refactor appeal for new and resume

lib/forms/parseFormXml.js

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+// lib/forms/parseFormXml.js
+import xpath from "xpath";
+
+/**
+ * NOTE: Your current page uses DOMParser, which is available in the browser.
+ * For SSR parsing you'd usually use xmldom or a similar package.
+ *
+ * This module supports BOTH:
+ * - Browser: pass DOMParser output doc
+ * - Server: if you later add xmldom, pass its doc here
+ */
+
+export function getSectionCount(doc) {
+    const tabs = xpath.select("/form/tabs/tab[*]", doc);
+    return Array.isArray(tabs) ? tabs.length : 0;
+}
+
+export function getTabTitles(doc) {
+    // same XPath you had
+    const titleAttrs = xpath.select(
+        "//form/tabs/tab[*]/labels/label[@description]/@description",
+        doc
+    );
+
+    if (!Array.isArray(titleAttrs)) return [];
+    // Attribute nodes differ by parser; be defensive:
+    return titleAttrs
+        .map((n) => (typeof n?.value === "string" ? n.value : n?.toString?.()))
+        .filter(Boolean);
+}
+
+export function getTabs(doc) {
+    const tabs = xpath.select("//form/tabs/tab[*]", doc);
+    return Array.isArray(tabs) ? tabs : [];
+}

lib/forms/readFormXml.js

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+// lib/forms/readFormXml.js
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+
+/**
+ * Reads /data/formsxml/{appealtypes}.xml and normalises it.
+ * Returns { xmlStr } or throws on missing file.
+ */
+export function readFormXml(appealtypes) {
+    if (!appealtypes) throw new Error("readFormXml: appealtypes is required");
+
+    const configDirectory = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "data/formsxml");
+    const filePath = path.join(configDirectory, `${appealtypes}.xml`);
+
+    let xmlStr = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
+
+    // Keep existing normalisation behaviour
+    xmlStr = xmlStr.replace(/\t/g, "");
+    xmlStr = xmlStr.replace(/\n/g, "");
+    xmlStr = xmlStr.replace(/> <"/g, "><");
+    xmlStr = xmlStr.toString();
+
+    return { xmlStr, filePath };
+}