sax/test/bom.js

An evented streaming XML parser in JavaScript

// BOM at the very begining of the stream should be ignored
require(__dirname).test({
  xml: '\uFEFF<P></P>',
  expect: [
    ['opentag', {'name':'P', attributes:{}, isSelfClosing: false}],
    ['closetag', 'P']
  ]
});

// In all other places it should be consumed
require(__dirname).test({
  xml: '\uFEFF<P BOM="\uFEFF">\uFEFFStarts and ends with BOM\uFEFF</P>',
  expect: [
    ['attribute', {'name':'BOM', 'value':'\uFEFF'}],
    ['opentag', {'name':'P', attributes:{'BOM':'\uFEFF'}, isSelfClosing: false}],
    ['text', '\uFEFFStarts and ends with BOM\uFEFF'],
    ['closetag', 'P']
  ]
});

// BOM after a whitespace is an error
require(__dirname).test({
  xml: ' \uFEFF<P></P>',
  expect: [
    ['error', 'Non-whitespace before first tag.\nLine: 0\nColumn: 2\nChar: \uFEFF'],
    ['text', '\uFEFF'],
    ['opentag', {'name': 'P', attributes: {}, isSelfClosing: false}],
    ['closetag', 'P'],
  ],
  strict: true
});

// There is only one BOM allowed at the start
require(__dirname).test({
  xml: '\uFEFF\uFEFF<P></P>',
  expect: [
    ['error', 'Non-whitespace before first tag.\nLine: 0\nColumn: 2\nChar: \uFEFF'],
    ['text', '\uFEFF'],
    ['opentag', {'name': 'P', attributes: {}, isSelfClosing: false}],
    ['closetag', 'P'],
  ],
  strict: true
});