fast-xml-parser 4.5.2 → 5.0.0

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 <small>Note: If you find missing information about particular minor version, that version must have been changed without any functional change in this library.</small>
 
+**5.0.0 / 2025-02-19**
+- ESM support
+  - no change in the functionality, syntax, APIs, options, or documentation.
+
 **4.5.2 / 2025-02-18**
 - Fix null CDATA to comply with undefined behavior (#701) (By [Matthieu BOHEAS](https://github.com/Kelgors))
 - Fix(performance): Update check for leaf node in saveTextToParentTag function in OrderedObjParser.js (#707) (By [...](https://github.com/tomingtoming))

package/README.md

@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ Through OpenCollective
 * Supports parsing of PI (Processing Instruction) tags with XML declaration tags
 * And many more other features.
 
-## v5
-I developed v5 in Apr 2023. And I didn't get the chance to complete all the features. I've ensured that new features don't impact performance. With v5, you have more control on parsing output. Check [docs](./docs/v5) for syntax help and basic understanding.
+## v6
+I developed v6 in Apr 2023. And I didn't get the chance to complete all the features. I've ensured that new features don't impact performance. With v6, you have more control on parsing output. Check [docs](./docs/v6) for syntax help and basic understanding.
 
-Please leave a comment in discussion forum for your suggestions and if you really need v5.
+Please leave a comment in discussion forum for your suggestions and if you really need v6.
 
 ## How to use
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Bundle size
 
 ### Documents
 <table>
-  <tr><td>v3</td><td>v4</td><td>v5</td></tr>
+  <tr><td>v3</td><td>v4</td><td>v6</td></tr>
   <tr>
     <td>
       <a href="./docs/v3/docs.md">documents</a>
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@ Bundle size
       <li><a href="./docs/v4/7.PITags.md">PI Tag processing</a></li>
     </ol></td>
     <td><ol>
-      <li></li><a href="./docs/v5/1.GettingStarted.md">Getting Started</a></li>
-      <li><a href="./docs/v5/2.Features.md">Features</a></li>
-      <li><a href="./docs/v5/3.Options.md">Options</a></li>
-      <li><a href="./docs/v5/4.OutputBuilders.md">Output Builders</a></li>
-      <li><a href="./docs/v5/5.ValueParsers.md">Value Parsers</a></li>
+      <li></li><a href="./docs/v6/1.GettingStarted.md">Getting Started</a></li>
+      <li><a href="./docs/v6/2.Features.md">Features</a></li>
+      <li><a href="./docs/v6/3.Options.md">Options</a></li>
+      <li><a href="./docs/v6/4.OutputBuilders.md">Output Builders</a></li>
+      <li><a href="./docs/v6/5.ValueParsers.md">Value Parsers</a></li>
     </ol></td>
   </tr>
 </table>

package/package.json

@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 {
   "name": "fast-xml-parser",
-  "version": "4.5.2",
+  "version": "5.0.0",
   "description": "Validate XML, Parse XML, Build XML without C/C++ based libraries",
-  "main": "./src/fxp.js",
+  "main": "./lib/fxp.cjs",
+  "type": "module",
+  "module": "./src/fxp.js",
+  "types": "./src/fxp.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "import": "./src/fxp.js",
+      "require": "./lib/fxp.cjs",
+      "types": "./src/fxp.d.ts",
+      "default": "./src/fxp.js"
+    }
+  },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "nyc --reporter=lcov --reporter=text jasmine spec/*spec.js",
+    "test": "c8 --reporter=lcov --reporter=text jasmine spec/*spec.js",
     "test-types": "tsc --noEmit spec/typings/typings-test.ts",
     "unit": "jasmine",
     "coverage": "nyc report --reporter html --reporter text -t .nyc_output --report-dir .nyc_output/summary",
     "perf": "node ./benchmark/perfTest3.js",
-    "lint": "eslint src/*.js spec/*.js",
-    "bundle": "webpack --config webpack-prod.config.js",
+    "lint": "eslint src/**/*.js spec/**/*.js benchmark/**/*.js",
+    "bundle": "webpack --config webpack.esm.config.js && webpack --config webpack.cjs.config.js",
     "prettier": "prettier --write src/**/*.js",
-    "publish-please": "publish-please",
     "checkReadiness": "publish-please --dry-run"
   },
   "bin": {
@@ -42,28 +52,31 @@
   ],
   "author": "Amit Gupta (https://solothought.com)",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "devDependencies": {
+  "optionalDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.13.10",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime": "^7.13.10",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.13.10",
     "@babel/register": "^7.13.8",
+    "babel-loader": "^8.2.2"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "20",
-    "babel-loader": "^8.2.2",
+    "c8": "^10.1.3",
     "eslint": "^8.3.0",
     "he": "^1.2.0",
-    "jasmine": "^3.6.4",
-    "nyc": "^15.1.0",
-    "prettier": "^1.19.1",
+    "jasmine": "^5.6.0",
+    "prettier": "^3.5.1",
     "publish-please": "^5.5.2",
     "typescript": "5",
     "webpack": "^5.64.4",
     "webpack-cli": "^4.9.1"
   },
-  "typings": "src/fxp.d.ts",
-  "funding": [{
-    "type": "github",
-    "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/NaturalIntelligence"
-  }],
+  "funding": [
+    {
+      "type": "github",
+      "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/NaturalIntelligence"
+    }
+  ],
   "dependencies": {
     "strnum": "^1.0.5"
   }

