@cj-tech-master/excelts 7.4.0 → 7.5.0-canary.20260404054153.f4c5ecc

package/dist/browser/modules/excel/stream/hyperlink-reader.js

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class HyperlinkReader extends EventEmitter {
             return;
         }
         try {
-            const parser = new SaxParser({ position: false });
+            const parser = new SaxParser({ position: false, invalidCharHandling: "skip" });
             const decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8", { fatal: true });
             parser.on("opentag", (node) => {
                 if (node.name !== "Relationship") {

package/dist/browser/modules/excel/stream/workbook-reader.browser.js

@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export class WorkbookReaderBase extends EventEmitter {
         // For "cache" mode, use direct SAX callbacks (no event objects, no async generator overhead)
         if (this.options.sharedStrings === "cache") {
             const sharedStrings = this.sharedStrings;
-            const parser = new SaxParser({ position: false });
+            const parser = new SaxParser({ position: false, invalidCharHandling: "skip" });
             parser.on("opentag", (node) => {
                 switch (node.name) {
                     case "b":
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ export class WorkbookReaderBase extends EventEmitter {
             return;
         }
         // "emit" mode — must yield, so use direct SAX with per-chunk yield
-        const emitParser = new SaxParser();
+        const emitParser = new SaxParser({ invalidCharHandling: "skip" });
         const emitDecoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8", { fatal: true });
         let pendingEmits = [];
         emitParser.on("opentag", (node) => {

package/dist/browser/modules/excel/stream/worksheet-reader.js

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class WorksheetReader extends EventEmitter {
         // Direct SAX callback mode — zero intermediate event objects.
         // We collect worksheet events per-chunk and yield them.
         let worksheetEvents = null;
-        const parser = new SaxParser({ position: false });
+        const parser = new SaxParser({ position: false, invalidCharHandling: "skip" });
         parser.on("opentag", (node) => {
             if (emitSheet) {
                 switch (node.name) {

package/dist/browser/modules/excel/xlsx/xform/base-xform.js

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class BaseXform {
      * Use this instead of parse(parseSax(stream)) for hot paths.
      */
     async parseStreamDirect(stream) {
-        const parser = new SaxParser();
+        const parser = new SaxParser({ invalidCharHandling: "skip" });
         const decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8", { fatal: true });
         let done = false;
         let finalModel;

package/dist/browser/modules/xml/dom.d.ts

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ declare function walk(element: XmlElement, visitor: (el: XmlElement) => void): v
 /**
  * Convert an {@link XmlElement} DOM tree to a plain JavaScript object.
  *
- * Produces output similar to fast-xml-parser: element names become object keys,
+ * Produces a plain JavaScript object where element names become object keys,
  * attributes are prefixed (default `@_`), text-only elements collapse to their
  * string value, and repeated sibling names merge into arrays.
  *

package/dist/browser/modules/xml/dom.js

@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ function parseXml(xml, options) {
         fragment: options?.fragment ?? false,
         xmlns: options?.xmlns ?? false,
         maxDepth: options?.maxDepth,
-        maxEntityExpansions: options?.maxEntityExpansions
+        maxEntityExpansions: options?.maxEntityExpansions,
+        invalidCharHandling: options?.invalidCharHandling
     });
     // Stack of elements being built. The bottom is a synthetic root
     // that collects top-level nodes.
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ function walk(element, visitor) {
 /**
  * Convert an {@link XmlElement} DOM tree to a plain JavaScript object.
  *
- * Produces output similar to fast-xml-parser: element names become object keys,
+ * Produces a plain JavaScript object where element names become object keys,
  * attributes are prefixed (default `@_`), text-only elements collapse to their
  * string value, and repeated sibling names merge into arrays.
  *
@@ -285,9 +286,11 @@ function toPlainObject(element, options) {
         // Add attributes — el.attributes is created via Object.create(null)
         // by safeAttributes(), so no prototype keys to guard against.
         let hasAttributes = false;
-        for (const key in el.attributes) {
-            obj[opts.attrPrefix + key] = el.attributes[key];
-            hasAttributes = true;
+        if (!opts.ignoreAttributes) {
+            for (const key in el.attributes) {
+                obj[opts.attrPrefix + key] = el.attributes[key];
+                hasAttributes = true;
+            }
         }
         // Collect text and child elements in a single pass.
         let text = "";

