returning xml string - how to parse xml file using JQuery/Json -

when alert returning string this:

data    "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>        <xml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">       <document>       <name>john smith</name>        <description>stackoverflow</description>        <total>50</total>        </document>       </xml>" 

update: tried using method getjson , alerts never execute inside find('document').each.....

 $.getjson(_url, function (data) {              alert(data);                 $(data).find('document').each(function () {                 debugger                 var name = $(this).find('name');                 var desc = $(this).find('description').text();                 var total = $(this).find('total').text()              });          }); 

how read xml file in jquery, below returning me string , can see when alert(data);

 $.getjson(url, {},                 function (data) {                     alert(data);              } });   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>  - <xml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"> - <document>   <name>john smith</name>    <description>stackoverflow</description>    <total>50</total>    </document>   </xml> 

you appear have misunderstood json is, , how used in jquery!?

if want cross-domain, returned data must in json format. jquery attempt parse json receives it. expects in format "jsonp1291171891383({})" evaluated javascript. xml have returned in not javascript.

one possible way work around return data "jsonp1({"data":"<xml>"})". if case, in example variable "data" plain text, , need parse xml before can access via selector methods.

from here.

jquery.fromxmlstring = function(strxml){     if (window.domparser) {         return jquery(new domparser().parsefromstring(strxml, "text/xml"));     } else if (window.activexobject) {         var doc = new activexobject("microsoft.xmldom");         doc.async = "false";         doc.loadxml(strxml);         return jquery(doc);     } else {         return jquery(strxml);     } }; 

and in code:

 $.fromxmlstring(data).find('document').each( ... );