package/src/cli/cli.js

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 'use strict';
 /*eslint-disable no-console*/
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-const {XMLParser, XMLValidator} = require("../fxp");
-const readToEnd = require('./read').readToEnd;
+import fs from 'fs';
+import {XMLParser, XMLValidator} from "../fxp.js";
+import {readToEnd} from './read.js';
+import cmdDetail from "./man.js"
+import pkg from '../../package.json';
+const version = pkg.version;
 
-const version = require('./../../package.json').version;
 if (process.argv[2] === '--help' || process.argv[2] === '-h') {
-  console.log(require("./man"));
+  console.log(cmdDetail);
 } else if (process.argv[2] === '--version') {
   console.log(version);
 } else {

package/src/cli/man.js

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-module.exports = `Fast XML Parser 4.0.0
+import pkg from '../../package.json';
+const version = pkg.version;
+
+export default `Fast XML Parser ${version}
 ----------------
 $ fxparser [-ns|-a|-c|-v|-V] <filename> [-o outputfile.json]
 $ cat xmlfile.xml | fxparser [-ns|-a|-c|-v|-V] [-o outputfile.json]

package/src/cli/read.js

@@ -1,92 +1,43 @@
 'use strict';
 
-// Copyright 2013 Timothy J Fontaine <tjfontaine@gmail.com>
-//
-// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-// of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal
-// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-//
-// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-//
-// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-// THE SOFTWARE
+import { Transform } from 'stream';
 
-/*
-
-Read any stream all the way to the end and trigger a single cb
-
-const http = require('http');
-
-const rte = require('readtoend');
-
-http.get('http://nodejs.org', function(response) {
-  rte.readToEnd(response, function(err, body) {
-    console.log(body);
-  });
-});
-
-*/
-
-let stream = require('stream');
-const util = require('util');
-
-if (!stream.Transform) {
-  stream = require('readable-stream');
-}
-
-function ReadToEnd(opts) {
-  if (!(this instanceof ReadToEnd)) {
-    return new ReadToEnd(opts);
+export default class ReadToEnd extends Transform {
+  constructor(options = {}) {
+    super(options);
+    this._encoding = options.encoding || 'utf8';
+    this._buffer = '';
   }
 
-  stream.Transform.call(this, opts);
-
-  this._rte_encoding = opts.encoding || 'utf8';
-
-  this._buff = '';
-}
-
-module.exports = ReadToEnd;
-util.inherits(ReadToEnd, stream.Transform);
-
-ReadToEnd.prototype._transform = function(chunk, encoding, done) {
-  this._buff += chunk.toString(this._rte_encoding);
-  this.push(chunk);
-  done();
-};
-
-ReadToEnd.prototype._flush = function(done) {
-  this.emit('complete', undefined, this._buff);
-  done();
-};
+  _transform(chunk, encoding, done) {
+    this._buffer += chunk.toString(this._encoding);
+    this.push(chunk);
+    done();
+  }
 
-ReadToEnd.readToEnd = function(stream, options, cb) {
-  if (!cb) {
-    cb = options;
-    options = {};
+  _flush(done) {
+    this.emit('complete', null, this._buffer);
+    done();
   }
 
-  const dest = new ReadToEnd(options);
+  static readToEnd(stream, options, callback) {
+    if (typeof options === 'function') {
+      callback = options;
+      options = {};
+    }
 
-  stream.pipe(dest);
+    const dest = new ReadToEnd(options);
 