package/dist/browser/modules/xml/index.d.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * - Dual-mode: streaming (SAX parser + stream writer) and buffered (DOM parser + writer)
  * - Shared XmlSink interface lets rendering code target both modes transparently
  */
-export type { XmlAttributes, XmlNodeType, XmlElement, XmlText, XmlCData, XmlComment, XmlProcessingInstruction, XmlNode, XmlDocument, XmlSink, SaxTag, SaxEvent, SaxEventAny, SaxHandlers, SaxOptions, WritableTarget, XmlParseOptions, ToPlainObjectOptions, ParseXmlToObjectOptions } from "./types.js";
+export type { XmlAttributes, XmlNodeType, XmlElement, XmlText, XmlCData, XmlComment, XmlProcessingInstruction, XmlNode, XmlDocument, XmlSink, SaxTag, SaxEvent, SaxEventAny, SaxHandlers, SaxOptions, InvalidCharHandling, WritableTarget, XmlParseOptions, ToPlainObjectOptions, ParseXmlToObjectOptions } from "./types.js";
 export { xmlEncode, xmlDecode, xmlEncodeAttr, validateXmlName, encodeCData, validateCommentText } from "./encode.js";
 export { XmlWriter, StdDocAttributes } from "./writer.js";
 export { XmlStreamWriter } from "./stream-writer.js";

package/dist/browser/modules/xml/sax.d.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ declare class SaxParser {
     private xmlns;
     private maxDepth;
     private maxEntityExpansions;
+    private invalidCharHandling;
     private _entityExpansionCount;
     private _nsStack;
     private state;
@@ -81,6 +82,46 @@ declare class SaxParser {
     fail(message: string): this;
     write(chunk: string | null): this;
     close(): this;
+    /**
+     * Handle an invalid XML character according to the configured strategy.
+     *
+     * Used by `handleTextInRoot()` fast path which manages its own text accumulation
+     * and cannot use the `getCode()` loop approach.
+     *
+     * - `"error"`: call `fail()` and return the original code.
+     * - `"skip"`: return `REPLACEMENT_CHAR` as a sentinel (caller handles skip).
+     * - `"replace"`: return `REPLACEMENT_CHAR`.
+     *
+     * Note: For `getCode()`, invalid char handling is inlined to avoid recursion.
+     *
+     * @param code - The invalid character code point.
+     * @param kind - Optional description (e.g. "lone surrogate") for error messages.
+     * @returns The code point to use.
+     */
+    private handleInvalidChar;
+    /**
+     * Handle an invalid character inside the `handleTextInRoot()` fast loop.
+     *
+     * Unlike `handleInvalidChar()` (which returns a code point for `getCode()`),
+     * this method manages the text accumulation state (`this.text`, `start`) that
+     * the fast text loop relies on.
+     *
+     * - `"error"`: call `fail()`, leave text accumulation unchanged (char stays in output).
+     * - `"skip"`: flush text up to the invalid char, skip it, return new `start`.
+     * - `"replace"`: flush text up to the invalid char, append U+FFFD, return new `start`.
+     *
+     * @returns The updated `start` index for the text accumulation loop.
+     */
+    private handleInvalidCharInText;
+    /**
+     * Handle an invalid character inside `sAttribValueQuoted()`.
+     *
+     * Same pattern as `handleInvalidCharInText()` but for attribute value
+     * accumulation (always uses `this.text`, no conditional handler check).
+     *
+     * @returns The updated `start` index.
+     */
+    private handleInvalidCharInAttr;
     private getCode;
     private unget;
     private processState;

