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XML (version 0.99-8)

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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Version

0.99-8

License

BSD.

Maintainer

Duncan Lang

Last Published

November 8th, 2025

Functions in XML (0.99-8)

dtdValidElement

Determines whether an XML tag is valid within another.
getNodeSet

Find matching nodes in an internal XML tree/DOM
xmlNamespace

Retrieve the namespace value of an XML node.
xmlTree

An internal, updatable DOM object for building XML trees
xmlSize

The number of sub-elements within an XML node.
xmlName

Extraces the tag name of an XMLNode object.
XMLNode-class

Classes to describe an XML node object.
startElement.SAX

Generic Methods for SAX callbacks
libxmlVersion

Get the version of the libxml library.
dtdIsAttribute

Query if a name is a valid attribute of a DTD element.
names.XMLNode

Get the names of an XML nodes children.
parseURI

Parse a URI string into its elements
xmlGetAttr

Get the value of an attribute in an XML node
xmlTreeParse

XML Parser
asXMLNode

Converts non-XML node objects to XMLTextNode objects
length.XMLNode

Determine the number of children in an XMLNode object.
dtdElementValidEntry

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

Get the list of attributes of an XML node.
[.XMLNode

Convenience accessors for the children of XMLNode objects.
xmlChildren

Gets the sub-nodes within an XMLNode object.
xmlOutputBuffer

XML output streams
saveXML

Output internal XML Tree
xmlEventHandler

Default handlers for the SAX-style event XML parser
xmlRoot

Get the top-level XML node.
xmlDOMApply

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

Constructors for trees stored as flat list of nodes with information about parents and children
xmlContainsEntity

Checks if an entity is defined within a DTD.
dtdElement

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

Example XML Event Parser Handler Functions
toString.XMLNode

Creates string representation of XML node
xmlParent

Get parent node of XMLInternalNode
Doctype-class

Class to describe a reference to an XML DTD
addNode

Add a node to a tree
[<-.XMLNode

Assign sub-nodes to an XML node
append.xmlNode

Add children to an XML node
SAXState-class

A virtual base class defining methods for SAX parsing
newXMLDoc

Create internal XML node or document object
print.XMLAttributeDef

Methods for displaying XML objects
xmlApply

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

Determines which native XML parsers are being used.
xmlValue

Extract the contents of a leaf XML node
genericSAXHandlers

SAX generic callback handler list
xmlAttributeType

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

Get definitions of any namespaces defined in this XML node
Doctype

Constructor for DTD reference
xmlElementsByTagName

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

Convert a regular XML node to one for use in a "flat" tree
xmlEventParse

XML Event/Callback element-wise Parser
xmlNode

Create an XML node
parseDTD

Read a Document Type Definition (DTD)