-  stream.on('error', function(err) {
-    stream.unpipe(dest);
-    cb(err);
-  });
+    stream.pipe(dest);
 
-  dest.on('complete', cb);
+    stream.on('error', (err) => {
+      stream.unpipe(dest);
+      callback(err);
+    });
 
-  dest.resume();
+    dest.on('complete', callback);
+    dest.resume();
 
-  return dest;
-};
+    return dest;
+  }
+}

package/src/fxp.js

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const validator = require('./validator');
-const XMLParser = require('./xmlparser/XMLParser');
-const XMLBuilder = require('./xmlbuilder/json2xml');
+import {validate} from './validator.js';
+import XMLParser from './xmlparser/XMLParser.js';
+import XMLBuilder from './xmlbuilder/json2xml.js';
 
-module.exports = {
-  XMLParser: XMLParser,
-  XMLValidator: validator,
-  XMLBuilder: XMLBuilder
-}
+const XMLValidator = {
+  validate: validate
+}
+export {
+  XMLParser,
+  XMLValidator,
+  XMLBuilder
+};

package/src/ignoreAttributes.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-function getIgnoreAttributesFn(ignoreAttributes) {
+export default function getIgnoreAttributesFn(ignoreAttributes) {
     if (typeof ignoreAttributes === 'function') {
         return ignoreAttributes
     }
@@ -15,6 +15,4 @@ function getIgnoreAttributesFn(ignoreAttributes) {
         }
     }
     return () => false
-}
-
-module.exports = getIgnoreAttributesFn
+}

package/src/util.js

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 const nameStartChar = ':A-Za-z_\\u00C0-\\u00D6\\u00D8-\\u00F6\\u00F8-\\u02FF\\u0370-\\u037D\\u037F-\\u1FFF\\u200C-\\u200D\\u2070-\\u218F\\u2C00-\\u2FEF\\u3001-\\uD7FF\\uF900-\\uFDCF\\uFDF0-\\uFFFD';
 const nameChar = nameStartChar + '\\-.\\d\\u00B7\\u0300-\\u036F\\u203F-\\u2040';
-const nameRegexp = '[' + nameStartChar + '][' + nameChar + ']*'
+export const nameRegexp = '[' + nameStartChar + '][' + nameChar + ']*';
 const regexName = new RegExp('^' + nameRegexp + '$');
 
-const getAllMatches = function(string, regex) {
+export function getAllMatches(string, regex) {
   const matches = [];
   let match = regex.exec(string);
   while (match) {
@@ -19,27 +19,27 @@ const getAllMatches = function(string, regex) {
     match = regex.exec(string);
   }
   return matches;
-};
+}
 
-const isName = function(string) {
+export const isName = function(string) {
   const match = regexName.exec(string);
   return !(match === null || typeof match === 'undefined');
-};
+}
 
-exports.isExist = function(v) {
+export function isExist(v) {
   return typeof v !== 'undefined';
-};
+}
 
-exports.isEmptyObject = function(obj) {
+export function isEmptyObject(obj) {
   return Object.keys(obj).length === 0;
-};
+}
 
 /**
  * Copy all the properties of a into b.
  * @param {*} target
  * @param {*} a
  */
-exports.merge = function(target, a, arrayMode) {
+export function merge(target, a, arrayMode) {
   if (a) {
     const keys = Object.keys(a); // will return an array of own properties
     const len = keys.length; //don't make it inline
@@ -51,22 +51,18 @@ exports.merge = function(target, a, arrayMode) {
       }
     }
   }
-};
+}
 /* exports.merge =function (b,a){
   return Object.assign(b,a);
 } */
 
-exports.getValue = function(v) {
+export function getValue(v) {
   if (exports.isExist(v)) {
     return v;
   } else {
     return '';
   }
-};
+}
 
 // const fakeCall = function(a) {return a;};
-// const fakeCallNoReturn = function() {};
-
-exports.isName = isName;
-exports.getAllMatches = getAllMatches;
-exports.nameRegexp = nameRegexp;
+// const fakeCallNoReturn = function() {};

package/src/{v5 → v6}/CharsSymbol.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-modules.export = {
+export default {
   "<" : "<", //tag start
   ">" : ">", //tag end
   "/" : "/", //close tag

