Question

How to retreive node_names and attribute_names from a xml (not values of node or attributes) Is it possible using jquery?

<Client>
    <product name="astro">
        <service_process name="ACID">
            <host>pable</host>
            <port>18848</port>
        </servcice_process>
        <service_process name="Mestro">
            <host>Mico</host>
            <port>18821</port>
        </servcice_process>
    </product>
</Client>

Answer 1

You could start with something like this:

var xml = '<Client><product name="astro"><service_process name="ACID"><host>pable</host><port>18848</port></servcice_process><service_process name="Mestro"><host>Mico</host><port>18821</port></servcice_process></product></Client>';

$(xml).each(function displayChildren (i, node) {
  console.log(node.nodeName);

  // traverse attributes
  $.each(node.attributes, function (j, attr) {
    console.log(attr.nodeName, attr.nodeValue);
  });

  // recursive call
  $(node).children().each(displayChildren);
});