Fixes #9255: xml parsing error in $.parseXML is now properly detected for all browsers. Unit test added.

Author: jaubourg

src/core.js

@@ -553,24 +553,23 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	},
 
 	// Cross-browser xml parsing
-	// (xml & tmp used internally)
-	parseXML: function( data , xml , tmp ) {
-
-		if ( window.DOMParser ) { // Standard
-			tmp = new DOMParser();
-			xml = tmp.parseFromString( data , "text/xml" );
-		} else { // IE
-			xml = new ActiveXObject( "Microsoft.XMLDOM" );
-			xml.async = "false";
-			xml.loadXML( data );
+	parseXML: function( data ) {
+		var xml, tmp;
+		try {
+			if ( window.DOMParser ) { // Standard
+				tmp = new DOMParser();
+				xml = tmp.parseFromString( data , "text/xml" );
+			} else { // IE
+				xml = new ActiveXObject( "Microsoft.XMLDOM" );
+				xml.async = "false";
+				xml.loadXML( data );
+			}
+		} catch( e ) {
+			xml = undefined;
 		}
-
-		tmp = xml.documentElement;
-
-		if ( ! tmp || ! tmp.nodeName || tmp.nodeName === "parsererror" ) {
+		if ( !xml || !xml.documentElement || xml.getElementsByTagName( "parsererror" ).length ) {
 			jQuery.error( "Invalid XML: " + data );
 		}
-
 		return xml;
 	},
 

test/unit/core.js

@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ test("jQuery.each(Object,Function)", function() {
 		f[i] = "baz";
 	});
 	equals( "baz", f.foo, "Loop over a function" );
-	
+
 	var stylesheet_count = 0;
 	jQuery.each(document.styleSheets, function(i){
 		stylesheet_count++;
@@ -984,6 +984,26 @@ test("jQuery.parseJSON", function(){
 	}
 });
 
+test("jQuery.parseXML", 4, function(){
+	var xml, tmp;
+	try {
+		xml = jQuery.parseXML( "<p>A <b>well-formed</b> xml string</p>" );
+		tmp = xml.getElementsByTagName( "p" )[ 0 ];
+		ok( !!tmp, "<p> present in document" );
+		tmp = tmp.getElementsByTagName( "b" )[ 0 ];
+		ok( !!tmp, "<b> present in document" );
+		strictEqual( tmp.childNodes[ 0 ].nodeValue, "well-formed", "<b> text is as expected" );
+	} catch (e) {
+		strictEqual( e, undefined, "unexpected error" );
+	}
+	try {
+		xml = jQuery.parseXML( "<p>Not a <<b>well-formed</b> xml string</p>" );
+		ok( false, "invalid xml not detected" );
+	} catch( e ) {
+		strictEqual( e, "Invalid XML: <p>Not a <<b>well-formed</b> xml string</p>", "invalid xml detected" );
+	}
+});
+
 test("jQuery.sub() - Static Methods", function(){
     expect(18);
     var Subclass = jQuery.sub();
@@ -1108,7 +1128,7 @@ test("jQuery.sub() - .fn Methods", function(){
 test("jQuery.camelCase()", function() {
 
 	var tests = {
-		"foo-bar": "fooBar", 
+		"foo-bar": "fooBar",
 		"foo-bar-baz": "fooBarBaz"
 	};