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XML (version 0.99-7)

Tools for parsing and generating XML within R and S-Plus.

Description

Parsing facilities for arbitrary XML files, DTDs and HTML, offering both event and tree based parsers which are customizable with R functions.

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install.packages('XML')

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0.99-7

License

BSD.

Maintainer

Duncan Lang

Last Published

November 8th, 2025

Functions in XML (0.99-7)

libxmlVersion

Get the version of the libxml library.
toString.XMLNode

Creates string representation of XML node
xmlApply

Applies a function to each of the children of an XMLNode
dtdValidElement

Determines whether an XML tag is valid within another.
xmlAttrs

Get the list of attributes of an XML node.
xmlNamespace

Retrieve the namespace value of an XML node.
SAXState-class

A virtual base class defining methods for SAX parsing
xmlEventHandler

Default handlers for the SAX-style event XML parser
asXMLNode

Converts non-XML node objects to XMLTextNode objects
XMLNode-class

Classes to describe an XML node object.
saveXML

Output internal XML Tree
xmlParent

Get parent node of XMLInternalNode
dtdElement

Gets the definition of an element or entity from a DTD.
parseDTD

Read a Document Type Definition (DTD)
length.XMLNode

Determine the number of children in an XMLNode object.
xmlNode

Create an XML node
getNodeSet

Find matching nodes in an internal XML tree/DOM
[<-.XMLNode

Assign sub-nodes to an XML node
print.XMLAttributeDef

Methods for displaying XML objects
xmlAttributeType

The type of an XML attribute for element from the DTD
xmlOutputBuffer

XML output streams
append.xmlNode

Add children to an XML node
dtdIsAttribute

Query if a name is a valid attribute of a DTD element.
xmlRoot

Get the top-level XML node.
xmlElementsByTagName

Retrieve the children of an XML node with a specific tag name
xmlValue

Extract the contents of a leaf XML node
newXMLDoc

Create internal XML node or document object
dtdElementValidEntry

Determines whether an XML element allows a particular type of sub-element.
xmlHandler

Example XML Event Parser Handler Functions
names.XMLNode

Get the names of an XML nodes children.
xmlGetAttr

Get the value of an attribute in an XML node
xmlTree

An internal, updatable DOM object for building XML trees
Doctype-class

Class to describe a reference to an XML DTD
xmlContainsEntity

Checks if an entity is defined within a DTD.
startElement.SAX

Generic Methods for SAX callbacks
genericSAXHandlers

SAX generic callback handler list
xmlSize

The number of sub-elements within an XML node.
[.XMLNode

Convenience accessors for the children of XMLNode objects.
Doctype

Constructor for DTD reference
supportsExpat

Determines which native XML parsers are being used.
xmlName

Extraces the tag name of an XMLNode object.
xmlChildren

Gets the sub-nodes within an XMLNode object.
xmlEventParse

XML Event/Callback element-wise Parser
xmlDOMApply

Apply function to nodes in an XML tree/DOM.
xmlTreeParse

XML Parser