https://github.com/jonnay/jxml

Represent XML (and HTML) as JSON
https://github.com/jonnay/jxml

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Represent XML (and HTML) as JSON

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jonnay/jxml
• Owner: jonnay
• Created: 2011-05-06T06:26:34.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2011-05-08T03:57:38.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-21T12:48:39.820Z (2 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
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• Size: 89.8 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.org

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* jxml

Represent XML as a simple Javascript datatype.  This is very similar to SXML (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SXML)

Because jxml is simply an array, it is theoretically very easy to do some really cool things with it like:

  - write very simple xpath like parsers

  - write a simple, yet powerful, templating engine

  - write xslt style transformations using json and javascript

In fact, maybe these features will make it into jxml soon.  But for now it is super basic.

** Getting Started

This depends on Valentine, cause Valentine is kinda cool.

https://github.com/ded/valentine

The dependency is kinda weak though.  You could easily remove it if you wanted.

Right now only one function is exported:  render.

Quite simply you have an array that represents your xml, and use render to actually transform it into xml.

#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE

var j = require('jxml');

jxml.render(["html",

			 ["head", ["title", "REPL"]],

			 ["body",

			  "",

			  ["form", {"action": "/", "method":"POST"},

			   "Fear the form",

			   ["input", {"type": "text", "name":"command"}],

			   "With improper embedded stuff",

			   ["input", {"type": "submit", "name":"submit"}]]]]);

#+END_EXAMPLE

This would emit:

#+BEGIN_SRC

  

      

	      REPL

      

	  

		  

	      

	          Fear the form 

		      With improper embedded stuff

		      

          

      

  

#+END_SRC

(actually, it won't have any CRs or indenting... and you'll need to do something with the value that is returned... but you knew that.)

** Upcoming...

*** TODO there should be a jxml function, that takes xml and turns it into json

*** TODO implement a simple xpath query function

*** TODO allow the handling of functions inside of jxml for better templatey goodness and code-as-data-fun

*** TODO better PI handling

*** TODO namespaces a-la SXML?

*** TODO There might be some dom-goodness to explore here