Name Rascal/Libraries/lang/xml/DOM/parseXMLDOMTrim

Synopsis Parse an XML document and trim it (remove layout).

Function Node parseXMLDOMTrim(str src)

Usage import lang::xml::DOM;

Examples Read the sample note file, parse it, and construct a DOM instance (using parseXMLDOMTrim).

rascal>import IO;
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rascal>import lang::xml::DOM;
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rascal>N = readFile(|courses:///Rascal/Libraries/lang/xml/note.xml|);
str: "\<note\>\n\<to\>Jurgen\</to\>\n\<to\>Tijs\</to\>\n\<from\>Paul\</from\>\n\<date\>2012-04-01\</date\>\n\<heading font=\"bold\"\>Reminder\</heading\>\n\<body\>Don\'t forget to run the Rascal tests!\</body\>\n\</note\>"
rascal>parseXMLDOMTrim(N);
Node: document(element(
    none(),
    "note",
    [
      element(
        none(),
        "to",
        [charData("Jurgen")]),
      element(
        none(),
        "to",
        [charData("Tijs")]),
      element(
        none(),
        "from",
        [charData("Paul")]),
      element(
        none(),
        "date",
        [charData("2012-04-01")]),
      element(
        none(),
        "heading",
        [
          attribute(
            none(),
            "font",
            "bold"),
          charData("Reminder")
        ]),
      element(
        none(),
        "body",
        [charData("Don\'t forget to run the Rascal tests!")])
    ]))

All whitespace characters have been removed and do not occur in the trimmed DOM instance. Compare this with the output of parseXMLDOM.

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