Can we configure the value of empty node to be an empty object instead of empty string while parsing xml

[qbert-007]

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Input

Code

let xmlData = '<any_name></any_name>'
const parser = new XMLParser({});
let jsonObj = parser.parse(xmlData);
console.log(jsonObj)

Output

{"any_name":""}

expected data

{"any_name":{}} Would you like to work on this issue?

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[amitguptagwl]

With the current implementation, No. But we can think about it if more people need the same feature.

[nikimicallef]

Definitely a much needed feature! It should be {} by default, string breaks the whole idea of types in TypeScript.