Encoding/xml
encoding/xml is Go’s standard-library package for encoding Go values as XML and decoding XML data into Go values.
Learn Go with Pocket-Sized Projects
encoding/xml is Go's standard-library package for encoding and decoding XML data.
- How it is used
- Decodes XML HTTP responses into Go structures for an exchange-rate client.
- How deep it goes
- Explains Decoder selection, struct tags, nested paths, attributes, and error handling without descending into decoder internals.
- Examples
- Uses an ECB envelope containing nested Cube elements and currency and rate attributes.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Go's standard library to decode XML streams into tagged structures and process the resulting data.
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Go in Action, Second Edition
encoding/xml is a Go standard-library package for encoding and decoding XML documents.
- How it is used
- Converts structured configuration and document data between XML and Go values, including JSON-to-XML CLI workflows.
- How deep it goes
- Explains struct tags, attributes, namespaces, comments, and conversion flow, while stopping short of exhaustive XML API coverage.
- Examples
- Uses a Config struct and a JSON-to-XML conversion function within a validation and conversion CLI.
- What you can do after
- Build XML serialization and parsing with Go structs, XML tags, and the encoding/xml Marshal and Unmarshal functions.
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Related concepts
- xmluses · XML is a text-based markup language for encoding structured documents and data using elements, attributes, and nested relationships.
- struct taguses · A struct tag is metadata attached to a Go struct field that guides reflection-based processing such as serialization and field mapping.
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