xml_add_sibling() and xml_add_child() are used to insert a node
as a sibling or a child. xml_add_parent() adds a new parent in
between the input node and the current parent. xml_replace()
replaces an existing node with a new node. xml_remove() removes a
node from the tree.
xml_replace(.x, .value, ..., .copy = TRUE)xml_add_sibling(.x, .value, ..., .where = c("after", "before"), .copy = TRUE)
xml_add_child(.x, .value, ..., .where = length(xml_children(.x)), .copy = TRUE)
xml_add_parent(.x, .value, ...)
xml_remove(.x, free = FALSE)
a document, node or nodeset.
node to insert.
If named attributes or namespaces to set on the node, if unnamed text to assign to the node.
whether to copy the .value before replacing. If this is FALSE
then the node will be moved from it's current location.
to add the new node, for xml_add_child the position
after which to add, use 0 for the first child. For
xml_add_sibling either ‘"before"’ or ‘"after"’
indicating if the new node should be before or after .x.
When removing the node also free the memory used for that node. Note if you use this option you cannot use any existing objects pointing to the node or its children, it is likely to crash R or return garbage.
Care needs to be taken when using xml_remove(),