A builder for parsing HTML, XHTML and XML into a W3C DOM tree.
For example this XML String
:
String recordsXML = '''
<records>
<car name='HSV Maloo' make='Holden' year='2006'>
<country>Australia</country>
<record type='speed'>Production Pickup Truck with speed of 271kph</record>
</car>
<car name='P50' make='Peel' year='1962'>
<country>Isle of Man</country>
<record type='size'>Smallest Street-Legal Car at 99cm wide and 59 kg in weight</record>
</car>
<car name='Royale' make='Bugatti' year='1931'>
<country>France</country>
<record type='price'>Most Valuable Car at $15 million</record>
</car>
</records>'''
Can be parsed into a DOM tree with a DOMBuilder
like this:
def reader = new StringReader(recordsXML)
def doc = groovy.xml.DOMBuilder.parse(reader)
And then processed further e.g. by using DOMCategory:
def records = doc.documentElement
use(groovy.xml.dom.DOMCategory) {
assert records.car.size() == 3
}