smartxml: raise an Error on invalid XML

diff --git a/src/smartxml/smartxml.js b/src/smartxml/smartxml.js
index d42dcbf..acbe04d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/smartxml/smartxml.js
+++ b/src/smartxml/smartxml.js
@@ -222,7 +222,12 @@ $.extend(TextNode.prototype, {
 
 
 var parseXML = function(xml) {
 
 
 var parseXML = function(xml) {

-    return $($.trim(xml))[0];
+    var toret = $($.trim(xml));
+    if(!toret.length) {
+        throw new Error('Unable to parse XML: ' + xml);
+    }
+    return toret[0];
+

 };
 
 var registerTransformation = function(desc, name, target) {
 };
 
 var registerTransformation = function(desc, name, target) {