
   let textEncoder = new util.TextEncoder();
   let arrBuffer = textEncoder.encodeInto(strXml); // Encode the data to prevent garbled characters.
   // 1. Create an XmlPullParser object based on an object of the ArrayBuffer type.
   let that = new xml.XmlPullParser(arrBuffer.buffer, 'UTF-8');
   
   // 2. Create an XmlPullParser object based on an object of the DataView type.
   let dataView = new DataView(arrBuffer.buffer);
   let that = new xml.XmlPullParser(dataView, 'UTF-8');
   ```

3. Customize a callback function. In this example, the tag and tag value are directly printed.
   
   ```js
   let str = '';
   function func(name, value){
     str = name + value;
     console.info(str);
     return true; // The value true means to continue parsing, and false means to stop parsing.
   }
   ```

4. Set parsing options and call the **parse()** function.
   
   ```js
   let options = {supportDoctype:true, ignoreNameSpace:true, tagValueCallbackFunction:func};
   that.parse(options);
   ```

   The output is as follows:

   
   ```js
   note
   title
   Play
   title
   lens
   Work
   lens
   note
   ```


## Parsing XML Attributes and Attribute Values

1. Import the modules.
   
   ```js
   import xml from '@ohos.xml';
   import util from '@ohos.util'; // Use the API provided by the util module to encode the file.
   ```

2. Create an **XmlPullParser** object.
   
   ```js
   let strXml =
     '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' +
       '<note importance="high" logged="true">' +
       '    <title>Play</title>' +
       '    <title>Happy</title>' +
       '    <lens>Work</lens>' +
       '</note>';
   let textEncoder = new util.TextEncoder();
   let arrBuffer = textEncoder.encodeInto(strXml); // Encode the data to prevent garbled characters.
   let that = new xml.XmlPullParser(arrBuffer.buffer, 'UTF-8');
   ```

3. Customize a callback function. In this example, the attribute and attribute value are directly printed.
   
   ```js
   let str = '';
   function func(name, value){
     str += name + ' ' + value + ' ';
     return true; // The value true means to continue parsing, and false means to stop parsing.
   }
   ```

4. Set parsing options and call the **parse()** function.
   
   ```js
   let options = {supportDoctype:true, ignoreNameSpace:true, attributeValueCallbackFunction:func};
   that.parse(options);
   console.info(str); // Print all attributes and their values at a time.
   ```

   The output is as follows:

   
   ```js
   importance high logged true // Attributes and attribute values of the note node
   ```


## Parsing XML Event Types and Element Depths

1. Import the modules.
   
   ```js
   import xml from '@ohos.xml';
   import util from '@ohos.util'; // Use the API provided by the util module to encode the file.
   ```

2. Create an **XmlPullParser** object.
   
   ```js
   let strXml =
     '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' +
     '<note importance="high" logged="true">' +
     '<title>Play</title>' +
     '</note>';
   let textEncoder = new util.TextEncoder();
   let arrBuffer = textEncoder.encodeInto(strXml); // Encode the data to prevent garbled characters.
   let that = new xml.XmlPullParser(arrBuffer.buffer, 'UTF-8');
   ```

3. Customize a callback function. In this example, the event type and element depth are directly printed.
   
   ```js
   let str = '';
   function func(name, value){
     str = name +' ' + value.getDepth(); // getDepth is called to obtain the element depth.
     console.info(str)
     return true; // The value true means to continue parsing, and false means to stop parsing.
   }
   ```

4. Set parsing options and call the **parse()** function.
   
   ```js
   let options = {supportDoctype:true, ignoreNameSpace:true, tokenValueCallbackFunction:func};
   that.parse(options);
   ```

   The output is as follows:

   
   ```js
   0 0 // 0: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>. The event type value of START_DOCUMENT is 0. 0: The depth is 0.
   2 1 // 2: <note importance="high" logged="true">. The event type value of START_TAG is 2. 1: The depth is 1.
   2 2 // 2: <title>. The event type value of START_TAG is 2. 2: The depth is 2.
   4 2 // 4: Play. The event type value of TEXT is 4. 2: The depth is 2.
   3 2 // 3: </title>. The event type value of END_TAG is 3. 2: The depth is 2.
   3 1 // 3: </note>. The event type value of END_TAG is 3. 1: The depth is 1 (corresponding to <note>).
   1 0 // 1: The event type value of END_DOCUMENT is 1. 0: The depth is 0.
   ```


## Example Scenario

The following uses invoking all parsing options as an example to describe how to parse XML tags, attributes, and event types.


```js
import xml from '@ohos.xml';
import util from '@ohos.util';

let strXml =
  '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' +
    '<book category="COOKING">' +
    '<title lang="en">Everyday</title>' +
    '<author>Giada</author>' +
    '</book>';
let textEncoder = new util.TextEncoder();
let arrBuffer = textEncoder.encodeInto(strXml);
let that = new xml.XmlPullParser(arrBuffer.buffer, 'UTF-8');
let str = '';

function tagFunc(name, value) {
  str = name + value;
  console.info('tag-' + str);
  return true;
}

function attFunc(name, value) {
  str = name + ' ' + value;
  console.info('attri-' + str);
  return true;
}

function tokenFunc(name, value) {
  str = name + ' ' + value.getDepth();
  console.info('token-' + str);
  return true;
}

let options = {
  supportDocType: true,
  ignoreNameSpace: true,
  tagValueCallbackFunction: tagFunc,
  attributeValueCallbackFunction: attFunc,
  tokenValueCallbackFunction: tokenFunc
};
that.parse(options);

```

The output is as follows:


```js
tag-
token-0 0
tag-book
attri-category COOKING
token-2 1
tag-title
attri-lang en
token-2 2
tag-Everyday
token-4 2
tag-title
token-3 2
tag-author
token-2 2
tag-Giada
token-4 2
tag-author
token-3 2
tag-book
token-3 1
tag-
token-1 0
```