// JScript File
function XML() {} 

/**  
* Parse the XML document contained in the string argument and return  
* a Document object that represents it.  
*/  
XML.parse = function(text) {   
    if (typeof DOMParser != "undefined") {   
        // Mozilla, Firefox, and related browsers   
        return (new DOMParser()).parseFromString(text, "text/xml");   
    }   
    else if (typeof ActiveXObject != "undefined") {   
        // Internet Explorer.   
        var doc = XML.newDocument();  // Create an empty document   
        doc.loadXML(text);            // Parse text into it   
        return doc;                   // Return it   
    }   
    else {   
        // As a last resort, try loading the document from a data: URL   
        // This is supposed to work in Safari. Thanks to Manos Batsis and   
        // his Sarissa library (sarissa.sourceforge.net) for this technique.   
        var url = "data:text/xml;charset=utf-8," + encodeURIComponent(text);   
        var request = new XMLHttpRequest();   
        request.open("GET", url, false);   
        request.send(null);   
        return request.responseXML;   
    }   
};   

XML.newDocument = function(rootTagName, namespaceURL) {   
   if (!rootTagName) rootTagName = "";   
   if (!namespaceURL) namespaceURL = "";   
   if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument) {   
    // This is the W3C standard way to do it   
    return document.implementation.createDocument(namespaceURL, rootTagName, null);   
    }   
    else { // This is the IE way to do it   
     // Create an empty document as an ActiveX object   
     // If there is no root element, this is all we have to do   
     var doc = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument");   
     // If there is a root tag, initialize the document   
     if (rootTagName) {   
       // Look for a namespace prefix   
       var prefix = "";   
       var tagname = rootTagName;   
       var p = rootTagName.indexOf(':');   
       if (p != -1) {   
         prefix = rootTagName.substring(0, p);   
         tagname = rootTagName.substring(p+1);   
       }   
       // If we have a namespace, we must have a namespace prefix   
       // If we don't have a namespace, we discard any prefix   
       if (namespaceURL) {   
         if (!prefix) prefix = "a0"; // What Firefox uses   
       }   
       else prefix = "";   
       // Create the root element (with optional namespace) as a   
       // string of text   
       var text = "<" + (prefix?(prefix+":"):"") +  tagname +   
           (namespaceURL   
            ?(" xmlns:" + prefix + '="' + namespaceURL +'"')   
            :"") +   
           "/>";   
       // And parse that text into the empty document   
       doc.loadXML(text);   
     }   
     return doc;   
   }   
};