Update bundled xml-simple to 1.0.11 and prefer installed gems

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-# = XmlSimple
-#
-# Author::    Maik Schmidt <contact@maik-schmidt.de>
-# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Maik Schmidt
-# License::   Distributes under the same terms as Ruby.
-#
-require 'rexml/document'
-require 'stringio'
-
-# Easy API to maintain XML (especially configuration files).
-class XmlSimple
-  include REXML
-
-  @@VERSION = '1.0.9'
-
-  # A simple cache for XML documents that were already transformed
-  # by xml_in.
-  class Cache #:nodoc:
-    # Creates and initializes a new Cache object.
-    def initialize
-      @mem_share_cache = {}
-      @mem_copy_cache  = {}
-    end
-
-    # Saves a data structure into a file.
-    # 
-    # data::
-    #   Data structure to be saved.
-    # filename::
-    #   Name of the file belonging to the data structure.
-    def save_storable(data, filename)
-      cache_file = get_cache_filename(filename)
-      File.open(cache_file, "w+") { |f| Marshal.dump(data, f) }
-    end
-
-    # Restores a data structure from a file. If restoring the data
-    # structure failed for any reason, nil will be returned.
-    #
-    # filename::
-    #   Name of the file belonging to the data structure.
-    def restore_storable(filename)
-      cache_file = get_cache_filename(filename)
-      return nil unless File::exist?(cache_file)
-      return nil unless File::mtime(cache_file).to_i > File::mtime(filename).to_i
-      data = nil
-      File.open(cache_file) { |f| data = Marshal.load(f) }
-      data
-    end
-
-    # Saves a data structure in a shared memory cache.
-    #
-    # data::
-    #   Data structure to be saved.
-    # filename::
-    #   Name of the file belonging to the data structure.
-    def save_mem_share(data, filename)
-      @mem_share_cache[filename] = [Time::now.to_i, data]
-    end
-
-    # Restores a data structure from a shared memory cache. You
-    # should consider these elements as "read only". If restoring
-    # the data structure failed for any reason, nil will be
-    # returned.
-    #
-    # filename::
-    #   Name of the file belonging to the data structure.
-    def restore_mem_share(filename)
-      get_from_memory_cache(filename, @mem_share_cache)
-    end
-
-    # Copies a data structure to a memory cache.
-    #
-    # data::
-    #   Data structure to be copied.
-    # filename::
-    #   Name of the file belonging to the data structure.
-    def save_mem_copy(data, filename)
-      @mem_share_cache[filename] = [Time::now.to_i, Marshal.dump(data)]
-    end
-
-    # Restores a data structure from a memory cache. If restoring
-    # the data structure failed for any reason, nil will be
-    # returned.
-    #
-    # filename::
-    #   Name of the file belonging to the data structure.
-    def restore_mem_copy(filename)
-      data = get_from_memory_cache(filename, @mem_share_cache)
-      data = Marshal.load(data) unless data.nil?
-      data
-    end
-
-    private
-
-    # Returns the "cache filename" belonging to a filename, i.e.
-    # the extension '.xml' in the original filename will be replaced
-    # by '.stor'. If filename does not have this extension, '.stor'
-    # will be appended.
-    #
-    # filename::
-    #   Filename to get "cache filename" for.
-    def get_cache_filename(filename)
-      filename.sub(/(\.xml)?$/, '.stor')
-    end
-
-    # Returns a cache entry from a memory cache belonging to a
-    # certain filename. If no entry could be found for any reason,
-    # nil will be returned.
-    #
-    # filename::
-    #   Name of the file the cache entry belongs to.
-    # cache::
-    #   Memory cache to get entry from.
-    def get_from_memory_cache(filename, cache)
-      return nil unless cache[filename]
-      return nil unless cache[filename][0] > File::mtime(filename).to_i
-      return cache[filename][1]
-    end
-  end
-
-  # Create a "global" cache.
-  @@cache = Cache.new
-
-  # Creates and initializes a new XmlSimple object.
-  # 
-  # defaults::
-  #   Default values for options.
-  def initialize(defaults = nil)
-    unless defaults.nil? || defaults.instance_of?(Hash)
-      raise ArgumentError, "Options have to be a Hash."
-    end
-    @default_options = normalize_option_names(defaults, KNOWN_OPTIONS['in'] & KNOWN_OPTIONS['out'])
-    @options = Hash.new
-    @_var_values = nil
-  end
-
-  # Converts an XML document in the same way as the Perl module XML::Simple.
