Convert DOM XML Document to string

[phreakermex]

Hi everyone!

I've using the next function in order to convert a javascript XML object to string

function XMLtoString(elem){
	
	var serialized;
	
	try {
		// XMLSerializer exists in current Mozilla browsers
		serializer = new XMLSerializer();
		serialized = serializer.serializeToString(elem);
	} 
	catch (e) {
		// Internet Explorer has a different approach to serializing XML
		serialized = elem.xml;
	}
	
	return serialized;
}

Is there an easier way to perform the above function using ExtJS?
And, also, when making an Ext.Ajax.request the params need to be string? Or can I pass directly a XML DOM object?

Greetings!

[evant]

1) No, there isn't currently anything that does this.

2) They can either be a string or a JS object.

[Animal]

You shoujld just be able to specify a document as the data using the xmlData option of http://extjs.com/deploy/dev/docs/?cl...member=request

the XHR will convert it:

http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/#entity-body

[LordLuky]

Thank you for source code phreakermex :-). I'm using EXT GWT actually, but for XSLT transformation on Client I need JavaScript. In which I'm less then newbie.
I could not handle JavaScriptObject in Java, but String is hunky-dory.

Thanks!

[Appeloappelo]

...when you are reading/displaying a xml file in a browser:

function loadXMLFromDOM2XMLString( xmlString, xmltag, currentChildNode ) {

var nodes = currentChildNode.childNodes;
var i = 0 ;
var node = nodes[i];
while ( i < nodes.length) {
if (node.data == null) {xmltag = '<'+node.localName+'>';} else {xmltag = node.data;};
xmlString = xmlString + xmltag;
xmlString = loadXMLFromDOM2XMLString( xmlString, xmltag, node );
if (node.data == null) {xmltag = '<'+'/'+node.localName+'>';} else {xmltag = "";};
xmlString = xmlString + xmltag;
i++;
node = nodes[i];
}
return xmlString ;
} ;

var xmlString = "";
var xmltag = "";
var currentChildNode = window.document;

xmlString = loadXMLFromDOM2XMLString( xmlString, xmltag, currentChildNode );
xmlString;