facet-xml-node

Raw XML node types—represent arbitrary XML without a schema.

Overview

This crate provides generic XML types (Element, Content) that can represent any XML document without needing predefined Rust structs. It's useful when you need to parse XML dynamically or work with XML of unknown structure.

Types

Element

Captures any XML element with its tag name, attributes, and children:

use facet_xml_node::Element;

let xml = r#"<item id="42" status="active">Hello <b>world</b></item>"#;
let element: Element = facet_xml::from_str(xml)?;

assert_eq!(element.tag, "item");
assert_eq!(element.attrs.get("id"), Some(&"42".to_string()));

Content

Represents either text or a child element:

use facet_xml_node::{Element, Content};

for child in &element.children {
    match child {
        Content::Text(t) => println!("Text: {}", t),
        Content::Element(e) => println!("Element: <{}>", e.tag),
    }
}

Use Cases

• Parsing XML of unknown or variable structure
• Building XML transformers or validators
• Bridging between typed and untyped XML representations
• Testing and debugging XML serialization

Comparison

Sponsors

Thanks to all individual sponsors:

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...without whom this work could not exist.

Special thanks

The facet logo was drawn by Misiasart.

License

Licensed under either of:

• Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.