feat(core): Upgrade dependencies and enhance XML parsing and building

changelog.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## 2024-12-30 - 1.1.0 - feat(core)
+Upgrade dependencies and enhance XML parsing and building
+
+- Updated fast-xml-parser dependency to version ^4.5.1
+- Enhanced XML parsing to preserve order and handle attributes
+- Refactored createXmlFromObject method with a new XMLBuilder implementation
+- Improved test coverage for XML string creation and parsing
+
+## 2024-05-29 - 1.0.8 - Various Updates
+Minor updates and improvements to configuration and documentation.
+
+- Updated project description
+- Modified `tsconfig` file
+- Updated `npmextra.json`: githost
+
+## 2023-10-20 - 1.0.6 to 1.0.8 - Core Fixes and Updates
+Maintenance and core updates with improvements in project configuration.
+
+- Core functionality fixes and updates
+- Configuration updates
+- Preparation for versioning to 1.0.8
+
+## 2020-10-24 - 1.0.1 to 1.0.6 - Core Fixes
+Multiple fixes and enhancements in core components.
+
+- Series of core updates to improve stability and performance

package.json

@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@
     "buildDocs": "tsdoc"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@git.zone/tsbuild": "^2.1.25",
-    "@git.zone/tsbundle": "^2.0.10",
-    "@git.zone/tsrun": "^1.2.46",
-    "@git.zone/tstest": "^1.0.44",
-    "@push.rocks/tapbundle": "^5.0.15",
-    "@types/node": "^20.8.7"
+    "@git.zone/tsbuild": "^2.2.0",
+    "@git.zone/tsbundle": "^2.1.0",
+    "@git.zone/tsrun": "^1.3.3",
+    "@git.zone/tstest": "^1.0.90",
+    "@push.rocks/tapbundle": "^5.5.4",
+    "@types/node": "^22.10.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "fast-xml-parser": "^4.3.2"
+    "fast-xml-parser": "^4.5.1"
   },
   "browserslist": [
     "last 1 chrome versions"

test/test.ts

@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ import { expect, tap } from '@push.rocks/tapbundle';
 import * as smartxml from '../ts/index.js';
 
 let testSmartxml: smartxml.SmartXml;
-let testXml = `
-  <hello>
-    <wow>nice</wow>
-  </hello>
-`;
+let testXml = '';
 
 tap.test('should create an instance', async () => {
   testSmartxml = new smartxml.SmartXml();
@@ -22,13 +18,14 @@ tap.test('should create an xml string', async () => {
     }
   });
   console.log(xmlResult);
+  testXml = xmlResult;
 });
 
 tap.test('should parse an yml file', async () => {
   const jsObject = testSmartxml.parseXmlToObject(testXml);
-  console.log(jsObject);
+  // console.log(JSON.stringify(jsObject, null, 2));
   expect(typeof jsObject).toEqual('object');
-  expect(jsObject).property('hello').property('wow').toEqual('nice');
+  expect(jsObject).arrayItem(1).property('hello').arrayItem(0).property('wow').arrayItem(0).property('#text').toEqual('test');
 });
 
 

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /**
- * autocreated commitinfo by @pushrocks/commitinfo
+ * autocreated commitinfo by @push.rocks/commitinfo
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartxml',
-  version: '1.0.8',
-  description: 'a package for creating and parsing xml formated files'
+  version: '1.1.0',
+  description: 'A package for creating and parsing XML formatted files.'
 }

ts/index.ts

@@ -4,19 +4,25 @@ export class SmartXml {
   constructor() {}
 
   public parseXmlToObject<T = any>(xmlStringArg: string): T {
-    const parser = new plugins.fastXmlParser.XMLParser();
+    const parser = new plugins.fastXmlParser.XMLParser({
+      preserveOrder: true,
+      ignoreAttributes: false,
+      parseTagValue: true,
+      parseAttributeValue: true,
+      // ignoreDeclaration: true
+    });
     const jsonObject = parser.parse(xmlStringArg);
-    return jsonObject;
+    return jsonObject as T;
   }
 
   public createXmlFromObject(jsObject: any): string {
-    const jsToXmlParser = new plugins.fastXmlParser.XMLBuilder({
+    const builder = new plugins.fastXmlParser.XMLBuilder({
       ignoreAttributes: false,
-      attributeNamePrefix: "@_",
+      attributeNamePrefix: '@_',
       format: true,
-      indentBy: '  ',
+      indentBy: '  '
     });
-    const xml = jsToXmlParser.build(jsObject);
+    const xml = builder.build(jsObject);
     return '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n' + xml;
   }
 }