adding parseStringSync + simple tests (continued)

src/xml2js.coffee

@@ -402,6 +402,20 @@ class exports.Parser extends events.EventEmitter
       else if @saxParser.ended
         throw err
 
+  parseStringSync: (str) =>
+    #assumption 1: sax events block when given a string instead of a stream
+    retval = undefined
+    err = undefined
+    cb = (_err, _retval) ->
+      retval = _retval
+      err = _err
+
+    #assumption 2: parseString will implicitly call cb (thus setting closure retval) before returning
+    @parseString str, cb
+    if err
+      throw err
+    retval
+
 exports.parseString = (str, a, b) ->
   # let's determine what we got as arguments
   if b?
@@ -419,3 +433,7 @@ exports.parseString = (str, a, b) ->
   # the rest is super-easy
   parser = new exports.Parser options
   parser.parseString str, cb
+
+exports.parseStringSync = (str) ->
+  parser = new exports.Parser {}
+  parser.parseStringSync str

test/parser.test.coffee

@@ -161,6 +161,23 @@ module.exports =
     equ r.sample.$$[10].$$[5]['#name'], 'three'
     equ r.sample.$$[10].$$[5]._, '6')
 
+  'test non-async parsing': (test) ->
+    data = fs.readFileSync fileName, 'utf8'
+    xmldoc = xml2js.parseStringSync data
+    assert.notEqual xmldoc, null
+    equ xmldoc.sample.listtest[0].item[0].subitem[0], 'Foo(1)'
+    test.finish()
+
+  'test non-async with bad input': (test) ->
+    data = fs.readFileSync fileName, 'utf8'
+    err = null
+    try
+      xmldoc = xml2js.parseStringSync "< a moose bit my sister>";
+    catch _err
+      err = _err
+    assert.notEqual err, null
+    test.finish()
+
   'test parse with explicitChildren and charsAsChildren and preserveChildrenOrder': skeleton(explicitChildren: true, preserveChildrenOrder: true, charsAsChildren: true, (r) ->
     console.log 'Result object: ' + util.inspect r, false, 10
     equ r.sample.$$[10]['#name'], 'ordertest'