use-xml

Practical XML utility primitives for lightweight declaration, element, attribute, escaping, and comment handling.

Warning: versions below 0.3.0 are experimental and may change as the crate matures.

Example Usage

use use_xml::{extract_root_element, get_attribute, has_xml_declaration, strip_xml_comments};

let input = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><root id=\"42\"><!-- note --></root>";
let root = extract_root_element(input).unwrap();

assert!(has_xml_declaration(input));
assert_eq!(root.name, "root");
assert_eq!(get_attribute("<root id=\"42\" />", "id"), Some("42".to_string()));
assert_eq!(strip_xml_comments("<root><!-- note --><child /></root>"), "<root><child /></root>");

Scope

• XML declaration detection and conservative extraction
• root element and attribute inspection helpers
• XML escaping, unescaping, and comment stripping

Non-Goals

• a full XML parser
• XPath support
• XSD validation
• deep namespace resolution

License

Licensed under either of the following, at your option:

• MIT License
• Apache License, Version 2.0