[WIP] Forcing text node on a leaf regardless of having attributes

spec/xmlParser_spec.js

@@ -397,6 +397,21 @@ describe("XMLParser", function() {
         expect(result).toEqual(expected);
     });
 
+
+    it("should enforce text node when flag supplied", function() {
+        const xmlData = `<tag.1 t1='1'>val1</tag.1><tag.2>val2</tag.2>`;
+        const expected = {
+            "tag.1": { "#text": 'val1', "@_t1": '1' },
+            "tag.2": { "#text": 'val2' },
+        };
+
+        const result = parser.parse(xmlData, {
+            ignoreAttributes: false,
+            forceTextNode: true,
+        });
+        expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
     it("should not parse text value with tag", function() {
         const xmlData = `<score><c1>71<message>23</message>29</c1></score>`;
         const expected = {

src/json2xml.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const buildOptions = require('./util').buildOptions;
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   attributeNamePrefix: '@_',
+  forceTextNode: false,
   attrNodeName: false,
   textNodeName: '#text',
   ignoreAttributes: true,
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
 
 const props = [
   'attributeNamePrefix',
+  'forceTextNode',
   'attrNodeName',
   'textNodeName',
   'ignoreAttributes',

src/node2json.js

@@ -5,8 +5,16 @@ const util = require('./util');
 const convertToJson = function(node, options, parentTagName) {
   const jObj = {};
 
+
+
   // when no child node or attr is present
   if ((!node.child || util.isEmptyObject(node.child)) && (!node.attrsMap || util.isEmptyObject(node.attrsMap))) {
+    if(options.forceTextNode) {
+      const asArray = util.isTagNameInArrayMode(node.tagname, options.arrayMode, parentTagName)
+      jObj[options.textNodeName] = asArray ? [node.val] : node.val;
+      return jObj;
+    }
+
     return util.isExist(node.val) ? node.val : '';
   }
 

src/parser.d.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ type X2jOptions = {
   attrNodeName: false | string;
   textNodeName: string;
   ignoreAttributes: boolean;
+  forceTextNode: boolean;
   ignoreNameSpace: boolean;
   allowBooleanAttributes: boolean;
   parseNodeValue: boolean;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ type validationOptions = {
 type validationOptionsOptional = Partial<validationOptions>;
 type J2xOptions = {
   attributeNamePrefix: string;
+  forceTextNode: boolean;
   attrNodeName: false | string;
   textNodeName: string;
   ignoreAttributes: boolean;

src/xmlstr2xmlnode.js

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
   attrNodeName: false,
   textNodeName: '#text',
   ignoreAttributes: true,
+  forceTextNode: false,
   ignoreNameSpace: false,
   allowBooleanAttributes: false, //a tag can have attributes without any value
   //ignoreRootElement : false,
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ const props = [
   'attributeNamePrefix',
   'attrNodeName',
   'textNodeName',
+  'forceTextNode',
   'ignoreAttributes',
   'ignoreNameSpace',
   'allowBooleanAttributes',