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XML (version 1.92-1)

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

1.92-1

License

BSD.

Maintainer

Duncan Lang

Last Published

November 8th, 2025

Functions in XML (1.92-1)

asXMLTreeNode

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

Get definitions of any namespaces defined in this XML node
xmlEventHandler

Default handlers for the SAX-style event XML parser
xmlSource

Source the R code, examples, etc. from an XML document
asXMLNode

Converts non-XML node objects to XMLTextNode objects
free

Release the specified object and clean up its memory usage
parseDTD

Read a Document Type Definition (DTD)
xmlAttrs

Get the list of attributes of an XML node.
xmlAttributeType

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

Determines which native XML parsers are being used.
libxmlVersion

Get the version of the libxml library.
xmlApply

Applies a function to each of the children of an XMLNode
startElement.SAX

Generic Methods for SAX callbacks
[<-.XMLNode

Assign sub-nodes to an XML node
append.xmlNode

Add children to an XML node
dtdValidElement

Determines whether an XML tag is valid within another.
genericSAXHandlers

SAX generic callback handler list
xmlChildren

Gets the sub-nodes within an XMLNode object.
getNodeSet

Find matching nodes in an internal XML tree/DOM
xmlTreeParse

XML Parser
addNode

Add a node to a tree
dtdIsAttribute

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

Determine the number of children in an XMLNode object.
newXMLDoc

Create internal XML node or document object
xmlDOMApply

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

Get the top-level XML node.
xmlGetAttr

Get the value of an attribute in an XML node
xmlName

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

Class to describe a reference to an XML DTD
XMLNode-class

Classes to describe an XML node object.
toString.XMLNode

Creates string representation of XML node
toHTML

Create an HTML representation of the given R object, using internal C-level nodes
xmlContainsEntity

Checks if an entity is defined within a DTD.
xmlNamespace

Retrieve the namespace value of an XML node.
xmlParent

Get parent node of XMLInternalNode or ancestor nodes
xmlValue

Extract the contents of a leaf XML node
addChildren

Add child nodes to an XML node
SAXState-class

A virtual base class defining methods for SAX parsing
saveXML

Output internal XML Tree
[.XMLNode

Convenience accessors for the children of XMLNode objects.
dtdElement

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

The number of sub-elements within an XML node.
print.XMLAttributeDef

Methods for displaying XML objects
names.XMLNode

Get the names of an XML nodes children.
dtdElementValidEntry

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

Create an XML node
xmlHandler

Example XML Event Parser Handler Functions
xmlTree

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

Class to represent reference to C-level data structure for an XML document
Doctype

Constructor for DTD reference
xmlElementsByTagName

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

Look up an element via the XML catalog mechanism
parseURI

Parse a URI string into its elements
xmlOutputBuffer

XML output streams
xmlFlatListTree

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

XML Event/Callback element-wise Parser