diff --git a/lib/xml.js b/lib/xml.js
index cd59109..0fcdb96 100644
--- a/lib/xml.js
+++ b/lib/xml.js
@@ -117,32 +117,44 @@ var XMLObject = function(dom) {
     }
 
     this.encode = function(value, type) {
-        var dom = this.getDOM();
+        try {
+            var dom = this.getDOM();
 
-        dom.dataType = type;
-        if (type.indexOf("bin.") == 0) {
-            dom.nodeTypedValue = (new StreamConvert(value)).toBinary();
-        } else {
-            dom.nodeTypedValue = value;
+            dom.dataType = type;
+            if (type.indexOf("bin.") == 0) {
+                dom.nodeTypedValue = (new StreamConvert(value)).toBinary();
+            } else {
+                dom.nodeTypedValue = value;
+            }
+
+            return dom.text;
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.error("XMLObject->encode():", e.message);
         }
-
-        return dom.text;
     };
 
     this.decode = function(value, type) {
-        var dom = this.getDOM();
+        try {
+            var dom = this.getDOM();
 
-        dom.dataType = type;
-        if (type.indexOf("bin.") == 0) {
-            dom.text = (new StreamConvert(value)).toString();
-        } else {
-            dom.text = value;
+            dom.dataType = type;
+            if (type.indexOf("bin.") == 0) {
+                dom.text = (new StreamConvert(value)).toString();
+            } else {
+                dom.text = value;
+            }
+
+            return dom.nodeTypedValue;
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.error("XMLObject->decode():", e.message);
         }
-
-        return dom.nodeTypedValue;
     };
 };
 
+exports.create = function() {
+    return (new XMLObject());
+};
+
 exports.load = function(s) {
     return (new XMLObject()).load(s);
 };