package/src/{v5/valueParsers → v6}/EntitiesParser.js

@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ const htmlEntities = {
     "num_dec": { regex: /&#([0-9]{1,7});/g, val : (_, str) => String.fromCharCode(Number.parseInt(str, 10)) },
     "num_hex": { regex: /&#x([0-9a-fA-F]{1,6});/g, val : (_, str) => String.fromCharCode(Number.parseInt(str, 16)) },
 };
-
-class EntitiesParser{
+export default class EntitiesParser{
     constructor(replaceHtmlEntities) {
       this.replaceHtmlEntities = replaceHtmlEntities;
       this.docTypeEntities = {};
@@ -103,5 +102,3 @@ function validateEntityName(name){
     }
     return name;
 }
-
-module.exports = EntitiesParser;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/OptionsBuilder.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
-const JsObjOutputBuilder = require("./OutputBuilders/JsObjBuilder");
+import {JsObjOutputBuilder} from './OutputBuilders/JsObjBuilder.js';
 
-const defaultOptions = {
+export const defaultOptions = {
   preserveOrder: false,
   removeNSPrefix: false, // remove NS from tag name or attribute name if true
   //ignoreRootElement : false,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
   OutputBuilder: new JsObjOutputBuilder(),
 };
    
-const buildOptions = function(options) {
+export const buildOptions = function(options) {
   const finalOptions = { ... defaultOptions};
   copyProperties(finalOptions,options)
   return finalOptions;
@@ -59,6 +59,3 @@ function copyProperties(target, source) {
     }
   }
 }
-
-exports.buildOptions = buildOptions;
-exports.defaultOptions = defaultOptions;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/OutputBuilders/BaseOutputBuilder.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class BaseOutputBuilder{
+export default class BaseOutputBuilder{
   constructor(){
     // this.attributes = {};
   }
@@ -67,5 +67,3 @@ class BaseOutputBuilder{
     this.attributes = {}
   }
 }
-
-module.exports = BaseOutputBuilder;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/OutputBuilders/JsArrBuilder.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const {buildOptions,registerCommonValueParsers} = require("./ParserOptionsBuilder");
+import {buildOptions,registerCommonValueParsers} from './ParserOptionsBuilder.js';
 
-class OutputBuilder{
+export default class OutputBuilder{
   constructor(options){
     this.options = buildOptions(options);
       this.registeredParsers = registerCommonValueParsers(this.options);
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class OutputBuilder{
 }
 
 const rootName = '!js_arr';
-const BaseOutputBuilder = require("./BaseOutputBuilder");
+import BaseOutputBuilder from './BaseOutputBuilder.js';
 
 class JsArrBuilder extends BaseOutputBuilder{
 

package/src/{v5 → v6}/OutputBuilders/JsMinArrBuilder.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const {buildOptions,registerCommonValueParsers} = require("./ParserOptionsBuilder");
+import {buildOptions,registerCommonValueParsers} from"./ParserOptionsBuilder";
 
-class OutputBuilder{
+export default class OutputBuilder{
   constructor(options){
     this.options = buildOptions(options);
       this.registeredParsers = registerCommonValueParsers(this.options);
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class OutputBuilder{
   }
 }
 
-const BaseOutputBuilder = require("./BaseOutputBuilder");
+import BaseOutputBuilder  from "./BaseOutputBuilder.js";
 const rootName = '^';
 
 class JsMinArrBuilder extends BaseOutputBuilder{
@@ -98,5 +98,3 @@ class JsMinArrBuilder extends BaseOutputBuilder{
     return this.root[rootName];
   }
 }
-
-module.exports = OutputBuilder;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/OutputBuilders/JsObjBuilder.js

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
 
-const {buildOptions,registerCommonValueParsers} = require("./ParserOptionsBuilder");
+import {buildOptions,registerCommonValueParsers} from './ParserOptionsBuilder.js';
 
-class OutputBuilder{
+export default class OutputBuilder{
   constructor(builderOptions){
       this.options = buildOptions(builderOptions);
       this.registeredParsers = registerCommonValueParsers(this.options);
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class OutputBuilder{
   }
 }
 
