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type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Node Modification</h1> <h4 class="author">Jim Hester</h4> <h4 class="date">2021-11-29</h4> <div id="modifying-existing-xml" class="section level1"> <h1>Modifying Existing XML</h1> <p>Modifying existing XML can be done in xml2 by using the replacement functions of the accessors. They all have methods for both individual <code>xml_node</code> objects as well as <code>xml_nodeset</code> objects. If a vector of values is provided it is applied piecewise over the nodeset, otherwise the value is recycled.</p> <div id="text-modification" class="section level2"> <h2>Text Modification</h2> <p>Text modification only happens on text nodes. If a given node has more than one text node only the first will be affected. If you want to modify additional text nodes you need to select them explicitly with <code>/text()</code>.</p> <div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">read_xml</span>(<span class="st">"<p>This is some <b>text</b>. This is more.</p>"</span>)</span> <span id="cb1-2"><a href="#cb1-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_text</span>(x)</span> <span id="cb1-3"><a href="#cb1-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] "This is some text. This is more."</span></span> <span id="cb1-4"><a href="#cb1-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb1-5"><a href="#cb1-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_text</span>(x) <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="st">"This is some other text."</span></span> <span id="cb1-6"><a href="#cb1-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_text</span>(x)</span> <span id="cb1-7"><a href="#cb1-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] "This is some other text.text. This is more."</span></span> <span id="cb1-8"><a href="#cb1-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb1-9"><a href="#cb1-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># You can avoid this by explicitly selecting the text node.</span></span> <span id="cb1-10"><a href="#cb1-10" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">read_xml</span>(<span class="st">"<p>This is some text. This is <b>bold!</b></p>"</span>)</span> <span id="cb1-11"><a href="#cb1-11" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>text_only <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">xml_find_all</span>(x, <span class="st">"//text()"</span>)</span> <span id="cb1-12"><a href="#cb1-12" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb1-13"><a href="#cb1-13" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_text</span>(text_only) <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">c</span>(<span class="st">"This is some other text. "</span>, <span class="st">"Still bold!"</span>)</span> <span id="cb1-14"><a href="#cb1-14" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_text</span>(x)</span> <span id="cb1-15"><a href="#cb1-15" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] "This is some other text. Still bold!"</span></span> <span id="cb1-16"><a href="#cb1-16" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_structure</span>(x)</span> <span id="cb1-17"><a href="#cb1-17" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <p></span></span> <span id="cb1-18"><a href="#cb1-18" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {text}</span></span> <span id="cb1-19"><a href="#cb1-19" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <b></span></span> <span id="cb1-20"><a href="#cb1-20" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {text}</span></span></code></pre></div> </div> <div id="attribute-and-namespace-definition-modification" class="section level2"> <h2>Attribute and Namespace Definition Modification</h2> <p>Attributes and namespace definitions are modified one at a time with <code>xml_attr()</code> or all at once with <code>xml_attrs()</code>. In both cases using <code>NULL</code> as the value will remove the attribute completely.</p> <div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">read_xml</span>(<span class="st">"<a href='invalid!'>xml2</a>"</span>)</span> <span id="cb2-2"><a href="#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_attr</span>(x, <span class="st">"href"</span>)</span> <span id="cb2-3"><a href="#cb2-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] "invalid!"</span></span> <span id="cb2-4"><a href="#cb2-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb2-5"><a href="#cb2-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_attr</span>(x, <span class="st">"href"</span>) <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="st">"https://github.com/r-lib/xml2"</span></span> <span id="cb2-6"><a href="#cb2-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_attr</span>(x, <span class="st">"href"</span>)</span> <span id="cb2-7"><a href="#cb2-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] "https://github.com/r-lib/xml2"</span></span> <span id="cb2-8"><a href="#cb2-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb2-9"><a href="#cb2-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_attrs</span>(x) <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">c</span>(<span class="at">id =</span> <span class="st">"xml2"</span>, <span class="at">href =</span> <span class="st">"https://github.com/r-lib/xml2"</span>)</span> <span