Can XML be parsed reliably using jQuery's $(responseXML) syntax?

Question

I\'m currently looking for an easy way to extract information from server XML responses using JavaScript. jQuery seems like a good candidate for this.

When it comes

Answer 1

Your link actually points to the usage of jQuery( html ) that deals with creation of elements from strings, i.e.

$('')

The one that your code uses is jQuery( element ) which is fine for XML.

since responseXML is XML, not a string, you're free to use jQuery() on it.