# XML Parsing and Generation

> ![icon-note.gif](public_sys-resources/icon-note.gif) **NOTE**
> The initial APIs of this module are supported since API version 8. Newly added APIs will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version.


## Modules to Import

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

## System Capabilities

SystemCapability.Utils.Lang

## XmlSerializer


### constructor

constructor(buffer: ArrayBuffer | DataView, encoding?: string)

A constructor used to create an **XmlSerializer** instance.

**Parameters**

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| buffer | ArrayBuffer \| DataView | Yes| **ArrayBuffer** or **DataView** for storing the XML information to write.|
| encoding | string | No| Encoding format.|

**Example**

```js
var arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(1024);
var bufView = new DataView(arrayBuffer);
var thatSer = new xml.XmlSerializer(bufView);
```


### setAttributes

setAttributes(name: string, value: string): void

Sets an attribute.

**Parameters**

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| name | string | Yes| Key of the attribute.|
| value | string | Yes| Value of the attribute.|

**Example**

```js
var thatSer = new xml.XmlSerializer(bufView);
thatSer.setAttributes("importance", "high");  
```


### addEmptyElement

addEmptyElement(name: string): void

Adds an empty element.

**Parameters**

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| name | string | Yes| Name of the empty element to add.|

**Example**

```js
var thatSer = new xml.XmlSerializer(bufView);
thatSer.addEmptyElement("b"); // => <b/>
```


### setDeclaration

setDeclaration(): void

Sets a declaration.

**Example**

```js
var thatSer = new xml.XmlSerializer(bufView);
thatSer.setDeclaration() // => <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>;
```


### startElement

startElement(name: string): void

Writes the start tag based on the given element name.

**Parameters**

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| name | string | Yes| Name of the element.|

**Example**

```js
var arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(1024);
var thatSer = new xml.XmlSerializer(arrayBuffer);
thatSer.startElement("notel");
thatSer.endElement();// => '<notel/>';
```


### endElement

endElement(): void

Writes the end tag of the element.

**Example**

```js
var thatSer = new xml.XmlSerializer(bufView);
thatSer.setNamespace("h", "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/");
thatSer.startElement("table");
thatSer.setAttributes("importance", "high");
thatSer.setText("Happy");
endElement(); // => <h:table importance="high" xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/">Happy</h:table>
```


### setNamespace

setNamespace(prefix: string, namespace: string): void

Sets the namespace for an element tag.

**Parameters**

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| prefix | string | Yes| Prefix of the element and its child elements.|
| namespace | string | Yes| Namespace to set.|

**Example**

```js
var arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(1024);
var thatSer = new xml.XmlSerializer(arrayBuffer);
thatSer.setDeclaration();
thatSer.setNamespace("h", "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/");
thatSer.startElement("note");
thatSer.endElement();// = >'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\r\n<h:note xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/"/>';
```

### setComment

setComment(text: string): void

Sets the comment.

**Parameters**

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| text | string | Yes| Comment to set.|

**Example**

```js
var arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(1024);
var thatSer = new xml.XmlSerializer(arrayBuffer);
thatSer.startElement("note");
thatSer.setComment("Hi!");
thatSer.endElement(); // => '<note>\r\n  <!--Hi!-->\r\n</note>';
```


### setCDATA

setCDATA(text: string): void

Sets CDATA attributes.

**Parameters**

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| text | string | Yes| CDATA attribute to set.|

**Example**

```js
var arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(1028);
var thatSer = new xml.XmlSerializer(arrayBuffer);
thatSer.setCDATA('root SYSTEM') // => '<![CDATA[root SYSTEM]]>';
```


### setText

setText(text: string): void

Sets **Text**.

**Parameters**

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| text | string | Yes| Content of the **Text** to set.|

**Example**

```js
var arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(1024);
var thatSer = new xml.XmlSerializer(arrayBuffer);
thatSer.startElement("note");
thatSer.setAttributes("importance", "high");
thatSer.setText("Happy1");
thatSer.endElement(); // => '<note importance="high">Happy1</note>';
```


### setDocType

setDocType(text: string): void

Sets **DocType**.

**Parameters**

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| text | string | Yes| Content of **DocType** to set.|

**Example**

```js
var arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(1024);
var thatSer = new xml.XmlSerializer(arrayBuffer);
thatSer.setDocType('root SYSTEM'); // => '<!DOCTYPE root SYSTEM>';
```


## XmlPullParser


### XmlPullParser

constructor(buffer: ArrayBuffer | DataView, encoding?: string)

Creates and returns an **XmlPullParser** object. The **XmlPullParser** object passes two parameters. The first parameter is the memory of the **ArrayBuffer** or **DataView** type, and the second parameter is the file format (UTF-8 by default).

