How do I parse xml with jQuery?

Question

What is the jQuery alternative to the following JavaScript code?

var xmlobject = (new DOMParser()).parseFromString(xmlstring, \"text/xml\");

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Answer 1

var $parsedXml = $(xmlstring);

For exmaple, if you have something like

<object>
  <property id="prop1" value="myVal" />
</object>

as your xmlstring, you could do

var prop1 = $(xmlstring).find('#prop1').attr('value');

to get the value of the object property.

Answer 2

Take a look at these plugins:

xmlDOM - http://plugins.jquery.com/project/XmlDOM
jParse - http://jparse.kylerush.net/

Answer 3

The cross-browser approach is the following, which I posted a few minutes ago in answer to a similar question:

var parseXml;

if (window.DOMParser) {
    parseXml = function(xmlStr) {
        return ( new window.DOMParser() ).parseFromString(xmlStr, "text/xml");
    };
} else if (typeof window.ActiveXObject != "undefined" && new window.ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")) {
    parseXml = function(xmlStr) {
        var xmlDoc = new window.ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
        xmlDoc.async = "false";
        xmlDoc.loadXML(xmlStr);
        return xmlDoc;
    };
} else {
    parseXml = function() { return null; }
}

var xml = parseXml("<foo>Stuff</foo>");
if (xml) {
    window.alert(xml.documentElement.nodeName);
}