Merge branch 'master' into active_model

Conflicts:
	activemodel/lib/active_model/core.rb
	activemodel/test/cases/state_machine/event_test.rb
	activemodel/test/cases/state_machine/state_transition_test.rb
	activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
	activerecord/test/cases/validations/i18n_validation_test.rb
	activeresource/lib/active_resource.rb
	activeresource/test/abstract_unit.rb

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/libxml.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/libxml.rb
index 370205409a..d4c4dc7be5 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/libxml.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/libxml.rb
@@ -5,16 +5,20 @@ module ActiveSupport
   module XmlMini_LibXML #:nodoc:
     extend self
 
-    # Parse an XML Document string into a simple hash using libxml.
-    # string::
-    #   XML Document string to parse
-    def parse(string)
+    # Parse an XML Document string or IO into a simple hash using libxml.
+    # data::
+    #   XML Document string or IO to parse
+    def parse(data)
+      if data.respond_to?(:read)
+        data = data.read
+      end
+
       LibXML::XML.default_keep_blanks = false
 
-      if string.blank?
+      if data.blank?
         {}
       else
-        LibXML::XML::Parser.string(string.strip).parse.to_hash
+        LibXML::XML::Parser.string(data.strip).parse.to_hash
       end
     end