package/dist/browser/modules/xml/sax.js

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ const GREATER = 0x3e; // >
 const QUESTION = 0x3f; // ?
 const OPEN_BRACKET = 0x5b; // [
 const CLOSE_BRACKET = 0x5d; // ]
+const REPLACEMENT_CHAR = 0xfffd; // U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER
+const REPLACEMENT_STR = "\uFFFD"; // Pre-allocated string form of U+FFFD
 // =============================================================================
 // Pre-computed Lookup Tables
 // =============================================================================
@@ -233,6 +235,7 @@ class SaxParser {
         this.maxDepth = options?.maxDepth !== undefined ? options.maxDepth : 256;
         this.maxEntityExpansions =
             options?.maxEntityExpansions !== undefined ? options.maxEntityExpansions : 10000;
+        this.invalidCharHandling = options?.invalidCharHandling ?? "error";
         this._init();
     }
     get closed() {
@@ -350,87 +353,215 @@ class SaxParser {
         return this.write(null);
     }
     // ===========================================================================
-    // Character Reading
+    // Invalid Character Handling
     // ===========================================================================
-    getCode() {
-        const { chunk, i } = this;
-        this.prevI = i;
-        this.i = i + 1;
-        if (i >= chunk.length) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        const code = chunk.charCodeAt(i);
-        // Ultra-fast path: printable ASCII (0x20-0x7E) — the vast majority of XML content.
-        // No validation needed; these are always valid XML 1.0 characters.
-        if (code >= 0x20 && code <= 0x7e) {
-            if (this.trackPosition) {
-                this.column++;
+    /**
+     * Handle an invalid XML character according to the configured strategy.
+     *
+     * Used by `handleTextInRoot()` fast path which manages its own text accumulation
+     * and cannot use the `getCode()` loop approach.
+     *
+     * - `"error"`: call `fail()` and return the original code.
+     * - `"skip"`: return `REPLACEMENT_CHAR` as a sentinel (caller handles skip).
+     * - `"replace"`: return `REPLACEMENT_CHAR`.
+     *
+     * Note: For `getCode()`, invalid char handling is inlined to avoid recursion.
+     *
+     * @param code - The invalid character code point.
+     * @param kind - Optional description (e.g. "lone surrogate") for error messages.
+     * @returns The code point to use.
+     */
+    handleInvalidChar(code, kind) {
+        switch (this.invalidCharHandling) {
+            case "replace":
+                return REPLACEMENT_CHAR;
+            case "skip":
+                // Caller is responsible for the actual skip logic.
+                // We return -2 as a sentinel to tell getCode()'s loop to continue.
+                return -2;
+            default: {
+                // "error" — existing strict behavior
+                const label = kind
+                    ? `invalid XML character: ${kind} 0x${code.toString(16)}`
+                    : `invalid XML character: 0x${code.toString(16)}`;
+                this.fail(label);
+                return code;
             }
-            return code;
         }
-        // Secondary fast path: TAB (0x09) — common in attribute values
-        if (code === TAB) {
-            if (this.trackPosition) {
-                this.column++;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Handle an invalid character inside the `handleTextInRoot()` fast loop.
+     *
+     * Unlike `handleInvalidChar()` (which returns a code point for `getCode()`),
+     * this method manages the text accumulation state (`this.text`, `start`) that
+     * the fast text loop relies on.
+     *
+     * - `"error"`: call `fail()`, leave text accumulation unchanged (char stays in output).
+     * - `"skip"`: flush text up to the invalid char, skip it, return new `start`.
+     * - `"replace"`: flush text up to the invalid char, append U+FFFD, return new `start`.
+     *
+     * @returns The updated `start` index for the text accumulation loop.
+     */
+    handleInvalidCharInText(code, handler, start, kind) {
+        switch (this.invalidCharHandling) {
+            case "skip":
+                // Flush text accumulated before this invalid char, then skip it
+                if (handler && start < this.prevI) {
+                    this.text += this.chunk.slice(start, this.prevI);
+                }
+                return this.i;
+            case "replace":
+                // Flush text accumulated before this invalid char, append replacement
+                if (handler) {
+                    if (start < this.prevI) {
+                        this.text += this.chunk.slice(start, this.prevI);
+                    }
+                    this.text += REPLACEMENT_STR;
+                }
+                return this.i;
+            default: {
+                // "error" — existing strict behavior, char stays in output
+                const label = kind
+                    ? `invalid XML character: ${kind} 0x${code.toString(16)}`
+                    : `invalid XML character: 0x${code.toString(16)}`;
+                this.fail(label);
+                return start;
             }
-            return code;
         }
-        // Handle CR (normalize CR and CR+LF to LF per XML 1.0 §2.11)
-        if (code === CR) {
-            if (chunk.charCodeAt(i + 1) === NL) {
-                this.i = i + 2;
-            }
-            if (this.trackPosition) {
-                this.line++;
-                this.column = 0;
-                this.positionAtNewLine = this.position;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Handle an invalid character inside `sAttribValueQuoted()`.
+     *
+     * Same pattern as `handleInvalidCharInText()` but for attribute value
+     * accumulation (always uses `this.text`, no conditional handler check).
+     *
+     * @returns The updated `start` index.
+     */
+    handleInvalidCharInAttr(code, start, kind) {
