Added an overload to ValueTree::fromXml() which can take an XML string and parse it

modules/juce_data_structures/values/juce_ValueTree.cpp

@@ -1015,6 +1015,14 @@ ValueTree ValueTree::fromXml (const XmlElement& xml)
     return {};
 }
 
+ValueTree ValueTree::fromXml (const String& xmlText)
+{
+    if (auto xml = parseXML (xmlText))
+        return fromXml (*xml);
+
+    return {};
+}
+
 String ValueTree::toXmlString (const XmlElement::TextFormat& format) const
 {
     if (auto xml = createXml())

modules/juce_data_structures/values/juce_ValueTree.h

@@ -438,6 +438,12 @@ public:
     */
     static ValueTree fromXml (const XmlElement& xml);
 
+    /** Tries to recreate a tree from its XML representation.
+        This isn't designed to cope with random XML data - it should only be fed XML that was created
+        by the createXml() method.
+    */
+    static ValueTree fromXml (const String& xmlText);
+
     /** This returns a string containing an XML representation of the tree.
         This is quite handy for debugging purposes, as it provides a quick way to view a tree.
         @see createXml()