var itemData = [];
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.open("GET",'listings.xml',false);
xmlhttp.send();
xmlDoc=xmlhttp.responseXML;

items = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("item");


for(i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
    itemData.push("");
    itemData[i].title = items[i].getAttribute("title");
    itemData[i].id = i;
    itemData[i].description = items[i].getElementsByTagName("description")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
    itemData[i].images = [];
    imagelist = items[i].getElementsByTagName("image");
    for(j = 0; j < imagelist.length; j++) {
        itemData[i].images.push("");
        itemData[i].images[j] = imagelist[j].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
    }
    itemData[i].thumbnail = items[i].getElementsByTagName("thumbnail")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
    itemData[i].startingbid = items[i].getElementsByTagName("startingbid")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;

}