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XML (version 3.6-2)

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

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Version

3.6-2

License

BSD

Maintainer

Duncan Lang

Last Published

December 9th, 2011

Functions in XML (3.6-2)

getSibling

Manipulate sibling XML nodes
ensureNamespace

Ensure that the node has a definition for particular XML namespaces
startElement.SAX

Generic Methods for SAX callbacks
Doctype-class

Class to describe a reference to an XML DTD
coerceNodes

Transform between XML representations
XMLInternalDocument-class

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

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

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

Get XML/HTML document parse errors
libxmlVersion

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

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

Add a namespace definition to an XML node
processXInclude

Perform the XInclude substitutions
dtdElementValidEntry

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

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

A virtual base class defining methods for SAX parsing
addNode

Add a node to a tree
addChildren

Add child nodes to an XML node
[<-.XMLNode

Assign sub-nodes to an XML node
supportsExpat

Determines which native XML parsers are being used.
parseXMLAndAdd

Parse XML content and add it to a node
dtdIsAttribute

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

Get the names of an XML nodes children.
compareXMLDocs

Indicate differences between two XML documents
docName

Accessors for name of XML document
xmlEventHandler

Default handlers for the SAX-style event XML parser
dtdValidElement

Determines whether an XML tag is valid within another.
xmlName

Extraces the tag name of an XMLNode object.
xmlElementsByTagName

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

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

Simple classes for identifying an XML document containing R code
Doctype

Constructor for DTD reference
parseURI

Parse a URI string into its elements
findXInclude

Find the XInclude node associated with an XML node
toString.XMLNode

Creates string representation of XML node
genericSAXHandlers

SAX generic callback handler list
xmlElementSummary

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

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

Get parent node of XMLInternalNode or ancestor nodes
length.XMLNode

Determine the number of children in an XMLNode object.
print.XMLAttributeDef

Methods for displaying XML objects
xmlClone

Create a copy of an internal XML document or node
xmlSource

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

Remove namespace definitions from a XML node or document
xmlApply

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

Manipulate XML catalog contents
append.xmlNode

Add children to an XML node
free

Release the specified object and clean up its memory usage
[.XMLNode

Convenience accessors for the children of XMLNode objects.
xmlNamespaceDefinitions

Get definitions of any namespaces defined in this XML node
getLineNumber

Determine the location - file & line number of an (internal) XML node
xmlEventParse

XML Event/Callback element-wise Parser
readHTMLTable

Read data from one or more HTML tables
getEncoding

Determines the encoding for an XML document or node
catalogResolve

Look up an element via the XML catalog mechanism
getNodeSet

Find matching nodes in an internal XML tree/DOM
xmlChildren

Gets the sub-nodes within an XMLNode object.
xmlToDataFrame

Extract data from a simple XML document
xmlSize

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

Create an XML node
xmlOutputBuffer

XML output streams
xmlSearchNs

Find a namespace definition object by searching ancestor nodes
xmlHandler

Example XML Event Parser Handler Functions
schema-class

Classes for working with XML Schema
xmlStructuredStop

Condition/error handler functions for XML parsing
xmlTree

An internal, updatable DOM object for building XML trees
isXMLString

Facilities for working with XML strings
XMLNode-class

Classes to describe an XML node object.
saveXML

Output internal XML Tree
makeClassTemplate

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

Identifies function as expecting an xmlParserContext argument
xmlRoot

Get the top-level XML node.
getRelativeURL

Compute name of URL relative to a base URL
xmlToS4

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

Parse an XML document with options controlling the parser.
parseDTD

Read a Document Type Definition (DTD)
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.
xmlToList

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

Create internal XML node or document object
xmlStopParser

Terminate an XML parser
xmlSerializeHook

Functions that help serialize and deserialize XML internal objects
xmlTreeParse

XML Parser
xmlValue

Extract or set the contents of a leaf XML node
xmlNamespace

Retrieve the namespace value of an XML node.
xmlAttrs

Get the list of attributes of an XML node.
dtdElement

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

Validate an XML document relative to an XML schema