How to convert XML to JSON

1. Paste your XML

   Drop an XML document into the "XML" field. The tool uses `fast-xml-parser` with permissive defaults — element text values are trimmed of leading and trailing whitespace.

2. How attributes are kept

   Element attributes ARE preserved with the `@_` prefix. For example `<foo bar="1">x</foo>` becomes `{ foo: { "@_bar": "1", "#text": "x" } }` (the parser uses `attributeNamePrefix: "@_"`).

3. Press Run

   Result is a single `json` field — a JavaScript object reflecting the document tree. The XML prolog and DOCTYPE are dropped; only the element tree survives.

4. Lossy round-trip

   Going XML → JSON → XML through this tool and json-to-xml-converter does NOT round-trip cleanly: attribute prefixes won't match, mixed content (text + child elements) collapses, and ordering of repeated siblings can shift.