---
name: "KayaDoc.readDoc"
section: "3kaya"
platform: "linux"
package: "kaya"
version: "0.4.4-6.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/KayaDoc.readDoc"
---

# KayaDoc.readDoc(3kaya)

Read an -xmldocs .xml file

## NAME

KayaDoc::readDoc - Read an -xmldocs .xml file

## SYNOPSIS

**APIDoc readDoc(** *String filename* **)**

## ARGUMENTS

**filename** The filename of the documentation

## DESCRIPTION

Reads a file generated with -xmldocs into an **ElementTreeData.ElementTree (3kaya)**\
  This is then used by the other functions in this module.

## AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

## LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

## RELATED

**KayaDoc.readString (3kaya)**