XML manipulation via Javascript

[Eric Patrick]

However, when I use clone(true) or cloneNode(true), the browser does not necessarily follow strict XML:

<input type="text" name="test"></input>

becomes

<input type="text" name="test">

To replicate, please see: http://jsfiddle.net/JDHQN/  

Any suggestions on a workaround?

Thanks in advance,

Eric Patrick

[Eric Patrick]

Original context is missing; sorry!

I'm trying to allow for the manipulation of an XML document in memory via Javascript. So far, I am unable to clone XML nodes reliably; the browser appears to create HTML nodes instead of XML nodes.

[Arian Stolwijk]

console.log only logs a representation of the nodes.

.clone() uses .cloneNode() (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Node.cloneNode), so it shouldn't cause any problems.

Also see the note here: http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-responsexml-attribute, It isn't an actual XML document.

[Arian Stolwijk]

That note should be added/changed in the MooTools docs probably...

[Sanford Whiteman]

> Also see the note here:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#the-responsexml-attribute, It
> isn't an actual XML document.

I think that note clarifies it isn't *always* an XMLDocument object,
but it certainly can be depending on Content-Type and well-formedness.

-- S.