-const BaseOutputBuilder = require("./BaseOutputBuilder");
+import BaseOutputBuilder from './BaseOutputBuilder.js';
 const rootName = '^';
 
 class JsObjBuilder extends BaseOutputBuilder{
@@ -152,5 +152,3 @@ class JsObjBuilder extends BaseOutputBuilder{
 function isEmpty(obj) {
   return Object.keys(obj).length === 0;
 }
-
-module.exports = OutputBuilder;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/OutputBuilders/ParserOptionsBuilder.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-const trimParser = require("../valueParsers/trim")
-const booleanParser = require("../valueParsers/booleanParser")
-const currencyParser = require("../valueParsers/currency")
-const numberParser = require("../valueParsers/number")
+import trimParser from "../valueParsers/trim";
+import booleanParser from "../valueParsers/booleanParser";
+import currencyParser from "../valueParsers/currency";
+import numberParser from "../valueParsers/number";
 
 const defaultOptions={
   nameFor:{
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const defaultOptions={
 const withJoin = ["trim","join", /*"entities",*/"number","boolean","currency"/*, "date"*/]
 const withoutJoin = ["trim", /*"entities",*/"number","boolean","currency"/*, "date"*/]
 
-function buildOptions(options){
+export function buildOptions(options){
   //clone
   const finalOptions = { ... defaultOptions};
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function copyProperties(target, source) {
   }
 }
 
-function registerCommonValueParsers(options){
+export function registerCommonValueParsers(options){
   return {
     "trim": new trimParser(),
     // "join": this.entityParser.parse,
@@ -92,8 +92,3 @@ function registerCommonValueParsers(options){
     // "date": this.entityParser.parse,
   }
 }
-
-module.exports = {
-  buildOptions : buildOptions,
-  registerCommonValueParsers: registerCommonValueParsers
-}

package/src/{v5 → v6}/TagPath.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class TagPath{
+export default class TagPath{
   constructor(pathStr){
     let text = "";
     let tName = "";

package/src/{v5 → v6}/TagPathMatcher.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const TagPath = require("./TagPath");
+import {TagPath} from './TagPath.js';
 
-class TagPathMatcher{
+export default class TagPathMatcher{
   constructor(stack,node){
     this.stack = stack;
     this.node= node;
@@ -10,6 +10,4 @@ class TagPathMatcher{
     const tagPath = new TagPath(path);
     return tagPath.match(this.stack, this.node);
   }
-}
-
-module.exports = TagPathMatcher;
+}

package/src/{v5 → v6}/XMLParser.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-const { buildOptions} = require("./OptionsBuilder");
-const Xml2JsParser = require("./Xml2JsParser");
+import { buildOptions} from './OptionsBuilder.js';
+import Xml2JsParser from './Xml2JsParser.js';
 
-class XMLParser{
+export default class XMLParser{
     
     constructor(options){
         this.externalEntities = {};
@@ -81,5 +81,3 @@ function isStream(stream){
     if(stream && typeof stream.read === "function" && typeof stream.on === "function" && typeof stream.readableEnded === "boolean") return true;
     return false;
 }
-
-module.exports = XMLParser;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/Xml2JsParser.js

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-const StringSource = require("./inputSource/StringSource");
-const BufferSource = require("./inputSource/BufferSource");
-const {readTagExp,readClosingTagName} = require("./XmlPartReader");
-const {readComment, readCdata,readDocType,readPiTag} = require("./XmlSpecialTagsReader");
-const TagPath = require("./TagPath");
-const TagPathMatcher = require("./TagPathMatcher");
-const EntitiesParser = require('./EntitiesParser');
+import StringSource from './inputSource/StringSource.js';
+import BufferSource from './inputSource/BufferSource.js';
+import {readTagExp,readClosingTagName} from './XmlPartReader.js';
+import {readComment, readCdata,readDocType,readPiTag} from './XmlSpecialTagsReader.js';
+import TagPath from './TagPath.js';
+import TagPathMatcher from './TagPathMatcher.js';
+import EntitiesParser from './EntitiesParser.js';
 
 //To hold the data of current tag
 //This is usually used to compare jpath expression against current tag
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class TagDetail{
   }
 }
 
-class Xml2JsParser {
+export default class Xml2JsParser {
     constructor(options) {
       this.options = options;
       
@@ -233,5 +233,3 @@ function resolveNameSpace(name, removeNSPrefix) {
   }
   return name;
 }
-
-module.exports = Xml2JsParser;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/XmlPartReader.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * @param {string} tagName
  * @param {number} i : start index
  */
-function readStopNode(xmlDoc, tagName, i){
+export function readStopNode(xmlDoc, tagName, i){
     const startIndex = i;
     // Starting at 1 since we already have an open tag
     let openTagCount = 1;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function readStopNode(xmlDoc, tagName, i){
  * @param {Source} source
  * @returns tag name
  */
-function readClosingTagName(source){
+export function readClosingTagName(source){
   let text = ""; //temporary data
   while(source.canRead()){
     let ch = source.readCh();
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function readClosingTagName(source){
  * @param {number} startIndex starting index
  * @returns tag expression includes tag name & attribute string
  */
-function readTagExp(parser) {
+export function readTagExp(parser) {
   let inSingleQuotes = false;
   let inDoubleQuotes = false;
   let i;
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function readTagExp(parser) {
   return buildTagExpObj(exp, parser)
 }
 