id="cb2-10"><a href="#cb2-10" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_attrs</span>(x)</span> <span id="cb2-11"><a href="#cb2-11" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> href id </span></span> <span id="cb2-12"><a href="#cb2-12" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> "https://github.com/r-lib/xml2" "xml2"</span></span> <span id="cb2-13"><a href="#cb2-13" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x</span> <span id="cb2-14"><a href="#cb2-14" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_document}</span></span> <span id="cb2-15"><a href="#cb2-15" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <a href="https://github.com/r-lib/xml2" id="xml2"></span></span> <span id="cb2-16"><a href="#cb2-16" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb2-17"><a href="#cb2-17" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_attrs</span>(x) <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span></span> <span id="cb2-18"><a href="#cb2-18" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x</span> <span id="cb2-19"><a href="#cb2-19" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_document}</span></span> <span id="cb2-20"><a href="#cb2-20" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <a></span></span> <span id="cb2-21"><a href="#cb2-21" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb2-22"><a href="#cb2-22" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># Namespaces are added with as a xmlns or xmlns:prefix attribute</span></span> <span id="cb2-23"><a href="#cb2-23" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_attr</span>(x, <span class="st">"xmlns"</span>) <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="st">"http://foo"</span></span> <span id="cb2-24"><a href="#cb2-24" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x</span> <span id="cb2-25"><a href="#cb2-25" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_document}</span></span> <span id="cb2-26"><a href="#cb2-26" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <a xmlns="http://foo"></span></span> <span id="cb2-27"><a href="#cb2-27" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb2-28"><a href="#cb2-28" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_attr</span>(x, <span class="st">"xmlns:bar"</span>) <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="st">"http://bar"</span></span> <span id="cb2-29"><a href="#cb2-29" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x</span> <span id="cb2-30"><a href="#cb2-30" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_document}</span></span> <span id="cb2-31"><a href="#cb2-31" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <a xmlns="http://foo" xmlns:bar="http://bar"></span></span></code></pre></div> </div> <div id="name-modification" class="section level2"> <h2>Name Modification</h2> <p>Node names are modified with <code>xml_name()</code>.</p> <div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">read_xml</span>(<span class="st">"<a><b/></a>"</span>)</span> <span id="cb3-2"><a href="#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x</span> <span id="cb3-3"><a href="#cb3-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_document}</span></span> <span id="cb3-4"><a href="#cb3-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <a></span></span> <span id="cb3-5"><a href="#cb3-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] <b/></span></span> <span id="cb3-6"><a href="#cb3-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_name</span>(x)</span> <span id="cb3-7"><a href="#cb3-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] "a"</span></span> <span id="cb3-8"><a href="#cb3-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_name</span>(x) <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="st">"c"</span></span> <span id="cb3-9"><a href="#cb3-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x</span> <span id="cb3-10"><a href="#cb3-10" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_document}</span></span> <span id="cb3-11"><a href="#cb3-11" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <c></span></span> <span id="cb3-12"><a href="#cb3-12" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] <b/></span></span></code></pre></div> </div> </div> <div id="node-modification" class="section level1"> <h1>Node modification</h1> <p>All of these functions have a <code>.copy</code> argument. If this is set to <code>FALSE</code> they will remove the new node from its location before inserting it into the new location. Otherwise they make a copy of the node before insertion.