XML (version 3.99-0.14)

getEncoding: Determines the encoding for an XML document or node

Description

This function and its methods are intended to return the encoding of n XML . It is similar to Encoding but currently restricted to XML nodes and documents.

Usage

getEncoding(obj, ...)

Value

A character vector of length 1 giving the encoding of the XML document.

Arguments

obj

the object whose encoding is being queried.

...

any additional parameters which can be customized by the methods.

Author

Duncan Temple Lang

Examples

  f = system.file("exampleData", "charts.svg", package = "XML")
  doc = xmlParse(f)
  getEncoding(doc)
  n = getNodeSet(doc, "//g/text")[[1]]
  getEncoding(n)

  f = system.file("exampleData", "iTunes.plist", package = "XML")
  doc = xmlParse(f)
  getEncoding(doc)