XML Document

XML documents are available via the following properties and methods:

Properties

Document properties are read only variables.

string = doc:name

The document name.

string = doc:url

The document's URL.

node = doc:root

The document's root node.

local node = doc:node()

Create a new node belonging to the document.

old_root = doc:setroot(node)

Set the document's root node to node. Returns the old root node.

doc:serialize(func)
doc:serialize(function (text) io.write (text) end)

Serialise the XML document. The argument is a function repeatedly called to write the resulting text.