asXMLNode {XML} | R Documentation

## Converts non-XML node objects to XMLTextNode objects

### Description

This function is used to convert S objects that are not already `XMLNode` objects into objects of that class. Specifically, it treats the object as a string and creates an `XMLTextNode` object.

Also, there is a method for converting an XMLInternalNode - the C-level libxml representation of a node - to an explicit R-only object which contains the R values of the data in the internal node.

### Usage

    asXMLNode(x)

### Arguments

`x` | the object to be converted to an `XMLNode` object. This is typically alread an object that inherits from `XMLNode` or a string.

### Value

An object of class XMLNode.

### Author(s)

Duncan Temple Lang

### References

http://www.w3.org/XML, http://www.jclark.com/xml, http://www.omegahat.org

### See Also

`xmlNode` `xmlTextNode`

### Examples

       # creates an XMLTextNode.
     asXMLNode("a text node")

       # unaltered.
     asXMLNode(xmlNode("p"))

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