</p> <div id="replacing-existing-nodes" class="section level2"> <h2>Replacing existing nodes</h2> <div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">read_xml</span>(<span class="st">"<parent><child>1</child><child>2<child>3</child></child></parent>"</span>)</span> <span id="cb4-2"><a href="#cb4-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>children <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">xml_children</span>(x)</span> <span id="cb4-3"><a href="#cb4-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>t1 <span class="ot"><-</span> children[[<span class="dv">1</span>]]</span> <span id="cb4-4"><a href="#cb4-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>t2 <span class="ot"><-</span> children[[<span class="dv">2</span>]]</span> <span id="cb4-5"><a href="#cb4-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>t3 <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">xml_children</span>(children[[<span class="dv">2</span>]])[[<span class="dv">1</span>]]</span> <span id="cb4-6"><a href="#cb4-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb4-7"><a href="#cb4-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_replace</span>(t1, t3)</span> <span id="cb4-8"><a href="#cb4-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_node}</span></span> <span id="cb4-9"><a href="#cb4-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <child></span></span> <span id="cb4-10"><a href="#cb4-10" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x</span> <span id="cb4-11"><a href="#cb4-11" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_document}</span></span> <span id="cb4-12"><a href="#cb4-12" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <parent></span></span> <span id="cb4-13"><a href="#cb4-13" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] <child>3</child></span></span> <span id="cb4-14"><a href="#cb4-14" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [2] <child>2<child>3</child></child></span></span></code></pre></div> </div> <div id="add-a-sibling" class="section level2"> <h2>Add a sibling</h2> <div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span id="cb5-1"><a href="#cb5-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">read_xml</span>(<span class="st">"<parent><child>1</child><child>2<child>3</child></child></parent>"</span>)</span> <span id="cb5-2"><a href="#cb5-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>children <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">xml_children</span>(x)</span> <span id="cb5-3"><a href="#cb5-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>t1 <span class="ot"><-</span> children[[<span class="dv">1</span>]]</span> <span id="cb5-4"><a href="#cb5-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>t2 <span class="ot"><-</span> children[[<span class="dv">2</span>]]</span> <span id="cb5-5"><a href="#cb5-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>t3 <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">xml_children</span>(children[[<span class="dv">2</span>]])[[<span class="dv">1</span>]]</span> <span id="cb5-6"><a href="#cb5-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb5-7"><a href="#cb5-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_add_sibling</span>(t1, t3)</span> <span id="cb5-8"><a href="#cb5-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x</span> <span id="cb5-9"><a href="#cb5-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_document}</span></span> <span id="cb5-10"><a href="#cb5-10" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <parent></span></span> <span id="cb5-11"><a href="#cb5-11" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] <child>1</child></span></span> <span id="cb5-12"><a href="#cb5-12" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [2] <child>3</child></span></span> <span id="cb5-13"><a href="#cb5-13" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [3] <child>2<child>3</child></child></span></span> <span id="cb5-14"><a href="#cb5-14" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb5-15"><a href="#cb5-15" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_add_sibling</span>(t3, t1, <span class="at">where =</span> <span class="st">"before"</span>)</span> <span id="cb5-16"><a href="#cb5-16" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x</span> <span id="cb5-17"><a href="#cb5-17" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_document}</span></span> <span id="cb5-18"><a href="#cb5-18" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <parent></span></span> <span id="cb5-19"><a href="#cb5-19" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] <child>1</child></span></span> <span id="cb5-20"><a href="#cb5-20" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [2] <child>3</child></span></span> <span id="cb5-21"><a href="#cb5-21" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [3] <child>2<child>3</child><child>1</child></child></span></span></code></pre></div> </div> <div id="add-a-child" class="section level2"> <h2>Add a child</h2> <div class="sourceCode" id="cb6"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span id="cb6-1"><a href="#cb6-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">read_xml</span>(<span class="st">"<parent><child>1</child><child>2<child>3</child></child></parent>"</span>)</span> <span id="cb6-2"><a href="#cb6-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>children <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">xml_children</span>(x)</span> <span id="cb6-3"><a href="#cb6-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>t1 <span class="ot"><-</span> children[[<span class="dv">1</span>]]</span> <span id="cb6-4"><a href="#cb6-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>t2 <span class="ot"><-</span> children[[<span class="dv">2</span>]]</span> <span id="cb6-5"><a href="#cb6-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>t3 <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">xml_children</span>(children[[<span class="dv">2</span>]])[[<span class="dv">1</span>]]</span> <span id="cb6-6"><a