function compress(arr, options, jPath){
  let text;
  const compressedObj = {};
  for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    const tagObj = arr[i];
    const property = propName(tagObj);
    let newJpath = "";
    if(jPath === undefined) newJpath = property;
    else newJpath = jPath + "." + property;

    if(property === options.textNodeName){
      if(text === undefined) text = tagObj[property];
      else text += "" + tagObj[property];
    }else if(property === undefined){
      continue;
    }else if(tagObj[property]){
      
      let val = compress(tagObj[property], options, newJpath);
      const isLeaf = isLeafTag(val, options);

      if(tagObj[":@"]){
        assignAttributes( val, tagObj[":@"], newJpath, options);
      }else if(Object.keys(val).length === 1 && val[options.textNodeName] !== undefined && !options.alwaysCreateTextNode){
        val = val[options.textNodeName];
      }else if(Object.keys(val).length === 0){
        if(options.alwaysCreateTextNode) val[options.textNodeName] = "";
        else val = "";
      }

      if(compressedObj[property] !== undefined && compressedObj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
        if(!Array.isArray(compressedObj[property])) {
            compressedObj[property] = [ compressedObj[property] ];
        }
        compressedObj[property].push(val);
      }else{
        //TODO: if a node is not an array, then check if it should be an array
        //also determine if it is a leaf node
        if (options.isArray(property, newJpath, isLeaf )) {
          compressedObj[property] = [val];
        }else{
          compressedObj[property] = val;
        }
      }
    }
    
  }
  // if(text && text.length > 0) compressedObj[options.textNodeName] = text;
  if(typeof text === "string"){
    if(text.length > 0) compressedObj[options.textNodeName] = text;
  }else if(text !== undefined) compressedObj[options.textNodeName] = text;
  return compressedObj;
}
@param {array} arr 
@param {object} options 
@param {string} jPath 
@returns object