module.exports = function toXml(json, xml) { var xml = xml || ''; if (json instanceof Buffer) { json = json.toString(); } var obj = null; if (typeof(json) == 'string') { try { obj = JSON.parse(json); } catch(e) { throw new Error("The JSON structure is invalid"); } } else { obj = json; } var keys = Object.keys(obj); var len = keys.length; for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) { var key = keys[i]; if (Array.isArray(obj[key])) { var elems = obj[key]; var l = elems.length; for (var j = 0; j < l; j++) { xml += '<' + key + '>'; xml = toXml(elems[j], xml); xml += '</' + key + '>'; } } else if (typeof(obj[key]) == 'object') { xml += '<' + key + '>'; xml = toXml(obj[key], xml); xml += '</' + key + '>'; } else if (typeof(obj[key]) == 'string') { if (key == '$t') { xml += obj[key]; } else { xml = xml.replace(/>$/, ''); xml += ' ' + key + "='" + obj[key] + "'>"; } } } return xml; };