-function readPiExp(parser) {
+export function readPiExp(parser) {
   let inSingleQuotes = false;
   let inDoubleQuotes = false;
   let i;
@@ -208,9 +208,3 @@ const getAllMatches = function(string, regex) {
   return matches;
 };
 
-module.exports = {
-    readStopNode: readStopNode,
-    readClosingTagName: readClosingTagName,
-    readTagExp: readTagExp,
-    readPiExp: readPiExp,
-}

package/src/{v5 → v6}/XmlSpecialTagsReader.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const {readPiExp} = require("./XmlPartReader");
+import {readPiExp} from './XmlPartReader.js';
 
-function readCdata(parser){
+export function readCdata(parser){
   //<![ are already read till this point
   let str = parser.source.readStr(6); //CDATA[
   parser.source.updateBufferBoundary(6);
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function readCdata(parser){
   let text = parser.source.readUpto("]]>");
   parser.outputBuilder.addCdata(text);
 }
-function readPiTag(parser){
+export function readPiTag(parser){
   //<? are already read till this point
   let tagExp = readPiExp(parser, "?>");
   if(!tagExp) throw new Error("Invalid Pi Tag expression.");
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function readPiTag(parser){
   }
 }
 
-function readComment(parser){
+export function readComment(parser){
   //<!- are already read till this point
   let ch = parser.source.readCh();
   if(ch !== "-") throw new Error(`Invalid comment expression at ${parser.source.line}:${parser.source.cols}`);
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const DOCTYPE_tags = {
   "AT":/^TLIST\s+[^\s]+\s+[^\s]+\s+[^\s]+\s+[^\s]+\s+$/m,
   "NO":/^TATION.+$/m
 }
-function readDocType(parser){
+export function readDocType(parser){
   //<!D are already read till this point
   let str = parser.source.readStr(6); //OCTYPE
   parser.source.updateBufferBoundary(6);
@@ -109,10 +109,3 @@ function registerEntity(parser){
     }
   }
 }
-
-module.exports = {
-  readCdata: readCdata,
-  readComment:readComment,
-  readDocType:readDocType,
-  readPiTag:readPiTag
-}

package/src/{v5 → v6}/inputSource/BufferSource.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const Constants = {
   space: 32,
   tab: 9
 }
-class BufferSource{
+export default class BufferSource{
   constructor(bytesArr){
     this.line = 1;
     this.cols = 0;
@@ -114,5 +114,3 @@ readUptoCloseTag(stopStr) { //stopStr: "</tagname"
   }
   
 }
-
-module.exports = BufferSource;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/inputSource/StringSource.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const whiteSpaces = [" ", "\n", "\t"];
 
 
-class StringSource{
+export default class StringSource{
   constructor(str){
     this.line = 1;
     this.cols = 0;
@@ -119,5 +119,3 @@ class StringSource{
   }
   
 }
-
-module.exports = StringSource;

package/src/{v5 → v6/valueParsers}/EntitiesParser.js

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const htmlEntities = {
     "num_hex": { regex: /&#x([0-9a-fA-F]{1,6});/g, val : (_, str) => String.fromCharCode(Number.parseInt(str, 16)) },
 };
 
-class EntitiesParser{
+export default class EntitiesParser{
     constructor(replaceHtmlEntities) {
       this.replaceHtmlEntities = replaceHtmlEntities;
       this.docTypeEntities = {};
@@ -103,5 +103,3 @@ function validateEntityName(name){
     }
     return name;
 }
-
-module.exports = EntitiesParser;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/valueParsers/booleanParser.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class boolParser{
+export default class boolParser{
     constructor(trueList, falseList){
         if(trueList)
             this.trueList = trueList;
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ class boolParser{
         return val;
     }
 }
-module.exports = boolParser;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/valueParsers/booleanParserExt.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-function boolParserExt(val){
+export default function boolParserExt(val){
     if(isArray(val)){
         for (let i = 0; i < val.length; i++) {
             val[i] = parse(val[i])
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@ function parse(val){
     }
     return val;
 }
-module.exports = boolParserExt;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/valueParsers/currency.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const symbol = "(?:\$|€|¥|₹)?";
 
 const currencyCheckRegex = /^\s*(?:-|\+)?(?:\d+|\d{1,3}(?:,\d{3})+)?(?:\.\d{1,2})?\s*(?:\$|€|¥|₹)?\s*$/u;
 
