pto-assignments/lib/xml_doc.js

Library and CLI tool for parsing USPTO assignment data

var xmldoc = require('xmldoc');

var Parser = module.exports  = function(xml) {
  this.doc = new xmldoc.XmlDocument(xml);
  this.cache = {};
};

Parser.prototype.text = function(path, options) {
  
  if (!options) options = {};
  if (!options.key) options.key = 'val';

  var value = this.doc.descendantWithPath(path)[options.key];
  
  if (options.post) {
    value = options.post(value);
  }

  
  return value;
};

Parser.prototype.attribute = function(attribute, options) {
  var e = this.doc;
  
  if (options && options.path)
    e = this.doc.descendantWithPath(options.path);


  var val = e.attr[attribute];
  
  if (options && options.post) {
    val = options.post(val);
  }

  return val;
};

Parser.prototype.set = function(path) {
  return this.doc.descendantWithPath(path);
};