Crate use_xml 

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

Structs

XmlAttribute

A simple XML attribute.

XmlDeclaration

A conservative view of an XML declaration.

XmlElement

A simple XML start element.

Functions

escape_xml

Escapes XML text content.

extract_attributes

Extracts attributes from an element start tag.

extract_root_element

Extracts the root element start tag when present.

extract_xml_declaration

Extracts the XML declaration when present.

get_attribute

Returns the named attribute from an element when present.

has_attribute

Returns true when an element has the named attribute.

has_xml_declaration

Returns true when the input starts with an XML declaration.

looks_like_xml

Returns true when the input looks like XML.

strip_xml_comments

Strips XML comments from the input.

strip_xml_declaration

Strips a leading XML declaration when present.

unescape_xml

Unescapes the most common XML entities.