-  #
-  # string::
-  #   XML source. Could be one of the following:
-  #
-  #   - nil: Tries to load and parse '<scriptname>.xml'.
-  #   - filename: Tries to load and parse filename.
-  #   - IO object: Reads from object until EOF is detected and parses result.
-  #   - XML string: Parses string.
-  #   
-  # options::
-  #   Options to be used.
-  def xml_in(string = nil, options = nil)
-    handle_options('in', options)
-
-    # If no XML string or filename was supplied look for scriptname.xml.
-    if string.nil?
-      string = File::basename($0)
-      string.sub!(/\.[^.]+$/, '')
-      string += '.xml'
-
-      directory = File::dirname($0)
-      @options['searchpath'].unshift(directory) unless directory.nil?
-    end
-
-    if string.instance_of?(String)
-      if string =~ /<.*?>/m
-        @doc = parse(string)
-      elsif string == '-'
-        @doc = parse($stdin.readlines.to_s)
-      else
-        filename = find_xml_file(string, @options['searchpath'])
-
-        if @options.has_key?('cache')
-          @options['cache'].each { |scheme|
-            case(scheme)
-            when 'storable'
-              content = @@cache.restore_storable(filename)
-            when 'mem_share'
-              content = @@cache.restore_mem_share(filename)
-            when 'mem_copy'
-              content = @@cache.restore_mem_copy(filename)
-            else
-              raise ArgumentError, "Unsupported caching scheme: <#{scheme}>."
-            end
-            return content if content
-          }
-        end
-        
-        @doc = load_xml_file(filename)
-      end
-    elsif string.kind_of?(IO) || string.kind_of?(StringIO)
-      @doc = parse(string.readlines.to_s)
-    else
-      raise ArgumentError, "Could not parse object of type: <#{string.type}>."
-    end
-
-    result = collapse(@doc.root)
-    result = @options['keeproot'] ? merge({}, @doc.root.name, result) : result
-    put_into_cache(result, filename)
-    result
-  end
-
-  # This is the functional version of the instance method xml_in.
-  def XmlSimple.xml_in(string = nil, options = nil)
-    xml_simple = XmlSimple.new
-    xml_simple.xml_in(string, options)
-  end
-  
-  # Converts a data structure into an XML document.
-  #
-  # ref::
-  #   Reference to data structure to be converted into XML.
-  # options::
-  #   Options to be used.
-  def xml_out(ref, options = nil)
-    handle_options('out', options)
-    if ref.instance_of?(Array)
-      ref = { @options['anonymoustag'] => ref }
-    end
-
-    if @options['keeproot']
-      keys = ref.keys
-      if keys.size == 1
-        ref = ref[keys[0]]
-        @options['rootname'] = keys[0]
-      end
-    elsif @options['rootname'] == ''
-      if ref.instance_of?(Hash)
-        refsave = ref
-        ref = {}
-        refsave.each { |key, value|
-          if !scalar(value)
-            ref[key] = value
-          else
-            ref[key] = [ value.to_s ]
-          end
-        }
-      end
-    end
-
-    @ancestors = []
-    xml = value_to_xml(ref, @options['rootname'], '')
-    @ancestors = nil
-
-    if @options['xmldeclaration']
-      xml = @options['xmldeclaration'] + "\n" + xml
-    end
-
-    if @options.has_key?('outputfile')
-      if @options['outputfile'].kind_of?(IO)
-        return @options['outputfile'].write(xml)
-      else
-        File.open(@options['outputfile'], "w") { |file| file.write(xml) }
-      end
-    end
-    xml
-  end
-
-  # This is the functional version of the instance method xml_out.
-  def XmlSimple.xml_out(hash, options = nil)
-    xml_simple = XmlSimple.new
-    xml_simple.xml_out(hash, options)
-  end
-  
-  private
-
-  # Declare options that are valid for xml_in and xml_out.
-  KNOWN_OPTIONS = {
-    'in'  => %w(
-      keyattr keeproot forcecontent contentkey noattr
-      searchpath forcearray suppressempty anonymoustag
-      cache grouptags normalisespace normalizespace
-      variables varattr keytosymbol
-    ),
-    'out' => %w(
-      keyattr keeproot contentkey noattr rootname
-      xmldeclaration outputfile noescape suppressempty
-      anonymoustag indent grouptags noindent
-    )
-  }
-
-  # Define some reasonable defaults.
