Basalt2/docs/references/plugins/xml.md

BaseElement

The XML plugin provides XML parsing and UI creation from XML markup

Functions

Method	Returns	Description
BaseElement:fromXML	BaseElement	Creates element from XML node

BaseElement:fromXML(self, node)

Creates an element from an XML node

Parameters

• self BaseElement The element instance
• node table The XML node to create from

Returns

• BaseElement self The element instance

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Container

Functions

Method	Returns	Description
Container:loadXML	Container	Loads UI from XML string

Container:loadXML(self, content, scope?)

Loads and creates UI elements from XML content local xml = [[

]] container:loadXML(xml)

Parameters

• self Container The container to load into
• content string The XML content to parse
• scope (optional) table Optional scope for variable resolution

Returns

• Container self The container instance

Usage