href="#cb6-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb6-7"><a href="#cb6-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_add_child</span>(t1, t3)</span> <span id="cb6-8"><a href="#cb6-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x</span> <span id="cb6-9"><a href="#cb6-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_document}</span></span> <span id="cb6-10"><a href="#cb6-10" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <parent></span></span> <span id="cb6-11"><a href="#cb6-11" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] <child>1<child>3</child></child></span></span> <span id="cb6-12"><a href="#cb6-12" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [2] <child>2<child>3</child></child></span></span> <span id="cb6-13"><a href="#cb6-13" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb6-14"><a href="#cb6-14" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_add_child</span>(t1, <span class="fu">read_xml</span>(<span class="st">"<test/>"</span>))</span> <span id="cb6-15"><a href="#cb6-15" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x</span> <span id="cb6-16"><a href="#cb6-16" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_document}</span></span> <span id="cb6-17"><a href="#cb6-17" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <parent></span></span> <span id="cb6-18"><a href="#cb6-18" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] <child>1<child>3</child><test/></child></span></span> <span id="cb6-19"><a href="#cb6-19" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [2] <child>2<child>3</child></child></span></span></code></pre></div> </div> <div id="removing-nodes" class="section level2"> <h2>Removing nodes</h2> <p>The <code>xml_remove()</code> can be used to remove a node (and its children) from a tree. The default behavior is to unlink the node from the tree, but does <em>not</em> free the memory for the node, so R objects pointing to the node are still valid.</p> <p>This allows code like the following to work without crashing R</p> <div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span id="cb7-1"><a href="#cb7-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">read_xml</span>(<span class="st">"<foo><bar><baz/></bar></foo>"</span>)</span> <span id="cb7-2"><a href="#cb7-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x1 <span class="ot"><-</span> x <span class="sc">%>%</span> <span class="fu">xml_children</span>() <span class="sc">%>%</span> .[[<span class="dv">1</span>]]</span> <span id="cb7-3"><a href="#cb7-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x2 <span class="ot"><-</span> x1 <span class="sc">%>%</span> <span class="fu">xml_children</span>() <span class="sc">%>%</span> .[[<span class="dv">1</span>]]</span> <span id="cb7-4"><a href="#cb7-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb7-5"><a href="#cb7-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_remove</span>(x1)</span> <span id="cb7-6"><a href="#cb7-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">rm</span>(x1)</span> <span id="cb7-7"><a href="#cb7-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">gc</span>()</span> <span id="cb7-8"><a href="#cb7-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) limit (Mb) max used (Mb)</span></span> <span id="cb7-9"><a href="#cb7-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> Ncells 595099 31.8 1330608 71.1 NA 1328667 71.0</span></span> <span id="cb7-10"><a href="#cb7-10" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> Vcells 1100424 8.4 8388608 64.0 32768 2028747 15.5</span></span> <span id="cb7-11"><a href="#cb7-11" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb7-12"><a href="#cb7-12" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x2</span> <span id="cb7-13"><a href="#cb7-13" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_node}</span></span> <span id="cb7-14"><a href="#cb7-14" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <baz></span></span></code></pre></div> <p>If you are not planning on referencing these nodes again this memory is wasted. Calling <code>xml_remove(free = TRUE)</code> will remove the nodes <em>and</em> free the memory used to store them. <strong>Note</strong> In this case <em>any</em> node which previously pointed to the node or its children will instead be pointing to free memory and may cause R to crash. xml2 can’t figure this out for you, so it’s your responsibility to remove any objects which are no longer valid.</p> <p>In particular <code>xml_find_*()</code> results are easy to overlook, for example</p> <div class="sourceCode" id="cb8"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span id="cb8-1"><a href="#cb8-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>x <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">read_xml</span>(<span class="st">"<a><b /><b><b /></b></a>"</span>)</span> <span id="cb8-2"><a href="#cb8-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>bees <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">xml_find_all</span>(x, <span class="st">"//b"</span>)</span> <span id="cb8-3"><a href="#cb8-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">xml_remove</span>(<span class="fu">xml_child</span>(x), <span class="at">free =</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span>)</span> <span id="cb8-4"><a href="#cb8-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># bees[[1]] is no longer valid!!!