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XMLSource: XML Source

Description

Constructs a source for an XML file.

Usage

XMLSource(object, parser, reader, encoding = "UTF-8")

Arguments

object

either a character identifying the file or a connection.

parser

a function accepting an XML tree (as delivered by xmlTreeParse in package XML) as input and returning a list of XML elements.

reader

a function capable of turning XML elements as returned by parser into a subclass of TextDocument.

encoding

a character giving the encoding of the file.

Value

• An S4 object of class XMLSource which extends the class Source representing an XML file.

See Also

Vignette 'Extensions: How to Handle Custom File Formats'.