function import_xml($xmldata)
 {
     $parser = xml_parser_create();
     xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, 0);
     xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE, 1);
     xml_parse_into_struct($parser, $xmldata, $vals, $index);
     xml_parser_free($parser);
     unset($index);
     $node = new xmltool('node', $vals[0]['tag'], $this->indentstring);
     if (isset($vals[0]['attributes'])) {
         while (list($key, $value) = each($vals[0]['attributes'])) {
             $node->set_attribute($key, $value);
         }
     }
     switch ($vals[0]['type']) {
         case 'complete':
             $node->set_value($vals[0]['value']);
             break;
         case 'cdata':
             $node->set_value($vals[0]['value']);
             break;
         case 'open':
             $node = $this->import_xml_children($vals, $i = 0, $node);
             break;
         case 'closed':
             exit;
     }
     $this->add_node($node);
 }