Go by Example: XML

Go offers built-in support for XML and XML-like formats with the `encoding/xml` package.
	`package main`
	`import ( "encoding/xml" "fmt" )`
Plant will be mapped to XML. Similarly to the JSON examples, field tags contain directives for the encoder and decoder. Here we use some special features of the XML package: the `XMLName` field name dictates the name of the XML element representing this struct; `id,attr` means that the `Id` field is an XML attribute rather than a nested element.	type Plant struct { XMLName xml.Name `xml:"plant"` Id int `xml:"id,attr"` Name string `xml:"name"` Origin []string `xml:"origin"` }
	`func (p Plant) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("Plant id=%v, name=%v, origin=%v", p.Id, p.Name, p.Origin) }`
	`func main() { coffee := &Plant{Id: 27, Name: "Coffee"} coffee.Origin = []string{"Ethiopia", "Brazil"}`
Emit XML representing our plant; using `MarshalIndent` to produce a more human-readable output.	`out, _ := xml.MarshalIndent(coffee, " ", " ") fmt.Println(string(out))`
To add a generic XML header to the output, append it explicitly.	`fmt.Println(xml.Header + string(out))`
Use `Unmarshal` to parse a stream of bytes with XML into a data structure. If the XML is malformed or cannot be mapped onto Plant, a descriptive error will be returned.	`var p Plant if err := xml.Unmarshal(out, &p); err != nil { panic(err) } fmt.Println(p)`
	`tomato := &Plant{Id: 81, Name: "Tomato"} tomato.Origin = []string{"Mexico", "California"}`
The `parent>child>plant` field tag tells the encoder to nest all `plant`s under `<parent><child>...`	type Nesting struct { XMLName xml.Name `xml:"nesting"` Plants []*Plant `xml:"parent>child>plant"` }
	`nesting := &Nesting{} nesting.Plants = []*Plant{coffee, tomato}`
	`out, _ = xml.MarshalIndent(nesting, " ", " ") fmt.Println(string(out)) }`

$ go run xml.go
 <plant id="27">
   <name>Coffee</name>
   <origin>Ethiopia</origin>
   <origin>Brazil</origin>
 </plant>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <plant id="27">
   <name>Coffee</name>
   <origin>Ethiopia</origin>
   <origin>Brazil</origin>
 </plant>
Plant id=27, name=Coffee, origin=[Ethiopia Brazil]
 <nesting>
   <parent>
     <child>
       <plant id="27">
         <name>Coffee</name>
         <origin>Ethiopia</origin>
         <origin>Brazil</origin>
       </plant>
       <plant id="81">
         <name>Tomato</name>
         <origin>Mexico</origin>
         <origin>California</origin>
       </plant>
     </child>
   </parent>
 </nesting>

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