javascript: String to XML

a quick utility function to convert from string to xml object.
Reference:
http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_dom.asp

function stringToXML(text)
{
var xmldoc;
if (window.DOMParser)
{
 var parser=new DOMParser();
 xmldoc=parser.parseFromString(text,"text/xml");
}
else // Internet Explorer
{
 xmldoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
 xmldoc.async=false;
 xmldoc.loadXML(text);
}
return xmldoc;
}

Useful properties/methods for XML Object:

• getElementsByTagName(tagName)
• childNodes[index]
• nodeValue
• getAttribute(atttributeName)
• setAttribute(name, value)
• createElement(name)
• createTextNode(text)
• appendChild(element)
• removeChild(element)