-class CurrencyParser{
+export default class CurrencyParser{
     constructor(options){
         this.options = options || defaultOptions;
     }
@@ -36,5 +36,3 @@ class CurrencyParser{
     }
 }
 CurrencyParser.defaultOptions = defaultOptions;
-
-module.exports = CurrencyParser;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/valueParsers/join.js

@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
  * @param {string} by 
  * @returns 
  */
-function join(val, by=" "){
+export default function join(val, by=" "){
     if(isArray(val)){
         val.join(by)
     }
     return val;
 }
 
-module.exports = join;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/valueParsers/number.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-const toNumber = require("strnum");
+import toNumber from "strnum";
 
 
-class numParser{
+export default class numParser{
     constructor(options){
         this.options = options;
     }
@@ -12,5 +12,3 @@ class numParser{
         return val;
     }
 }
-
-module.exports = numParser;

package/src/{v5 → v6}/valueParsers/trim.js

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-class trimmer{
+export default class trimmer{
     parse(val){
         if(typeof val === "string") return val.trim();
         else return val;
     }
 }
-
-module.exports = trimmer;

package/src/validator.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const util = require('./util');
+import {getAllMatches, isName} from './util.js';
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   allowBooleanAttributes: false, //A tag can have attributes without any value
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
 };
 
 //const tagsPattern = new RegExp("<\\/?([\\w:\\-_\.]+)\\s*\/?>","g");
-exports.validate = function (xmlData, options) {
+export function validate(xmlData, options) {
   options = Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, options);
 
   //xmlData = xmlData.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm,"");//make it single line
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ function validateAttributeString(attrStr, options) {
 
   //if(attrStr.trim().length === 0) return true; //empty string
 
-  const matches = util.getAllMatches(attrStr, validAttrStrRegxp);
+  const matches = getAllMatches(attrStr, validAttrStrRegxp);
   const attrNames = {};
 
   for (let i = 0; i < matches.length; i++) {
@@ -399,13 +399,13 @@ function getErrorObject(code, message, lineNumber) {
 }
 
 function validateAttrName(attrName) {
-  return util.isName(attrName);
+  return isName(attrName);
 }
 
 // const startsWithXML = /^xml/i;
 
 function validateTagName(tagname) {
-  return util.isName(tagname) /* && !tagname.match(startsWithXML) */;
+  return isName(tagname) /* && !tagname.match(startsWithXML) */;
 }
 
 //this function returns the line number for the character at the given index

package/src/xmlbuilder/json2xml.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 //parse Empty Node as self closing node
-const buildFromOrderedJs = require('./orderedJs2Xml');
-const getIgnoreAttributesFn = require('../ignoreAttributes')
+import buildFromOrderedJs from './orderedJs2Xml.js';
+import getIgnoreAttributesFn from "../ignoreAttributes.js";
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   attributeNamePrefix: '@_',
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
   oneListGroup: false
 };
 
-function Builder(options) {
+export default function Builder(options) {
   this.options = Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, options);
   if (this.options.ignoreAttributes === true || this.options.attributesGroupName) {
     this.isAttribute = function(/*a*/) {
@@ -283,4 +283,3 @@ function isAttribute(name /*, options*/) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = Builder;

package/src/xmlbuilder/orderedJs2Xml.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const EOL = "\n";
  * @param {any} options 
  * @returns 
  */
-function toXml(jArray, options) {
+export default function toXml(jArray, options) {
     let indentation = "";
     if (options.format && options.indentBy.length > 0) {
         indentation = EOL;
@@ -132,4 +132,3 @@ function replaceEntitiesValue(textValue, options) {
     }
     return textValue;
 }
-module.exports = toXml;

package/src/xmlparser/DocTypeReader.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-const util = require('../util');
+import {isName} from '../util.js';
 
 //TODO: handle comments
-function readDocType(xmlData, i){
+export default function readDocType(xmlData, i){
     
     const entities = {};
     if( xmlData[i + 3] === 'O' &&
@@ -144,10 +144,8 @@ function isNotation(xmlData, i){
 }
 
 function validateEntityName(name){
-    if (util.isName(name))
+    if (isName(name))
 	return name;
     else
         throw new Error(`Invalid entity name ${name}`);
 }
-
-module.exports = readDocType;

package/src/xmlparser/OptionsBuilder.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-const defaultOptions = {
+export const defaultOptions = {
     preserveOrder: false,
     attributeNamePrefix: '@_',
     attributesGroupName: false,
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ const defaultOptions = {
     // skipEmptyListItem: false
 };
    
