PlistParser is an XML Property List (.plist) parser in JavaScript. It may be used both as client-side JavaScript and derivative programming languages that implement CommonJS such as node.js.
PlistParser requires sax-js.
PlistParser has been published to npm, and the PlistParser npm package can be installed like so:
$ npm install plist-parser
In most other cases, you should be able to use your package manager to install it directly from its master archive https://github.com/jacobbudin/plist-parser/archive/master.tar.gz.
To use PlistParser client-side, simply include the <script> tags as shown below.
Include plist-parser.js and create a new instance of PlistParser.
PlistParser has three methods: a constructor, validate, and parse. PlistNode is a helper class. If the the XML file fails validation or parsing, an Error instance will be stored as an error property of your PlistParser instance.
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello world</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="sax.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="plist-parser.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var xml, plist, result;
// Example input (replace this with the contents of valid XML Property List file)
xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>...';
// Create a new instance of the parser with your input
plist = new PlistParser(xml);
// Validate the input
if(plist.validate()){
// Parse the input, returning a JS object
result = plist.parse();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>PlistParser parser includes processor functions to convert values into their appropriate JavaScript types. For example, you may need to replace the parsing of data nodes to better suit your project's needs because of various issues.
PlistParser accepts an options object as its second argument to override the default processors. You can override as many or as few as you choose. If a processor is not provided, PlistParser will use the appropriate default processor.
For example, if we wanted all string node values converted into integers:
plist = new PlistParser(xml, {
'processors': {
'string': function(value){ return parseInt(value, 10); }
});The MIT License (MIT)
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