I have come across various iterations of the xml2json code that utilize the '@attributes' method, but I am wondering why not simply use
obj[attribute.nodeName] = attribute.nodeValue// Converting XML to JSON
function xmlToJson(xml) {
// Initialize the return object
var obj = {};
if (xml.nodeType == 1) { // element
// Handle attributes
if (xml.attributes.length > 0) {
obj["@attributes"] = {};
for (var j = 0; j < xml.attributes.length; j++) {
var attribute = xml.attributes.item(j);
obj["@attributes"][attribute.nodeName] = attribute.nodeValue;
// Why not just use obj[attribute.nodeName] = attribute.nodeValue
}
}
} else if (xml.nodeType == 3) { // text
obj = xml.nodeValue;
}
// Handle children nodes
if (xml.hasChildNodes()) {
for(var i = 0; i < xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
var item = xml.childNodes.item(i);
var nodeName = item.nodeName;
if (typeof(obj[nodeName]) == "undefined") {
obj[nodeName] = xmlToJson(item);
} else {
if (typeof(obj[nodeName].push) == "undefined") {
var old = obj[nodeName];
obj[nodeName] = [];
obj[nodeName].push(old);
}
obj[nodeName].push(xmlToJson(item));
}
}
}
return obj;
};
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