docs: describe the library as it is - #590
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The Upgrading notes narrated what earlier releases did, the verification example still used the xpath export removed in 4.0, the KeyInfo docs still told readers to set getKeyInfoContent themselves, and two example headings had been "coming soon" for years. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The location actions named a referenceNode property that never existed and described append and before loosely. The custom algorithm example registered its algorithms on an undefined variable under names that did not match getAlgorithmName(), selected an element the document lacks, overwrote the custom algorithms with built-in ones before signing, and split its XML string into a separate statement. The README also had two Sponsors sections. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughREADME.md and API comments document canonicalization, DOM-node transforms, API usage, verification, signing, custom algorithms, signature placement, repository metadata, and synchronous ChangesDocumentation and synchronous verification guidance
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Use const, destructured require and classes, which the supported Node versions all have and the algorithm JSDoc already asks for. Pass the MIME type @xmldom/xmldom 0.9 requires to parseFromString, throw an Error instead of a string, and let checkSignature errors propagate rather than logging them. The async example registered its algorithm under a URI its getAlgorithmName() did not return and used undefined crypto and opts. It now registers under the RSA-SHA256 URI it implements. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
checkSignature calls verifySignature without a callback, so its callback overload only reports a synchronous result. The default KeyInfo content includes only PEM certificate blocks from publicCert. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🟠 Major · Retain the canonicalization interoperability warning. · README.md:24-38
24-38: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winRetain the canonicalization interoperability warning.
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Upgradingsection states only the new namespace output. It no longer warns that affected canonicalization cases can produce different digests across releases and make signatures created by one version fail verification in another. Keep the version boundary and instruct users to upgrade signers and verifiers together. The project’s upgrade guidance documents this compatibility break. (github.com)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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checkSignature calls verifySignature without a callback, so its callback receives a result computed synchronously and the callback overload of SignatureAlgorithm.verifySignature is never called. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🟡 Minor · 🎯 Functional Correctness · README.md:329-329
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inclusiveNamespacesPrefixListexample documents this option as astring, but the publicSignedXmloptions accept both a string and a string array. Document the supportedstring | string[]form so users are not incorrectly limited to the scalar form.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Only tiers from $100 a month place a logo above the fold, so the $25 sponsors return to the section at the bottom. stytchauth moves to a new Past sponsors section below them. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
The README described how earlier releases behaved in several places, and some examples no longer matched the API. It now describes the library as it is.
Descriptions of earlier behavior
utilscame to be exported. ThegetReferences()paragraph now says it is deprecated, not to use it to obtain signed XML, and to usegetSignedReferences()instead.xpathexport: the verification example usedrequire("xml-crypto").xpath, and an "API → xpath" section documented it. That export was removed in the TypeScript conversion (Convert this project to TypeScript #325). The example now uses thexpathpackage, and the section is gone.getKeyInfoContent: two passages still said to setgetKeyInfoContent, or assignSignedXml.getKeyInfoContentyourself, to get a<KeyInfo>. Setting apublicCertthat contains an X.509 certificate already produces one with the default. The note now says so, since the default takes onlyBEGIN CERTIFICATEblocks and gives a bare public key an empty<X509Data>.Errors
referenceNodeproperty that never existed; the option isreference. It also describedappendandbeforeloosely. Each action now says where the signature goes relative to thereferencenode.signedXmlunder names that did not match theirgetAlgorithmName()values, and added a reference to an element the document lacks. It then overwrote the custom algorithms withexc-c14nandrsa-sha1before signing, configuredhttp://mySignatureAlgorithmwhile registeringhttp://mySigningAlgorithm, and split its XML string into a separate statement. The example now registers on the instance under matching names and signs with the custom algorithms.parseFromStringwithout a MIME type, which@xmldom/xmldom0.9, the versionnpm installfetches, rejects. It also threw a string, and loggedcheckSignatureerrors and carried on, relying onvarhoisting to read the result outside thetry. It now passes"text/xml", throws anError, and letscheckSignatureerrors propagate.http://asyncSignatureAlgorithmwhilegetAlgorithmName()returned the RSA-SHA1 URI, and usedcryptoandoptswithout defining them. It now implements RSA-SHA256, registers under that URI, which is theSignatureMethodthe signature carries, and is complete enough to run. The section also saidcheckSignaturecould take a callback for asynchronous verification, but it callsverifySignaturewithout one, so the callback only reports a synchronous result. The section is now "Asynchronous signing". The JSDoc ofcheckSignature(xml, callback)likewise said the callback handled the result asynchronously, and the callback overload ofSignatureAlgorithm.verifySignaturenow notes thatcheckSignaturecalls only the synchronous form.Samples
const, destructuredrequire, and classes for custom algorithms, as the algorithm maps' JSDoc already describes. Node 16, theenginesfloor, supports all of them.Sponsors
stytchauth's sponsorship has ended, so it moves from the top Sponsors section to a new Past sponsors section at the bottom.
Closes #595.
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Docs only: README and JSDoc.
npm run lintpasses. Every JavaScript sample was extracted from the README and run against a build, with the current@xmldom/xmldom(0.9.12) andxpath(0.0.34): the signing, async, prefix, location and Objects samples each verify, the verification sample returns the signed<book>, the implicit-transform sample verifies, and the custom algorithm sample signs with the registered algorithms.This PR merges cleanly with #585, #588 and #589, whose Upgrading notes already follow this style.
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