</span></span> <span id="cb8-5"><a href="#cb8-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">rm</span>(bees)</span> <span id="cb8-6"><a href="#cb8-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">gc</span>()</span> <span id="cb8-7"><a href="#cb8-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) limit (Mb) max used (Mb)</span></span> <span id="cb8-8"><a href="#cb8-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> Ncells 595152 31.8 1330608 71.1 NA 1328667 71.0</span></span> <span id="cb8-9"><a href="#cb8-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> Vcells 1100481 8.4 8388608 64.0 32768 2028747 15.5</span></span></code></pre></div> </div> <div id="namespaces" class="section level2"> <h2>Namespaces</h2> <p>We want to construct a document with the following namespace layout. (From <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32939229/creating-xml-in-r-with-namespaces/32941524#32941524" class="uri">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32939229/creating-xml-in-r-with-namespaces/32941524#32941524</a>).</p> <div class="sourceCode" id="cb9"><pre class="sourceCode xml"><code class="sourceCode xml"><span id="cb9-1"><a href="#cb9-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu"><?xml</span><span class="ot"> version</span> <span class="ot">=</span> <span class="st">"1.0"</span><span class="ot"> encoding=</span><span class="st">"UTF-8"</span><span class="fu">?></span></span> <span id="cb9-2"><a href="#cb9-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><<span class="ot">sld</span> <span class="er">xmlns</span><span class="ot">=</span><span class="st">"http://www.o.net/sld"</span></span> <span id="cb9-3"><a href="#cb9-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot"> xmlns:ogc=</span><span class="st">"http://www.o.net/ogc"</span></span> <span id="cb9-4"><a href="#cb9-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot"> xmlns:se=</span><span class="st">"http://www.o.net/se"</span></span> <span id="cb9-5"><a href="#cb9-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="ot"> version=</span><span class="st">"1.1.0"</span> ></span> <span id="cb9-6"><a href="#cb9-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><<span class="ot">layer</span><span class="er">></span></span> <span id="cb9-7"><a href="#cb9-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="er"><se:Name>My</span> <span class="er">Layer</se:Name></span></span> <span id="cb9-8"><a href="#cb9-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="er"></layer></span></span> <span id="cb9-9"><a href="#cb9-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="er"></sld></span></span></code></pre></div> <div class="sourceCode" id="cb10"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code class="sourceCode r"><span id="cb10-1"><a href="#cb10-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>d <span class="ot"><-</span> <span class="fu">xml_new_root</span>(<span class="st">"sld"</span>,</span> <span id="cb10-2"><a href="#cb10-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="at">xmlns =</span> <span class="st">"http://www.o.net/sld"</span>,</span> <span id="cb10-3"><a href="#cb10-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="st">"xmlns:ogc"</span> <span class="ot">=</span> <span class="st">"http://www.o.net/ogc"</span>,</span> <span id="cb10-4"><a href="#cb10-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="st">"xmlns:se"</span> <span class="ot">=</span> <span class="st">"http://www.o.net/se"</span>,</span> <span id="cb10-5"><a href="#cb10-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="at">version =</span> <span class="st">"1.1.0"</span>) <span class="sc">%>%</span></span> <span id="cb10-6"><a href="#cb10-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="fu">xml_add_child</span>(<span class="st">"layer"</span>) <span class="sc">%>%</span></span> <span id="cb10-7"><a href="#cb10-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="fu">xml_add_child</span>(<span class="st">"se:Name"</span>, <span class="st">"My Layer"</span>) <span class="sc">%>%</span></span> <span id="cb10-8"><a href="#cb10-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a> <span class="fu">xml_root</span>()</span> <span id="cb10-9"><a href="#cb10-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span> <span id="cb10-10"><a href="#cb10-10" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>d</span> <span id="cb10-11"><a href="#cb10-11" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> {xml_document}</span></span> <span id="cb10-12"><a href="#cb10-12" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> <sld version="1.1.0" xmlns="http://www.o.net/sld" xmlns:ogc="http://www.o.net/ogc" xmlns:se="http://www.o.net/se"></span></span> <span id="cb10-13"><a href="#cb10-13" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#> [1] <layer>\n <se:Name>My Layer</se:Name>\n</layer></span></span></code></pre></div> </div> </div> <!-- code folding --> <!-- dynamically load mathjax for compatibility with self-contained --> <script> (function () { var script = document.createElement("script"); script.type = "text/javascript"; script.src = "https://mathjax.rstudio.com/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"; document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(script); })(); </script> </body> </html>