+        switch (this.invalidCharHandling) {
+            case "skip":
+                if (start < this.prevI) {
+                    this.text += this.chunk.slice(start, this.prevI);
+                }
+                return this.i;
+            case "replace":
+                if (start < this.prevI) {
+                    this.text += this.chunk.slice(start, this.prevI);
+                }
+                this.text += REPLACEMENT_STR;
+                return this.i;
+            default: {
+                const label = kind
+                    ? `invalid XML character: ${kind} 0x${code.toString(16)}`
+                    : `invalid XML character: 0x${code.toString(16)}`;
+                this.fail(label);
+                return start;
             }
-            return NL;
         }
-        // Handle LF
-        if (code === NL) {
-            if (this.trackPosition) {
-                this.line++;
-                this.column = 0;
-                this.positionAtNewLine = this.position;
+    }
+    // ===========================================================================
+    // Character Reading
+    // ===========================================================================
+    getCode() {
+        // Loop to handle skip mode: when an invalid char returns -2, we retry
+        // with the next character instead of recursing (avoids stack overflow
+        // on long runs of consecutive invalid characters).
+        for (;;) {
+            const { chunk } = this;
+            const i = this.i;
+            this.prevI = i;
+            this.i = i + 1;
+            if (i >= chunk.length) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            const code = chunk.charCodeAt(i);
+            // Ultra-fast path: printable ASCII (0x20-0x7E) — the vast majority of XML content.
+            // No validation needed; these are always valid XML 1.0 characters.
+            if (code >= 0x20 && code <= 0x7e) {
+                if (this.trackPosition) {
+                    this.column++;
+                }
+                return code;
             }
-            return NL;
-        }
-        // Handle surrogates
-        if (code >= 0xd800 && code <= 0xdbff) {
-            const next = chunk.charCodeAt(i + 1);
-            if (next >= 0xdc00 && next <= 0xdfff) {
-                this.i = i + 2;
+            // Secondary fast path: TAB (0x09) — common in attribute values
+            if (code === TAB) {
                 if (this.trackPosition) {
                     this.column++;
                 }
-                return 0x10000 + ((code - 0xd800) * 0x400 + (next - 0xdc00));
+                return code;
             }
-            // Lone high surrogate — invalid XML character
-            this.fail("invalid XML character: lone surrogate 0x" + code.toString(16));
-        }
-        // Lone low surrogate — invalid XML character
-        if (code >= 0xdc00 && code <= 0xdfff) {
-            this.fail("invalid XML character: lone surrogate 0x" + code.toString(16));
-        }
-        // Non-ASCII above surrogate range (0x80-0xD7FF, 0xE000-0xFFFD) — all valid XML
-        if (code >= 0x80) {
+            // Handle CR (normalize CR and CR+LF to LF per XML 1.0 §2.11)
+            if (code === CR) {
+                if (chunk.charCodeAt(i + 1) === NL) {
+                    this.i = i + 2;
+                }
+                if (this.trackPosition) {
+                    this.line++;
+                    this.column = 0;
+                    this.positionAtNewLine = this.position;
+                }
+                return NL;
+            }
+            // Handle LF
+            if (code === NL) {
+                if (this.trackPosition) {
+                    this.line++;
+                    this.column = 0;
+                    this.positionAtNewLine = this.position;
+                }
+                return NL;
+            }
+            // Handle surrogates
+            if (code >= 0xd800 && code <= 0xdbff) {
+                const next = chunk.charCodeAt(i + 1);
+                if (next >= 0xdc00 && next <= 0xdfff) {
+                    this.i = i + 2;
+                    if (this.trackPosition) {
+                        this.column++;
+                    }
+                    return 0x10000 + ((code - 0xd800) * 0x400 + (next - 0xdc00));
+                }
+                // Lone high surrogate — invalid XML character
+                const result = this.handleInvalidChar(code, "lone surrogate");
+                if (result !== -2) {
+                    return result;
+                }
+                continue; // skip: loop to next char
+            }
+            // Lone low surrogate — invalid XML character
+            if (code >= 0xdc00 && code <= 0xdfff) {
+                const result = this.handleInvalidChar(code, "lone surrogate");
+                if (result !== -2) {
+                    return result;
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            // Non-ASCII above surrogate range (0x80-0xD7FF, 0xE000-0xFFFD) — all valid XML
+            if (code >= 0x80) {
+                if (this.trackPosition) {
+                    this.column++;
+                }
+                // Reject 0xFFFE and 0xFFFF
+                if (code === 0xfffe || code === 0xffff) {
+                    const result = this.handleInvalidChar(code);
+                    if (result !== -2) {
+                        return result;
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+                return code;
+            }
+            // Remaining: ASCII control characters (0x00-0x08, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0E-0x1F, 0x7F)
+            // All invalid in XML 1.0
             if (this.trackPosition) {
                 this.column++;
             }
-            // Reject 0xFFFE and 0xFFFF
-            if (code === 0xfffe || code === 0xffff) {
-                this.fail("invalid XML character: 0x" + code.toString(16));
+            const result = this.handleInvalidChar(code);
