JavaScript/jQuery: How do I get an array of all attributes in an XML element?

Question

Given an XML element in jQuery like so:

$(\'\')

Can I use either jQuery o

Answer 1

The jQuery function isn't really meant to parse XML, it can parse HTML, but it's not really the same.

What about using the browser's XML parser:

function parseXML(text) {
  var parser, xmlDoc;

  if (window.DOMParser) {
    parser = new DOMParser();
    xmlDoc = parser.parseFromString(text,"text/xml");
  } else {  // IE
    xmlDoc=  new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
    xmlDoc.async = "false";
    xmlDoc.loadXML(text); 
  }
  return xmlDoc;
}

// Demo
var doc = parseXML('');
var foo = doc.childNodes[0];
for (var i = 0; i < foo.attributes.length; i++) {
  var attr = foo.attributes[i];
  alert(attr.name + " = " + attr.value); 
}

Run the above code here.