**Parameters**

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| buffer | ArrayBuffer&nbsp;\|&nbsp;DataView | Yes| **ArrayBuffer** or **DataView** that contains XML text information.|
| encoding | string | No| Encoding format. Only UTF-8 is supported.|

**Example**

```js
var strXml =
            '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' +
            '<note importance="high" logged="true">' +
            '    <title>Happy</title>' +
            '    <todo>Work</todo>' +
            '    <todo>Play</todo>' +
            '</note>';
var arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(strXml.length*2);
var bufView = new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer);
var strLen = strXml.length;
for (var i = 0; i < strLen; ++i) {
    bufView[i] = strXml.charCodeAt(i);// Set the ArrayBuffer mode.
}
var that = new xml.XmlPullParser(arrayBuffer);
```


### parse

parse(option: ParseOptions): void

Parses XML information.

**Parameters**

| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| option | [ParseOptions](#parseoptions) | Yes| Options for controlling and obtaining the parsed information.|

**Example**

```js
var strXml =
            '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' +
            '<note importance="high" logged="true">' +
            '    <title>Happy</title>' +
            '    <todo>Work</todo>' +
            '    <todo>Play</todo>' +
            '</note>';
var arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(strXml.length*2);
var bufView = new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer);
var strLen = strXml.length;
for (var i = 0; i < strLen; ++i) {
    bufView[i] = strXml.charCodeAt(i);
}
var that = new xml.XmlPullParser(arrayBuffer);
var arrTag = {};
arrTag[0] = '132';
var i = 1;
function func(key, value){
    arrTag[i] = 'key:'+key+' value:'+ value.getDepth();
    i++;
    return true;
}
var options = {supportDoctype:true, ignoreNameSpace:true, tokenValueCallbackFunction:func}
that.parse(options);
```


## ParseOptions

Defines the XML parsing options.


| Name| Type| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| supportDoctype | boolean | No| Whether to ignore **Doctype**. The default value is **false**.|
| ignoreNameSpace | boolean | No| Whether to ignore **Namespace**. The default value is **false**.|
| tagValueCallbackFunction | (name:&nbsp;string,&nbsp;value:&nbsp;string)=&gt;&nbsp;boolean | No| Callback used to return **tagValue**.|
| attributeValueCallbackFunction | (name:&nbsp;string,&nbsp;value:&nbsp;string)=&gt;&nbsp;boolean | No| Callback used to return **attributeValue**.|
| tokenValueCallbackFunction | (eventType:&nbsp;[EventType](#eventtype),&nbsp;value:&nbsp;[ParseInfo](#parseinfo))=&gt;&nbsp;boolean | No| Callback used to return **tokenValue**.|

## ParseInfo

Provides APIs to manage the parsed XML information.


### getColumnNumber

getColumnNumber(): number

Obtains the column line number, which starts from 1.

**Return value**

| Type| Description|
| -------- | -------- |
| number | Column number obtained.|


### getDepth

getDepth(): number

Obtains the depth of this element.

**Return value**

| Type| Description|
| -------- | -------- |
| number | Depth obtained.|


### getLineNumber

getLineNumber(): number

Obtains the current line number, starting from 1.

**Return value**

| Type| Description|
| -------- | -------- |
| number | Line number obtained.|


### getName

getName(): string

Obtains the name of this element.

**Return value**

| Type| Description|
| -------- | -------- |
| string | Element name obtained.|


### getNamespace

getNamespace(): string

Obtains the namespace of this element.

**Return value**

| Type| Description|
| -------- | -------- |
| string | Namespace obtained.|


### getPrefix

getPrefix(): string

Obtains the prefix of this element.

**Return value**

| Type| Description|
| -------- | -------- |
| string | Element prefix obtained.|


### getText

getText(): string

Obtains the text of the current event.

**Return value**

| Type| Description|
| -------- | -------- |
| string | Text content obtained.|


### isEmptyElementTag

isEmptyElementTag(): boolean

Checks whether the current element is empty.

**Return value**

| Type| Description|
| -------- | -------- |
| boolean | Returns **true** if the element is empty; returns **false** otherwise.|


### isWhitespace

isWhitespace(): boolean

Checks whether the current text event contains only whitespace characters.

**Return value**

| Type| Description|
| -------- | -------- |
| boolean | Returns **true** if the text event contains only whitespace characters; returns **false** otherwise.|


### getAttributeCount

getAttributeCount(): number

Obtains the number of attributes for the current start tag.

**Return value**
| Type| Description|
| -------- | -------- |
| number | Number of attributes obtained.|


## EventType

Enumerates the events.

| Name| Value| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| START_DOCUMENT | 0 | Indicates a start document event.|
| END_DOCUMENT | 1 | Indicates an end document event.|
| START_TAG | 2 | Indicates a start tag event.|
| END_TAG | 3 | Indicates an end tag event.|
| TEXT | 4 | Indicates a text event.|
| CDSECT | 5 | Indicates a CDATA section event.|
| COMMENT | 6 | Indicates an XML comment event.|
| DOCDECL | 7 | Indicates an XML document type declaration event.|
| INSTRUCTION | 8 | Indicates an XML processing instruction event.|
| ENTITY_REFERENCE | 9 | Indicates an entity reference event.|
| WHITESPACE | 10 | Indicates a whitespace character event.|