+            if (result !== -2) {
+                return result;
             }
-            return code;
-        }
-        // Remaining: ASCII control characters (0x00-0x08, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0E-0x1F, 0x7F)
-        // All invalid in XML 1.0
-        if (this.trackPosition) {
-            this.column++;
+            // skip: continue to next char
         }
-        this.fail("invalid XML character: 0x" + code.toString(16));
-        return code;
     }
     unget() {
         this.i = this.prevI;
@@ -637,16 +768,16 @@ class SaxParser {
                     }
                     else {
                         this.i++;
-                        this.fail("invalid XML character: lone surrogate 0x" + code.toString(16));
+                        start = this.handleInvalidCharInText(code, handler, start, "lone surrogate");
                     }
                 }
                 else if (code >= 0xdc00 && code <= 0xdfff) {
                     this.i++;
-                    this.fail("invalid XML character: lone surrogate 0x" + code.toString(16));
+                    start = this.handleInvalidCharInText(code, handler, start, "lone surrogate");
                 }
                 else if (code === 0xfffe || code === 0xffff) {
                     this.i++;
-                    this.fail("invalid XML character: 0x" + code.toString(16));
+                    start = this.handleInvalidCharInText(code, handler, start);
                 }
                 else {
                     this.i++;
@@ -662,7 +793,7 @@ class SaxParser {
             if (this.trackPosition) {
                 this.column++;
             }
-            this.fail("invalid XML character: 0x" + code.toString(16));
+            start = this.handleInvalidCharInText(code, handler, start);
         }
         // End of chunk
         if (handler && start < this.i) {
@@ -674,14 +805,42 @@ class SaxParser {
         let { i: start } = this;
         const handler = this._handlers.text;
         let nonSpace = false;
+        const isSkip = this.invalidCharHandling === "skip";
+        const isReplace = this.invalidCharHandling === "replace";
         while (true) {
+            const iBeforeGet = this.i;
             const c = this.getCode();
             if (c === -1) {
-                if (handler && start < this.i) {
-                    this.text += chunk.slice(start, this.i);
+                if (handler && start < iBeforeGet) {
+                    this.text += chunk.slice(start, iBeforeGet);
                 }
                 break;
             }
+            // In skip mode, getCode() may have internally looped past invalid chars.
+            // Flush valid text before the gap and advance start past it.
+            if (isSkip && this.prevI > iBeforeGet) {
+                if (handler && start < iBeforeGet) {
+                    this.text += chunk.slice(start, iBeforeGet);
+                }
+                start = this.prevI;
+            }
+            // In replace mode, getCode() returns REPLACEMENT_CHAR for invalid chars
+            // but the original byte is still in the chunk.  Detect this by checking
+            // whether getCode() returned REPLACEMENT_CHAR while the raw chunk byte
+            // at prevI is NOT U+FFFD (i.e., it was substituted by handleInvalidChar).
+            if (isReplace &&
+                c === REPLACEMENT_CHAR &&
+                chunk.charCodeAt(this.prevI) !== REPLACEMENT_CHAR) {
+                if (handler) {
+                    if (start < this.prevI) {
+                        this.text += chunk.slice(start, this.prevI);
+                    }
+                    this.text += REPLACEMENT_STR;
+                }
+                start = this.i;
+                nonSpace = true;
+                continue;
+            }
             if (c === LESS) {
                 if (handler) {
                     const slice = chunk.slice(start, this.prevI);
@@ -1058,13 +1217,43 @@ class SaxParser {
                 start = this.i;
                 continue;
             }
-            // All other chars — fall back to getCode() for validation
-            const c = this.getCode();
-            if (c === -1) {
-                this.text += chunk.slice(start, this.i);
-                return;
+            // Non-ASCII (>= 0x80) — mostly valid, handle inline like handleTextInRoot
+            if (code >= 0x80) {
+                this.prevI = this.i;
+                if (code >= 0xd800 && code <= 0xdbff) {
+                    const next = chunk.charCodeAt(this.i + 1);
+                    if (next >= 0xdc00 && next <= 0xdfff) {
+                        this.i += 2; // valid surrogate pair
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        this.i++;
+                        start = this.handleInvalidCharInAttr(code, start, "lone surrogate");
+                    }
+                }
+                else if (code >= 0xdc00 && code <= 0xdfff) {
+                    this.i++;
+                    start = this.handleInvalidCharInAttr(code, start, "lone surrogate");
+                }
+                else if (code === 0xfffe || code === 0xffff) {
+                    this.i++;
+                    start = this.handleInvalidCharInAttr(code, start);
+                }
+                else {
+                    this.i++; // valid non-ASCII BMP char
+                }
+                if (this.trackPosition) {
+                    this.column++;
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            // Remaining: ASCII control characters (0x00-0x08, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0E-0x1F, 0x7F)
+            // All invalid in XML 1.0
+            this.prevI = this.i;
+            this.i++;
+            if (this.trackPosition) {
+                this.column++;
             }
-            // Just continue — char is already consumed by getCode()
+            start = this.handleInvalidCharInAttr(code, start);
         }
         // End of chunk
         this.text += chunk.slice(start, this.i);

