Node vs Double select (faster without jQuery)

JavaScript performance comparison

Revision 13 of this test case created by François Gannaz

Info

As of jQuery 1.8, there is not XML selector that works with namespaces. Instead of the custom plugin hack introduced by this series of tests, this test illustrates an alternative with a DOM2 method. It should work in any recent browser and it is much faster.

This test only uses the most recent version of jQuery.

Side note:the third test will output wrong results depending on the XML input. For instance, if the tags "z:row" and "a:row" exists, they will both get selected.

Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
 
<script>
  Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {
    jQuery.fn.filterNode = function(name) {
      return this.filter(function() {
        return this.nodeName === name;
      });
    };
    
    var xData = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><soap:Body<GetListItemsResponse xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/"><GetListItemsResult<listitems xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema"><rs:data ItemCount="8"><z:row ows_ContentTypeId="0x0100DDB33E0A25E44140B53A905E8CD2C111" ows_Title="One" ows_DisplayName="One" ows_ID="1" ows_ContentType="Item" ows_Modified="2011-03-17 10:31:28" ows_Created="2010-06-14 15:20:20" ows_Author="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_Editor="363;#Keech, Victor" ows_owshiddenversion="7" ows_WorkflowVersion="1" ows__UIVersion="512" ows__UIVersionString="1.0" ows_Attachments="0" ows__ModerationStatus="0" ows_LinkTitleNoMenu="One" ows_LinkTitle="One" ows_SelectTitle="1" ows_Order="100.000000000000" ows_GUID="{37E1EF7B-7DCC-4390-87C4-FAF4315E3F5B}" ows_FileRef="1;#pdm/Lists/Segments/1_.000" ows_FileDirRef="1;#pdm/Lists/Segments" ows_Last_x0020_Modified="1;#2010-12-07 06:10:02" ows_Created_x0020_Date="1;#2010-12-07 06:10:02" ows_FSObjType="1;#0" ows_PermMask="0x7fffffffffffffff" ows_FileLeafRef="1;#1_.000" ows_UniqueId="1;#{CDB32DA8-BCD6-4F0D-A972-961AD1A3F2B5}" ows_ProgId="1;#" ows_ScopeId="1;#{0A8885B3-92F5-4F6B-A7E1-58FB7543BEB6}" ows__EditMenuTableStart="1_.000" ows__EditMenuTableEnd="1" ows_LinkFilenameNoMenu="1_.000" ows_LinkFilename="1_.000" ows_ServerUrl="/pdm/Lists/Segments/1_.000" ows_EncodedAbsUrl="http://example.com/pdm/Lists/Segments/1_.000" ows_BaseName="1_" ows_MetaInfo="1;#" ows__Level="1" ows__IsCurrentVersion="1" /><z:row ows_ContentTypeId="0x0100DDB33E0A25E44140B53A905E8CD2C111" ows_Title="Two" ows_DisplayName="Two" ows_ID="2" ows_ContentType="Item" ows_Modified="2010-06-14 15:20:31" ows_Created="2010-06-14 15:20:31" ows_Author="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_Editor="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_owshiddenversion="1" ows_WorkflowVersion="1" ows__UIVersion="512" ows__UIVersionString="1.0" ows_Attachments="0" ows__ModerationStatus="0" ows_LinkTitleNoMenu="Two" ows_LinkTitle="Two" ows_SelectTitle="2" ows_Order="200.000000000000" ows_GUID="{66F6BE42-BF5C-42C9-A8CE-4AE1E1644E20}" ows_FileRef="2;#pdm/Lists/Segments/2_.000" ows_FileDirRef="2;#pdm/Lists/Segments" ows_Last_x0020_Modified="2;#2010-12-07 