-  DEF_KEY_ATTRIBUTES  = []
-  DEF_ROOT_NAME       = 'opt'
-  DEF_CONTENT_KEY     = 'content'
-  DEF_XML_DECLARATION = "<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>"
-  DEF_ANONYMOUS_TAG   = 'anon'
-  DEF_FORCE_ARRAY     = true
-  DEF_INDENTATION     = '  '
-  DEF_KEY_TO_SYMBOL   = false
-  
-  # Normalizes option names in a hash, i.e., turns all
-  # characters to lower case and removes all underscores.
-  # Additionally, this method checks, if an unknown option
-  # was used and raises an according exception.
-  #
-  # options::
-  #   Hash to be normalized.
-  # known_options::
-  #   List of known options.
-  def normalize_option_names(options, known_options)
-    return nil if options.nil?
-    result = Hash.new
-    options.each { |key, value|
-      lkey = key.downcase
-      lkey.gsub!(/_/, '')
-      if !known_options.member?(lkey)
-        raise ArgumentError, "Unrecognised option: #{lkey}."
-      end
-      result[lkey] = value
-    }
-    result
-  end
-  
-  # Merges a set of options with the default options.
-  # 
-  # direction::
-  #  'in':  If options should be handled for xml_in.
-  #  'out': If options should be handled for xml_out.
-  # options::
-  #   Options to be merged with the default options.
-  def handle_options(direction, options)
-    @options = options || Hash.new
-
-    raise ArgumentError, "Options must be a Hash!" unless @options.instance_of?(Hash)
-
-    unless KNOWN_OPTIONS.has_key?(direction)
-      raise ArgumentError, "Unknown direction: <#{direction}>."
-    end
-
-    known_options = KNOWN_OPTIONS[direction]
-    @options = normalize_option_names(@options, known_options)
-
-    unless @default_options.nil?
-      known_options.each { |option|
-        unless @options.has_key?(option)
-          if @default_options.has_key?(option)
-            @options[option] = @default_options[option]
-          end
-        end
-      }
-    end
-
-    unless @options.has_key?('noattr')
-        @options['noattr'] = false
-    end
-
-    if @options.has_key?('rootname')
-      @options['rootname'] = '' if @options['rootname'].nil?
-    else
-      @options['rootname'] = DEF_ROOT_NAME
-    end
-
-    if @options.has_key?('xmldeclaration') && @options['xmldeclaration'] == true
-      @options['xmldeclaration'] = DEF_XML_DECLARATION
-    end
-
-    @options['keytosymbol'] = DEF_KEY_TO_SYMBOL unless @options.has_key?('keytosymbol')
-
-    if @options.has_key?('contentkey')
-      if @options['contentkey'] =~ /^-(.*)$/
-        @options['contentkey']    = $1
-        @options['collapseagain'] = true
-      end
-    else
-      @options['contentkey'] = DEF_CONTENT_KEY
-    end
-
-    unless @options.has_key?('normalisespace')
-      @options['normalisespace'] = @options['normalizespace']
-    end
-    @options['normalisespace'] = 0 if @options['normalisespace'].nil?
-
-    if @options.has_key?('searchpath')
-      unless @options['searchpath'].instance_of?(Array)
-        @options['searchpath'] = [ @options['searchpath'] ]
-      end
-    else
-      @options['searchpath'] = []
-    end
-
-    if @options.has_key?('cache') && scalar(@options['cache'])
-      @options['cache'] = [ @options['cache'] ]
-    end
-
-    @options['anonymoustag'] = DEF_ANONYMOUS_TAG unless @options.has_key?('anonymoustag')
-
-    if !@options.has_key?('indent') || @options['indent'].nil?
-      @options['indent'] = DEF_INDENTATION
-    end
-
-    @options['indent'] = '' if @options.has_key?('noindent')
-
-    # Special cleanup for 'keyattr' which could be an array or
-    # a hash or left to default to array.
-    if @options.has_key?('keyattr')
-      if !scalar(@options['keyattr'])
-        # Convert keyattr => { elem => '+attr' }
-        #      to keyattr => { elem => ['attr', '+'] }
-        if @options['keyattr'].instance_of?(Hash)
-          @options['keyattr'].each { |key, value|
-            if value =~ /^([-+])?(.*)$/
-              @options['keyattr'][key] = [$2, $1 ? $1 : '']
-            end
-          }
-        elsif !@options['keyattr'].instance_of?(Array)
-          raise ArgumentError, "'keyattr' must be String, Hash, or Array!"
