diff --git a/jls/util/XmlParser-XmlParser.lua b/jls/util/XmlParser-XmlParser.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e99a2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jls/util/XmlParser-XmlParser.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+local XmlParser = require('XmlParser') -- xml2lua parser
+
+local function errorHandler(errMsg, pos)
+  error(string.format("%s [char=%d]\n", errMsg or "Parse Error", pos))
+end
+
+local function starttag(handler, tag)
+  handler:startElement(tag.name, tag.attrs)
+end
+
+local function endtag(handler, tag)
+  handler:endElement(tag.name)
+end
+
+return {
+  new = function(_, handler)
+    handler.starttag = starttag
+    handler.endtag = endtag
+    return XmlParser.new(handler, {
+      stripWS = true, -- Indicates if whitespaces should be striped or not
+      expandEntities = false,
+      errorHandler = errorHandler
+    })
+  end
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jls/util/XmlParser-lxp.lua b/jls/util/XmlParser-lxp.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd28e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jls/util/XmlParser-lxp.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+local lxpLib = require('lxp')
+
+local function startElement(p, name, attrs)
+	local handler = p:getcallbacks().handler
+  handler:startElement(name, attrs)
+end
+
+local function endElement(p, name)
+	local handler = p:getcallbacks().handler
+  handler:endElement(name)
+end
+
+local function cdata(p, text)
+	local handler = p:getcallbacks().handler
+  handler:cdata(text)
+end
+
+return {
+  new = function(_, handler)
+    -- see https://lunarmodules.github.io/luaexpat/manual.html
+    -- lxp.new(callbacks [, separator[, merge_character_data]])
+    return lxpLib.new({
+      StartElement = startElement,
+      EndElement = endElement,
+      CharacterData = cdata,
+      _nonstrict = true,
+      handler = handler
+	  })
+  end
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jls/util/xml.lua b/jls/util/xml.lua
index 412cad1..a83a7e3 100644
--- a/jls/util/xml.lua
+++ b/jls/util/xml.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 -- @module jls.util.xml
 -- @pragma nostrip
 
-local XmlParser = require('XmlParser') -- xml2lua parser
+local XmlParser = require('jls.lang.loader').requireOne('jls.util.XmlParser-lxp', 'jls.util.XmlParser-XmlParser')
 local class = require('jls.lang.class')
 local StringBuffer = require('jls.lang.StringBuffer')
 --local List = require('jls.util.List')
@@ -106,25 +106,29 @@ local Handler = class.create(function(handler)
     table.insert(current, child)
   end
 
-  function handler:starttag(tag)
+  function handler:startElement(name, attrs)
     local node = {
-      name = tag.name
+      name = name
     }
-    if tag.attrs then
+    if attrs then
       local attr = {}
-      for k, v in pairs(tag.attrs) do
-        attr[k] = unescape(v)
+      for k, v in pairs(attrs) do
+        if type(k) == 'string' then
+          attr[k] = unescape(v)
+        end
+      end
+      if next(attrs) then
+        node.attr = attr
       end
-      node.attr = attr
     end
     self:addChild(node)
     table.insert(self._stack, node)
   end
 
-  function handler:endtag(tag)
+  function handler:endElement(name)
     local current = self._stack[#self._stack]
-    if current.name ~= tag.name then
-      error('Expecting end tag '..'"'..current.name..'" but found "'..tag.name..'"')
+    if current.name ~= name then
+      error('Expecting end tag '..'"'..current.name..'" but found "'..name..'"')
     end
     table.remove(self._stack)
   end
@@ -201,14 +205,7 @@ end
 -- -- Returns {name = 'a', {name = 'b', attr = {c = 'c'}, 'A value'}}
 function xml.decode(xmlString)
   local handler = Handler:new()
-  local options = {
-    stripWS = true, -- Indicates if whitespaces should be striped or not
-    expandEntities = false,
-    errorHandler = function(errMsg, pos)
-      error(string.format("%s [char=%d]\n", errMsg or "Parse Error", pos))
-    end
-  }
-  local parser = XmlParser.new(handler, options)
+  local parser = XmlParser:new(handler)
   parser:parse(xmlString)
   return handler.root[1]
 end