$.xmlToJson = function(xml, marker/*optional*/) {
    var result;
    if (xml.childNodes && xml.childNodes.length === 0) {
        result = null;
    }
    else if (xml.childNodes && xml.childNodes.length == 1 && xml.childNodes[0].nodeName == "#text") {
        result = xml.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
    }
    else if (xml.childNodes && xml.childNodes.length == 1 && xml.childNodes[0].nodeName == "#cdata-section") {
        result = xml.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
    }
    else if (xml.documentElement) {
        result = {};
        result[xml.documentElement.nodeName] = $.xmlToJson(xml.documentElement);
    } else {
        result = {};
        for (var i = 0; i < xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
            if (result[xml.childNodes[i].nodeName]) {
                if (!(result[xml.childNodes[i].nodeName] instanceof Array)) {
                    result[xml.childNodes[i].nodeName] = [result[xml.childNodes[i].nodeName]];
                }
                result[xml.childNodes[i].nodeName].push($.xmlToJson(xml.childNodes[i]));
            } else if (xml.childNodes[i].nodeName.indexOf('#') == -1) {
                result[xml.childNodes[i].nodeName] = $.xmlToJson(xml.childNodes[i]);
            }
        }
    }

    if (xml.attributes) {
        if (result == undefined) {
            result = {};
        }
        for (var j = 0; j < xml.attributes.length; j++) {
            if (marker != undefined) {
                result[marker + xml.attributes[j].nodeName] = xml.attributes[j].nodeValue;
            }
            else {
                result[xml.attributes[j].nodeName] = xml.attributes[j].nodeValue;
            }
        }
    }
    return result;
};