Use Uint8Array in place of Buffer in Parser

Author: amitguptagwl

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <small>Note: If you find missing information about particular minor version, that version must have been changed without any functional change in this library.</small>
 
+**5.3.0 / 2025-10-03**
+- Use `Uint8Array` in place of `Buffer` in Parser
+
 **5.2.5 / 2025-06-08**
 - Inform user to use [fxp-cli](https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fxp-cli) instead of in-built CLI feature
 - Export typings  for direct use

docs/CHECK_LIST.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Pre release
 * [ ] `package-lock.json` reflects the right version : `npm install`
 * [ ] Browser bundle are generated `npm run bundle`
 * [ ] TS and CJS typings are updated
-  - fxp.d.cjs
+  - fxp.d.cts
   - fxp.d.ts
 * [ ] ReadMe file or docs are updated for any change, user list, performance report, links etc.
 * [ ] Single test is not running `fit`

lib/fxp.cjs

@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ type ValidationError = {
 
 declare class XMLParser {
   constructor(options?: X2jOptions);
-  parse(xmlData: string | Buffer ,validationOptions?: validationOptions | boolean): any;
+  parse(xmlData: string | Uint8Array ,validationOptions?: validationOptions | boolean): any;
   /**
    * Add Entity which is not by default supported by this library
    * @param entityIdentifier {string} Eg: 'ent' for &ent;

lib/fxp.d.cts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fast-xml-parser",
-  "version": "5.2.5",
+  "version": "5.3.0",
   "description": "Validate XML, Parse XML, Build XML without C/C++ based libraries",
   "main": "./lib/fxp.cjs",
   "type": "module",