06:10:06" ows_Created_x0020_Date="2;#2010-12-07 06:10:06" ows_FSObjType="2;#0" ows_PermMask="0x7fffffffffffffff" ows_FileLeafRef="2;#2_.000" ows_UniqueId="2;#{9EE493FF-D17B-473C-BAB8-B74E381615D6}" ows_ProgId="2;#" ows_ScopeId="2;#{0A8885B3-92F5-4F6B-A7E1-58FB7543BEB6}" ows__EditMenuTableStart="2_.000" ows__EditMenuTableEnd="2" ows_LinkFilenameNoMenu="2_.000" ows_LinkFilename="2_.000" ows_ServerUrl="/pdm/Lists/Segments/2_.000" ows_EncodedAbsUrl="http://example.com/pdm/Lists/Segments/2_.000" ows_BaseName="2_" ows_MetaInfo="2;#" ows__Level="1" ows__IsCurrentVersion="1" /><z:row ows_ContentTypeId="0x0100DDB33E0A25E44140B53A905E8CD2C111" ows_Title="Three" ows_DisplayName="Three" ows_ID="3" ows_ContentType="Item" ows_Modified="2010-06-14 15:20:41" ows_Created="2010-06-14 15:20:41" ows_Author="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_Editor="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_owshiddenversion="1" ows_WorkflowVersion="1" ows__UIVersion="512" ows__UIVersionString="1.0" ows_Attachments="0" ows__ModerationStatus="0" ows_LinkTitleNoMenu="Three" ows_LinkTitle="Three" ows_SelectTitle="3" ows_Order="300.000000000000" ows_GUID="{A5879457-3698-4A95-8A5C-B23E831D2D9D}" ows_FileRef="3;#pdm/Lists/Segments/3_.000" ows_FileDirRef="3;#pdm/Lists/Segments" ows_Last_x0020_Modified="3;#2010-12-07 06:10:07" ows_Created_x0020_Date="3;#2010-12-07 06:10:07" ows_FSObjType="3;#0" ows_PermMask="0x7fffffffffffffff" ows_FileLeafRef="3;#3_.000" ows_UniqueId="3;#{FAD5ED00-A0E6-4A4B-8F63-4580BB557575}" ows_ProgId="3;#" ows_ScopeId="3;#{0A8885B3-92F5-4F6B-A7E1-58FB7543BEB6}" ows__EditMenuTableStart="3_.000" ows__EditMenuTableEnd="3" ows_LinkFilenameNoMenu="3_.000" ows_LinkFilename="3_.000" ows_ServerUrl="/pdm/Lists/Segments/3_.000" ows_EncodedAbsUrl="http://example.com/pdm/Lists/Segments/3_.000" ows_BaseName="3_" ows_MetaInfo="3;#" ows__Level="1" ows__IsCurrentVersion="1" /><z:row ows_ContentTypeId="0x0100DDB33E0A25E44140B53A905E8CD2C111" ows_Title="Four" ows_DisplayName="Four" ows_ID="4" ows_ContentType="Item" ows_Modified="2010-09-09 13:49:47" ows_Created="2010-06-14 15:20:53" ows_Author="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_Editor="363;#Keech, Victor" ows_owshiddenversion="1" ows_WorkflowVersion="1" ows__UIVersion="512" ows__UIVersionString="1.0" ows_Attachments="0" ows__ModerationStatus="0" ows_LinkTitleNoMenu="Four" ows_LinkTitle="Four" ows_SelectTitle="4" ows_Order="400.000000000000" ows_GUID="{A874E89D-7CD6-4E87-BE6E-C392A1281576}" ows_FileRef="4;#pdm/Lists/Segments/4_.000" ows_FileDirRef="4;#pdm/Lists/Segments" ows_Last_x0020_Modified="4;#2010-12-07 06:10:08" ows_Created_x0020_Date="4;#2010-12-07 06:10:08" ows_FSObjType="4;#0" ows_PermMask="0x7fffffffffffffff" ows_FileLeafRef="4;#4_.000" ows_UniqueId="4;#{33D13964-274C-400F-9685-F47255393238}" ows_ProgId="4;#" ows_ScopeId="4;#{0A8885B3-92F5-4F6B-A7E1-58FB7543BEB6}" ows__EditMenuTableStart="4_.000" ows__EditMenuTableEnd="4" ows_LinkFilenameNoMenu="4_.000" ows_LinkFilename="4_.000" ows_ServerUrl="/pdm/Lists/Segments/4_.000" ows_EncodedAbsUrl="http://example.com/pdm/Lists/Segments/4_.000" ows_BaseName="4_" ows_MetaInfo="4;#" ows__Level="1" ows__IsCurrentVersion="1" /><z:row