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node.js xml json parsing JavaScript

I've been researching this but I'm working on a Node.js application where I'm required to parse a hybrid configuration file that contains both XML and JSON. The configuration looks something like this: ```xml <config> <database> <host>localhost</host> <port>5432</port> </database> <features> <feature> { "enabled": true, "name": "feature1" } </feature> <feature> { "enabled": false, "name": "feature2" } </feature> </features> </config> ``` I've tried using the `xml2js` library to parse the XML part, which works fine, but I'm struggling with how to handle the JSON strings within the `<feature>` nodes. Here's a snippet of what I've done so far: ```javascript const fs = require('fs'); const xml2js = require('xml2js'); fs.readFile('config.xml', (err, data) => { if (err) { throw err; } xml2js.parseString(data, (err, result) => { if (err) { throw err; } console.log(result); // Attempting to parse feature JSON strings result.config.features[0].feature.forEach(feature => { const jsonStr = feature; try { const jsonObj = JSON.parse(jsonStr); console.log(jsonObj); } catch (e) { console.behavior('behavior parsing JSON:', e.message); } }); }); }); ``` However, I keep getting the behavior `Unexpected token o in JSON at position 1`, which suggests that the string `feature` is not being treated as a JSON string. I've checked and it looks correctly formatted. I'm unsure if I need to modify how I'm accessing the feature data or if there's a different approach I should take. Any insights on how to properly parse these mixed data types would be greatly appreciated!