xml

Use xml for parsing XML documents, querying paths, reading attributes, editing text or attributes, and serialising back to XML.

import "std:xml"

API reference

xml

Method	Returns	Notes
xml.toStr()	string	Converts to str.
xml.toArr()	array	Recursively converts the document and its children to arrays and objects.
xml.findNode(path: any)	*xmlNode
xml.getText(path: any)	any	Returns text.
xml.getAttr(path: any, attr: any)	any	Returns an attribute, or null when either the node or attribute is missing.
xml.get(path: any)	object	Returns a value.
xml.getAll(path: any)	array	Returns all.
xml.has(path: any)	boolean
xml.hasAttr(path: any, attr: any)	boolean
xml.setText(path: any, value: any)	void	Sets text.
xml.setAttr(path: any, attr: any, value: any)	void	Sets attr.
xml.count(path: any)	number
xml.remove(path: any)	void	Removes a value or resource.
xml.clear(path: any)	void	Clears all stored values.

Notes

• Prefer import "std:xml"; the older import "osl/xml" spelling remains supported.

Behavior and limits

Malformed or truncated XML returns a parse error without exposing a partial document. Queries handle namespaces, attributes, mixed content, entities, and nested elements. Empty child lists return empty arrays. Serialization sorts attributes for stable output.