ows_ContentTypeId="0x0100DDB33E0A25E44140B53A905E8CD2C111" ows_Title="Five" ows_DisplayName="Five" ows_ID="5" ows_ContentType="Item" ows_Modified="2010-06-14 15:21:08" ows_Created="2010-06-14 15:21:08" ows_Author="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_Editor="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_owshiddenversion="1" ows_WorkflowVersion="1" ows__UIVersion="512" ows__UIVersionString="1.0" ows_Attachments="0" ows__ModerationStatus="0" ows_LinkTitleNoMenu="Five" ows_LinkTitle="Five" ows_SelectTitle="5" ows_Order="500.000000000000" ows_GUID="{406018AE-EF0F-4789-B3F2-FDC09C0D17D3}" ows_FileRef="5;#pdm/Lists/Segments/5_.000" ows_FileDirRef="5;#pdm/Lists/Segments" ows_Last_x0020_Modified="5;#2010-12-07 06:10:09" ows_Created_x0020_Date="5;#2010-12-07 06:10:09" ows_FSObjType="5;#0" ows_PermMask="0x7fffffffffffffff" ows_FileLeafRef="5;#5_.000" ows_UniqueId="5;#{13573117-A528-46E0-BE9B-A066CC14A8DE}" ows_ProgId="5;#" ows_ScopeId="5;#{0A8885B3-92F5-4F6B-A7E1-58FB7543BEB6}" ows__EditMenuTableStart="5_.000" ows__EditMenuTableEnd="5" ows_LinkFilenameNoMenu="5_.000" ows_LinkFilename="5_.000" ows_ServerUrl="/pdm/Lists/Segments/5_.000" ows_EncodedAbsUrl="http://example.com/pdm/Lists/Segments/5_.000" ows_BaseName="5_" ows_MetaInfo="5;#" ows__Level="1" ows__IsCurrentVersion="1" /><z:row ows_ContentTypeId="0x0100DDB33E0A25E44140B53A905E8CD2C111" ows_Title="Six" ows_DisplayName="Six" ows_ID="6" ows_ContentType="Item" ows_Modified="2010-06-14 15:21:21" ows_Created="2010-06-14 15:21:21" ows_Author="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_Editor="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_owshiddenversion="1" ows_WorkflowVersion="1" ows__UIVersion="512" ows__UIVersionString="1.0" ows_Attachments="0" ows__ModerationStatus="0" ows_LinkTitleNoMenu="Six" ows_LinkTitle="Six" ows_SelectTitle="6" ows_Order="600.000000000000" ows_GUID="{7C22C33A-8ECC-41B8-9D3E-DAA3DF02DE19}" ows_FileRef="6;#pdm/Lists/Segments/6_.000" ows_FileDirRef="6;#pdm/Lists/Segments" ows_Last_x0020_Modified="6;#2010-12-07 06:10:12" ows_Created_x0020_Date="6;#2010-12-07 06:10:12" ows_FSObjType="6;#0" ows_PermMask="0x7fffffffffffffff" ows_FileLeafRef="6;#6_.000" ows_UniqueId="6;#{35C0E27B-8F11-47E2-84B9-3074864AA91E}" ows_ProgId="6;#" ows_ScopeId="6;#{0A8885B3-92F5-4F6B-A7E1-58FB7543BEB6}" ows__EditMenuTableStart="6_.000" ows__EditMenuTableEnd="6" ows_LinkFilenameNoMenu="6_.000" ows_LinkFilename="6_.000" ows_ServerUrl="/pdm/Lists/Segments/6_.000" ows_EncodedAbsUrl="http://example.com/pdm/Lists/Segments/6_.000" ows_BaseName="6_" ows_MetaInfo="6;#" ows__Level="1" ows__IsCurrentVersion="1" /><z:row ows_ContentTypeId="0x0100DDB33E0A25E44140B53A905E8CD2C111" ows_Title="Seven" ows_DisplayName="Seven" ows_ID="7" ows_ContentType="Item" ows_Modified="2010-06-25 13:48:18" ows_Created="2010-06-25 