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XML (version 3.1-0)

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

Description

This package provides many approaches for both reading and creating XML (and HTML) documents (including DTDs), both local and accessible via HTTP or FTP. It also offers access to an XPath "interpreter".

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install.packages('XML')

Monthly Downloads

289,018

Version

3.1-0

License

BSD

Maintainer

Duncan Lang

Last Published

May 8th, 2010

Functions in XML (3.1-0)

xmlValue

Extract or set the contents of a leaf XML node
xmlParserContextFunction

Identifies function as expecting an xmlParserContext argument
parseURI

Parse a URI string into its elements
xmlParseDoc

Parse an XML document with options controlling the parser.
SAXState-class

A virtual base class defining methods for SAX parsing
dtdElementValidEntry

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

Find matching nodes in an internal XML tree/DOM
Doctype

Constructor for DTD reference
libxmlVersion

Query the version and available features of the libxml library.
free

Release the specified object and clean up its memory usage
isXMLString

Facilities for working with XML strings
parseDTD

Read a Document Type Definition (DTD)
xmlName

Extraces the tag name of an XMLNode object.
[.XMLNode

Convenience accessors for the children of XMLNode objects.
xmlAttrs

Get the list of attributes of an XML node.
newXMLDoc

Create internal XML node or document object
addNode

Add a node to a tree
xmlToS4

General mechanism for mapping an XML node to an S4 object
processXInclude

Perform the XInclude substitutions
dtdIsAttribute

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

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

Get parent node of XMLInternalNode or ancestor nodes
newXMLNamespace

Add a namespace definition to an XML node
xmlElementSummary

Frequency table of names of elements and attributes in XML content
compareXMLDocs

Indicate differences between two XML documents
genericSAXHandlers

SAX generic callback handler list
removeXMLNamespaces

Remove namespace definitions from a XML node or document
xmlEventParse

XML Event/Callback element-wise Parser
getRelativeURL

Compute name of URL relative to a base URL
xmlEventHandler

Default handlers for the SAX-style event XML parser
xmlToList

Convert an XML node/document to a more R-like list
getSibling

Manipulate sibling XML nodes
xmlClone

Create a copy of an internal XML document or node
toString.XMLNode

Creates string representation of XML node
xmlHandler

Example XML Event Parser Handler Functions
xmlContainsEntity

Checks if an entity is defined within a DTD.
dtdValidElement

Determines whether an XML tag is valid within another.
xmlDOMApply

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

Output internal XML Tree
asXMLNode

Converts non-XML node objects to XMLTextNode objects
getLineNumber

Determine the line number of an (internal) XML node
dtdElement

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

Look up an element via the XML catalog mechanism
getEncoding

Determines the encoding for an XML document or node
xmlSource

Source the R code, examples, etc. from an XML document
XMLNode-class

Classes to describe an XML node object.
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
XMLInternalDocument-class

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

Transform between XML representations
ensureNamespace

Ensure that the node has a definition for particular XML namespaces
catalogLoad

Manipulate XML catalog contents
print.XMLAttributeDef

Methods for displaying XML objects
Doctype-class

Class to describe a reference to an XML DTD
xmlApply

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

Get the value of an attribute in an XML node
XMLCodeFile-class

Simple classes for identifying an XML document containing R code
[<-.XMLNode

Assign sub-nodes to an XML node
xmlStructuredStop

Condition/error handler functions for XML parsing
names.XMLNode

Get the names of an XML nodes children.
xmlAttributeType

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

Find the XInclude node associated with an XML node
docName

Accessors for name of XML document
xmlToDataFrame

Extract data from a simple XML document
addChildren

Add child nodes to an XML node
xmlStopParser

Terminate an XML parser
xmlNode

Create an XML node
xmlFlatListTree

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

Create S4 class definition based on XML node(s)
xmlChildren

Gets the sub-nodes within an XMLNode object.
getXMLErrors

Get XML/HTML document parse errors
parseXMLAndAdd

Parse XML content and add it to a node
readHTMLTable

Read data from one or more HTML tables
startElement.SAX

Generic Methods for SAX callbacks
append.xmlNode

Add children to an XML node
supportsExpat

Determines which native XML parsers are being used.
xmlNamespace

Retrieve the namespace value of an XML node.
xmlSize

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

Get definitions of any namespaces defined in this XML node
schema-class

Classes for working with XML Schema
xmlTreeParse

XML Parser
length.XMLNode

Determine the number of children in an XMLNode object.
xmlSchemaValidate

Validate an XML document relative to an XML schema
xmlOutputBuffer

XML output streams
xmlTree

An internal, updatable DOM object for building XML trees
xmlRoot

Get the top-level XML node.