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\name{toString.XMLNode}
\alias{toString.XMLNode}
\title{Creates string representation of XML node}
\description{
This creates a string from a hierarchical XML node and its children
just as it prints on the console or one might see it in
a document.
}
\usage{
\method{toString}{XMLNode}(x, ...)
}
\arguments{
\item{x}{an object of class \code{XMLNode}.}
\item{\dots}{currently ignored}
}
\details{
This uses a textConnection object using the name
.tempXMLOutput. Since this is global, it will overwrite
any existing object of that name! As a result, this
function cannot be used recursively in its present form.
}
\value{
A character vector with one element, that being the
string corresponding to the XML node's contents.
}
\references{\url{https://www.w3.org/XML/}, \url{http://www.jclark.com/xml/}}
\author{Duncan Temple Lang}
\note{ This requires the Expat XML parser to be installed. }
\seealso{
\code{\link{xmlNode}}
\code{\link{xmlTreeParse}}
}
\examples{
x <- xmlRoot(xmlTreeParse(system.file("exampleData", "gnumeric.xml", package = "XML")))
toString(x)
}
\keyword{file}
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