-const buildOptions = function(options) {
+export const buildOptions = function(options) {
     return Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, options);
 };
-
-exports.buildOptions = buildOptions;
-exports.defaultOptions = defaultOptions;

package/src/xmlparser/OrderedObjParser.js

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
 ///@ts-check
 
-const util = require('../util');
-const xmlNode = require('./xmlNode');
-const readDocType = require("./DocTypeReader");
-const toNumber = require("strnum");
-const getIgnoreAttributesFn = require('../ignoreAttributes')
+import {getAllMatches, isExist} from '../util.js';
+import xmlNode from './xmlNode.js';
+import readDocType from './DocTypeReader.js';
+import toNumber from "strnum";
+import getIgnoreAttributesFn from "../ignoreAttributes.js";
 
 // const regx =
 //   '<((!\\[CDATA\\[([\\s\\S]*?)(]]>))|((NAME:)?(NAME))([^>]*)>|((\\/)(NAME)\\s*>))([^<]*)'
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const getIgnoreAttributesFn = require('../ignoreAttributes')
 //const tagsRegx = new RegExp("<(\\/?[\\w:\\-\._]+)([^>]*)>(\\s*"+cdataRegx+")*([^<]+)?","g");
 //const tagsRegx = new RegExp("<(\\/?)((\\w*:)?([\\w:\\-\._]+))([^>]*)>([^<]*)("+cdataRegx+"([^<]*))*([^<]+)?","g");
 
-class OrderedObjParser{
+export default class OrderedObjParser{
   constructor(options){
     this.options = options;
     this.currentNode = null;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function buildAttributesMap(attrStr, jPath, tagName) {
     // attrStr = attrStr.replace(/\r?\n/g, ' ');
     //attrStr = attrStr || attrStr.trim();
 
-    const matches = util.getAllMatches(attrStr, attrsRegx);
+    const matches = getAllMatches(attrStr, attrsRegx);
     const len = matches.length; //don't make it inline
     const attrs = {};
     for (let i = 0; i < len; i++) {
@@ -594,13 +594,10 @@ function parseValue(val, shouldParse, options) {
     else if(newval === 'false' ) return false;
     else return toNumber(val, options);
   } else {
-    if (util.isExist(val)) {
+    if (isExist(val)) {
       return val;
     } else {
       return '';
     }
   }
 }
-
-
-module.exports = OrderedObjParser;

package/src/xmlparser/XMLParser.js

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-const { buildOptions} = require("./OptionsBuilder");
-const OrderedObjParser = require("./OrderedObjParser");
-const { prettify} = require("./node2json");
-const validator = require('../validator');
+import { buildOptions} from './OptionsBuilder.js';
+import OrderedObjParser from './OrderedObjParser.js';
+import prettify from './node2json.js';
+import {validate} from "../validator.js";
 
-class XMLParser{
+export default class XMLParser{
     
     constructor(options){
         this.externalEntities = {};
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class XMLParser{
         if( validationOption){
             if(validationOption === true) validationOption = {}; //validate with default options
             
-            const result = validator.validate(xmlData, validationOption);
+            const result = validate(xmlData, validationOption);
             if (result !== true) {
               throw Error( `${result.err.msg}:${result.err.line}:${result.err.col}` )
             }
@@ -53,6 +53,4 @@ class XMLParser{
             this.externalEntities[key] = value;
         }
     }
-}
-
-module.exports = XMLParser;
+}

package/src/xmlparser/node2json.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * @param {any} options 
  * @returns 
  */
-function prettify(node, options){
+export default function prettify(node, options){
   return compress( node, options);
 }
 
@@ -110,4 +110,3 @@ function isLeafTag(obj, options){
 
   return false;
 }
-exports.prettify = prettify;

package/src/xmlparser/xmlNode.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-class XmlNode{
+export default class XmlNode{
   constructor(tagname) {
     this.tagname = tagname;
     this.child = []; //nested tags, text, cdata, comments in order
@@ -18,8 +18,5 @@ class XmlNode{
     }else{
       this.child.push( { [node.tagname]: node.child });
     }
-  };
-};
-
-
-module.exports = XmlNode;
+  }
+}