jQuery: Simple Ajax Request + Event Handlers

<!-- jQuery Framework -->
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
 
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
	function getData( url ){
	    $.ajax({
	        url: url,
	        dataType: "json",
	        encoding:"UTF-8",
	        beforeSend: ajaxStart,
	        success: ajaxSuccess,
	        error: ajaxError,
	        complete: ajaxComplete
	    });
	}
 
	function ajaxStart( xhrInstance ){
	    //A. Clear Any Previously Written HTML
	    //B. Show Preloader
		console.log( "ajaxStart:" )
	}
 
	function ajaxError( xhrInstance, message, optional ){
	    console.log( "ajaxError:" );
	}
 
	function ajaxComplete( xhrInstance, status ){
		//A. Remove any preloaders
		console.log( "ajaxComplete:" );
	}
 
	function ajaxSuccess( data, status ){
		//Write your Parse XML Function
	    parseData( data );
	}
 
	function parseData( data ){
		console.log( "parseData:", data );
	}
</script>
 
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
$(document).ready(function(){
	getData("http://path/to/xml/or/json/feed");
}	
</script>