:sig
DValue xml_decode(String s)

:params
s : XML source string
return value : element-shaped DValue

:see
>markup
xml_encode
json_decode
0_DValue
0_String

:content
Parses a simple XML document into a structured `DValue`.

`xml_decode()` parses a compact XML subset. It does not validate schemas, DTDs, namespaces, or document types. It parses the first root element and returns the same structural element shape accepted by `xml_encode()`.

Try the live example in the [XML demo](../demo/xml.uce).

Return shape:


Example:


CDATA and numeric entities are folded into text:


Supported parser features:

- elements
- attributes with quoted values
- self-closing tags
- text nodes
- XML entities such as `&`, `<`, `>`, `"`, and `'`
- decimal and hexadecimal numeric entities
- comments, processing instructions, and CDATA sections

Whitespace-only text between child elements is ignored. Mixed non-empty text is concatenated into `node["text"]`.

Malformed XML raises a request-visible runtime error.

:example
DValue node = xml_decode("<root><name>Ada</name></root>");
print(node.is_array() ? "xml\n" : "empty\n");