Fixed to_xml across the board to use nice indention, better skip_attributes workings, no type on strings, and cleaned tests [DHH]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@3829 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 1203068aa8..61f7e94d89 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -1504,6 +1504,20 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         @readonly = true
       end
 
+      # Turns this record into XML 
+      def to_xml(options = {})
+        options[:skip_attributes] = Array(options[:skip_attributes])
+        options[:skip_attributes] << :type
+        options[:skip_attributes].collect! { |attribute| attribute.to_s }
+
+        attributes_to_be_xmled = attributes
+        options[:skip_attributes].each { |attribute_name| attributes_to_be_xmled.delete(attribute_name) }
+
+        options[:root] ||= self.class.to_s.underscore
+
+        attributes_to_be_xmled.to_xml(options)
+      end
+
     private
       def create_or_update
         if new_record? then create else update end