package/dist/browser/modules/xml/to-object-shared.d.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import type { ToPlainObjectOptions } from "./types.js";
 /** Options with all defaults resolved — no more `??` checks at hot-path call sites. */
 export interface ResolvedOptions {
+    readonly ignoreAttributes: boolean;
     readonly attrPrefix: string;
     readonly textKey: string;
     readonly alwaysArray: boolean;

package/dist/browser/modules/xml/to-object-shared.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 export function resolveOptions(options) {
     return {
+        ignoreAttributes: options?.ignoreAttributes ?? false,
         attrPrefix: options?.attributePrefix ?? "@_",
         textKey: options?.textKey ?? "#text",
         alwaysArray: options?.alwaysArray ?? false,
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ export function resolveValue(obj, text, hasAttributes, hasChildren, opts) {
     if (hasText) {
         obj[opts.textKey] = text;
     }
-    // Empty element with no attributes → empty string (like fast-xml-parser)
+    // Empty element with no attributes → empty string
     if (!hasAttributes && !hasChildren && !hasText) {
         return "";
     }

package/dist/browser/modules/xml/to-object.js

@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ function parseXmlToObject(xml, options) {
         position: false,
         fragment: options?.fragment ?? false,
         maxDepth: options?.maxDepth,
-        maxEntityExpansions: options?.maxEntityExpansions
+        maxEntityExpansions: options?.maxEntityExpansions,
+        invalidCharHandling: options?.invalidCharHandling
     });
     // Stack: bottom is a synthetic root frame that collects the document root.
     const syntheticObj = Object.create(null);
@@ -64,9 +65,11 @@ function parseXmlToObject(xml, options) {
             name: tag.name
         };
         // Write attributes directly into frame.obj
-        for (const key in tag.attributes) {
-            frame.obj[opts.attrPrefix + key] = tag.attributes[key];
-            frame.hasAttributes = true;
+        if (!opts.ignoreAttributes) {
+            for (const key in tag.attributes) {
+                frame.obj[opts.attrPrefix + key] = tag.attributes[key];
+                frame.hasAttributes = true;
+            }
         }
         // Mark parent as having children
         stack[stack.length - 1].hasChildren = true;