The parseFromString() method converts a string into an XML document.

Syntax

DOMParser.parseFromString( string, mimeType )

Parameters

Return values

This method returns an XML document. If the parsing process fails, an error document is returned.

Exceptions

No exceptions are thrown. If the parsing process cannot be succesfully completed, an error document is returned.

Code sample: Converting a string into XML and back to a string again

var xmlString = "<?xml version='1.0' ?>\
<root>\
	<level1>\
		<option>Option1</option>\
		<option>Option2</option>\
		<option>Option3</option>\
	</level1>\
</root>";

var parser = new DOMParser();
var xmlDocument = parser.parseFromString( xmlString, "text/xml" );

var serializer = new XMLSerializer();
var string = serializer.serializeToString( xmlDocument ); 
alert( string )