13:48:18" ows_Author="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_Editor="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_owshiddenversion="1" ows_WorkflowVersion="1" ows__UIVersion="512" ows__UIVersionString="1.0" ows_Attachments="0" ows__ModerationStatus="0" ows_LinkTitleNoMenu="Seven" ows_LinkTitle="Seven" ows_SelectTitle="7" ows_Order="700.000000000000" ows_GUID="{015566E8-B432-460E-911F-3325BF9EC6ED}" ows_FileRef="7;#pdm/Lists/Segments/7_.000" ows_FileDirRef="7;#pdm/Lists/Segments" ows_Last_x0020_Modified="7;#2010-12-07 06:10:22" ows_Created_x0020_Date="7;#2010-12-07 06:10:22" ows_FSObjType="7;#0" ows_PermMask="0x7fffffffffffffff" ows_FileLeafRef="7;#7_.000" ows_UniqueId="7;#{2FFD2B33-92EF-4181-9A7C-5E6D96D90E26}" ows_ProgId="7;#" ows_ScopeId="7;#{0A8885B3-92F5-4F6B-A7E1-58FB7543BEB6}" ows__EditMenuTableStart="7_.000" ows__EditMenuTableEnd="7" ows_LinkFilenameNoMenu="7_.000" ows_LinkFilename="7_.000" ows_ServerUrl="/pdm/Lists/Segments/7_.000" ows_EncodedAbsUrl="http://example.com/pdm/Lists/Segments/7_.000" ows_BaseName="7_" ows_MetaInfo="7;#" ows__Level="1" ows__IsCurrentVersion="1" /><z:row ows_ContentTypeId="0x0100DDB33E0A25E44140B53A905E8CD2C111" ows_Title="Eight" ows_DisplayName="Eight" ows_ID="8" ows_ContentType="Item" ows_Modified="2010-06-28 16:54:40" ows_Created="2010-06-28 16:54:40" ows_Author="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_Editor="462;#Workman, Steve" ows_owshiddenversion="1" ows_WorkflowVersion="1" ows__UIVersion="512" ows__UIVersionString="1.0" ows_Attachments="0" ows__ModerationStatus="0" ows_LinkTitleNoMenu="Eight" ows_LinkTitle="Eight" ows_SelectTitle="8" ows_Order="800.000000000000" ows_GUID="{FEEBEFAC-3FC6-4F92-A03E-5202F3FB7295}" ows_FileRef="8;#pdm/Lists/Segments/8_.000" ows_FileDirRef="8;#pdm/Lists/Segments" ows_Last_x0020_Modified="8;#2010-12-07 06:10:22" ows_Created_x0020_Date="8;#2010-12-07 06:10:22" ows_FSObjType="8;#0" ows_PermMask="0x7fffffffffffffff" ows_FileLeafRef="8;#8_.000" ows_UniqueId="8;#{2D5EB204-7915-46E8-AC46-569B607F732D}" ows_ProgId="8;#" ows_ScopeId="8;#{0A8885B3-92F5-4F6B-A7E1-58FB7543BEB6}" ows__EditMenuTableStart="8_.000" ows__EditMenuTableEnd="8" ows_LinkFilenameNoMenu="8_.000" ows_LinkFilename="8_.000" ows_ServerUrl="/pdm/Lists/Segments/8_.000" ows_EncodedAbsUrl="http://example.com/pdm/Lists/Segments/8_.000" ows_BaseName="8_" ows_MetaInfo="8;#" ows__Level="1" ows__IsCurrentVersion="1" /></rs:data></listitems></GetListItemsResult></GetListItemsResponse></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>';
    var oParser = new DOMParser();
    var oDOM = oParser.parseFromString(xData, "text/xml");
  };
</script>

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Without jQuery
 
var nodes = oDOM.getElementsByTagNameNS("#RowsetSchema", "row");
for (var i = 0; i < nodes.length; ++i) {
}
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getElementsByTagNameNS()
 
jQuery(oDOM.getElementsByTagNameNS("#RowsetSchema", "row")).each(function() {});
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z\\:row, row
 
jQuery(xData).find("z\\:row, row").each(function() {});
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Custom plugin
 
jQuery(xData.responseXML).find('*').filterNode('z:row').each(function() {

});
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