-        end
-      else
-        @options['keyattr'] = [ @options['keyattr'] ]
-      end
-    else
-      @options['keyattr'] = DEF_KEY_ATTRIBUTES
-    end
-
-    if @options.has_key?('forcearray')
-      if @options['forcearray'].instance_of?(Regexp)
-        @options['forcearray'] = [ @options['forcearray'] ]
-      end
-
-      if @options['forcearray'].instance_of?(Array)
-        force_list = @options['forcearray']
-        unless force_list.empty?
-          @options['forcearray'] = {}
-          force_list.each { |tag|
-            if tag.instance_of?(Regexp)
-              unless @options['forcearray']['_regex'].instance_of?(Array)
-                @options['forcearray']['_regex'] = []
-              end
-              @options['forcearray']['_regex'] << tag
-            else
-              @options['forcearray'][tag] = true
-            end
-          }
-        else
-          @options['forcearray'] = false
-        end
-      else
-        @options['forcearray'] = @options['forcearray'] ? true : false
-      end
-    else
-      @options['forcearray'] = DEF_FORCE_ARRAY
-    end
-
-    if @options.has_key?('grouptags') && !@options['grouptags'].instance_of?(Hash)
-      raise ArgumentError, "Illegal value for 'GroupTags' option - expected a Hash."
-    end
-
-    if @options.has_key?('variables') && !@options['variables'].instance_of?(Hash)
-      raise ArgumentError, "Illegal value for 'Variables' option - expected a Hash."
-    end
-
-    if @options.has_key?('variables')
-      @_var_values = @options['variables']
-    elsif @options.has_key?('varattr')
-      @_var_values = {}
-    end
-  end
-
-  # Actually converts an XML document element into a data structure.
-  #
-  # element::
-  #   The document element to be collapsed.
-  def collapse(element)
-    result = @options['noattr'] ? {} : get_attributes(element)
-
-    if @options['normalisespace'] == 2
-      result.each { |k, v| result[k] = normalise_space(v) }
-    end
-
-    if element.has_elements?
-      element.each_element { |child|
-        value = collapse(child)
-        if empty(value) && (element.attributes.empty? || @options['noattr'])
-          next if @options.has_key?('suppressempty') && @options['suppressempty'] == true
-        end
-        result = merge(result, child.name, value)
-      }
-      if has_mixed_content?(element)
-        # normalisespace?
-        content = element.texts.map { |x| x.to_s }
-        content = content[0] if content.size == 1
-        result[@options['contentkey']] = content
-      end
-    elsif element.has_text? # i.e. it has only text.
-      return collapse_text_node(result, element)
-    end
-
-    # Turn Arrays into Hashes if key fields present.
-    count = fold_arrays(result)
-
-    # Disintermediate grouped tags.
-    if @options.has_key?('grouptags')
-      result.each { |key, value|
-        next unless (value.instance_of?(Hash) && (value.size == 1))
-        child_key, child_value = value.to_a[0]
-        if @options['grouptags'][key] == child_key
-          result[key] = child_value
-        end
-      }
-    end
-    
-    # Fold Hases containing a single anonymous Array up into just the Array.
-    if count == 1 
-      anonymoustag = @options['anonymoustag']
-      if result.has_key?(anonymoustag) && result[anonymoustag].instance_of?(Array)
-        return result[anonymoustag]
-      end
-    end
-
-    if result.empty? && @options.has_key?('suppressempty')
-      return @options['suppressempty'] == '' ? '' : nil
-    end
-
-    result
-  end
-
-  # Collapses a text node and merges it with an existing Hash, if
-  # possible.
-  # Thanks to Curtis Schofield for reporting a subtle bug.
-  #
-  # hash::
-  #   Hash to merge text node value with, if possible.
-  # element::
-  #   Text node to be collapsed.
-  def collapse_text_node(hash, element)
-    value = node_to_text(element)
-    if empty(value) && !element.has_attributes?
-      return {}
-    end
-
-    if element.has_attributes? && !@options['noattr']
-      return merge(hash, @options['contentkey'], value)
-    else
-      if @options['forcecontent']
-        return merge(hash, @options['contentkey'], value)
-      else
-        return value
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  # Folds all arrays in a Hash.
