Here's a simple example that hopefully will help :
Qt Code:
  1. #include <QDomDocument>
  2. #include <QXmlSimpleReader>
  3. #include <QDebug>
  4.  
  5. int main(){
  6.  
  7. QString xmlString("<original> </original>");
  8. source.setData(xmlString);
  9. doc.setContent(&source, &reader);
  10. QDomElement docElem = doc.documentElement();
  11. qDebug() << docElem.tagName() << docElem.text();
  12. }
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Outputs: "original" " "