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DecConvert string to xml and xml to string using javascript
Sometimes we need to parse xml into string and string into xml. Different browsers parse xml to string and vice-versa in different ways. Here, I am sharing cross browser compatible methods to parse xml.
Parse XML to String
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> function XMLToString(oXML) { //code for IE if (window.ActiveXObject) { var oString = oXML.xml; return oString; } // code for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, etc. else { return (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(oXML); } } </script>
Parse String to XML
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> function StringToXML(oString) { //code for IE if (window.ActiveXObject) { var oXML = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM"); oXML.loadXML(oString); return oXML; } // code for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, etc. else { return (new DOMParser()).parseFromString(oString, "text/xml"); } } </script>
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