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# parse_document_xml

Parses an XML file, or a string of XML data, and returns a LuaDocument.

TIP: You can use this function if the file or string contains a single document. If you have a file or string that contains multiple documents, use one of the following functions instead:

- `parse_document_xml(filename, handler [, params] )`
- `parse_document_xml(input, isFile, handler [, params] )`

## Syntax

    parse_document_xml( input [, file [, params ]] )

## Arguments

Argument | Description
--- | ---
`input` | (string) The path to the XML file, or a string of XML data.
`file` | (boolean, default `false`) Specifies whether the `input` is a file path.
`params` | (table) A table of named parameters to configure parsing. The table maps parameter names (String) to parameter values. For information about the parameters that you can set, see the following table.

## Named Parameters

Named Parameter | Description
--- | ---
`content_paths` | (string list, default `DRECONTENT`) The paths in the XML to the elements that contain document content. You can specify a list of paths.
`document_root_paths` | (string list, default `DOCUMENT`) The paths in the XML to the elements that represent the root of a document. You can specify a list of paths.
`include_root_path` | (boolean, default `false`) Specifies whether to include the `document_root_paths` node in the document metadata. The default value includes only children of the root node.
`reference_paths` | (string list, default `DREREFERENCE`) The paths in the XML to elements that contain document references. Though you can specify a list of paths, there must be exactly one reference per document.

## Example

If you have a string named `myXmlString` that contains a document in XML format, you can obtain a LuaDocument object as follows:

    local xmlParams = {
            document_root_paths={"DOC"},
            reference_paths={"REF"},
            content_paths={"CONTENT","MORE_CONTENT"}
        }

    local myDocument = parse_document_xml(myXmlString, false, xmlParams)

## Returns

(LuaDocument). A LuaDocument object that represents the document.

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Topic Title: parse_document_xml