-  # 
-  # hash::
-  #   Hash to be folded.
-  def fold_arrays(hash)
-    fold_amount = 0
-    keyattr = @options['keyattr']
-    if (keyattr.instance_of?(Array) || keyattr.instance_of?(Hash))
-      hash.each { |key, value|
-        if value.instance_of?(Array)
-          if keyattr.instance_of?(Array)
-            hash[key] = fold_array(value)
-          else
-            hash[key] = fold_array_by_name(key, value)
-          end
-          fold_amount += 1
-        end
-      }
-    end
-    fold_amount
-  end
-
-  # Folds an Array to a Hash, if possible. Folding happens
-  # according to the content of keyattr, which has to be
-  # an array.
-  #
-  # array::
-  #   Array to be folded.
-  def fold_array(array)
-    hash = Hash.new
-    array.each { |x|
-      return array unless x.instance_of?(Hash)
-      key_matched = false
-      @options['keyattr'].each { |key|
-        if x.has_key?(key)
-          key_matched = true
-          value = x[key]
-          return array if value.instance_of?(Hash) || value.instance_of?(Array)
-          value = normalise_space(value) if @options['normalisespace'] == 1
-          x.delete(key)
-          hash[value] = x
-          break
-        end
-      }
-      return array unless key_matched
-    }
-    hash = collapse_content(hash) if @options['collapseagain']
-    hash
-  end
-  
-  # Folds an Array to a Hash, if possible. Folding happens
-  # according to the content of keyattr, which has to be
-  # a Hash.
-  #
-  # name::
-  #   Name of the attribute to be folded upon.
-  # array::
-  #   Array to be folded.
-  def fold_array_by_name(name, array)
-    return array unless @options['keyattr'].has_key?(name)
-    key, flag = @options['keyattr'][name]
-
-    hash = Hash.new
-    array.each { |x|
-      if x.instance_of?(Hash) && x.has_key?(key)
-        value = x[key]
-        return array if value.instance_of?(Hash) || value.instance_of?(Array)
-        value = normalise_space(value) if @options['normalisespace'] == 1
-        hash[value] = x
-        hash[value]["-#{key}"] = hash[value][key] if flag == '-'
-        hash[value].delete(key) unless flag == '+'
-      else
-        $stderr.puts("Warning: <#{name}> element has no '#{key}' attribute.")
-        return array
-      end
-    }
-    hash = collapse_content(hash) if @options['collapseagain']
-    hash
-  end
-
-  # Tries to collapse a Hash even more ;-)
-  #
-  # hash::
-  #   Hash to be collapsed again.
-  def collapse_content(hash)
-    content_key = @options['contentkey']
-    hash.each_value { |value|
-      return hash unless value.instance_of?(Hash) && value.size == 1 && value.has_key?(content_key)
-      hash.each_key { |key| hash[key] = hash[key][content_key] }
-    }
-    hash
-  end
-  
-  # Adds a new key/value pair to an existing Hash. If the key to be added
-  # does already exist and the existing value associated with key is not
-  # an Array, it will be converted into an Array. Then the new value is
-  # appended to that Array.
-  #
-  # hash::
-  #   Hash to add key/value pair to.
-  # key::
-  #   Key to be added.
-  # value::
-  #   Value to be associated with key.
-  def merge(hash, key, value)
-    if value.instance_of?(String)
-      value = normalise_space(value) if @options['normalisespace'] == 2
-
-      # do variable substitutions
-      unless @_var_values.nil? || @_var_values.empty?
-        value.gsub!(/\$\{(\w+)\}/) { |x| get_var($1) }
-      end
-      
-      # look for variable definitions
-      if @options.has_key?('varattr')
-        varattr = @options['varattr']
-        if hash.has_key?(varattr)
-          set_var(hash[varattr], value)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-    
-    #patch for converting keys to symbols
-    if @options.has_key?('keytosymbol')
-      if @options['keytosymbol'] == true
-        key = key.to_s.downcase.to_sym
-      end
-    end
-    
-    if hash.has_key?(key)
-      if hash[key].instance_of?(Array)
-        hash[key] << value
-      else
-        hash[key] = [ hash[key], value ]
-      end
-    elsif value.instance_of?(Array) # Handle anonymous arrays.
-      hash[key] = [ value ]
-    else
-      if force_array?(key)
-        hash[key] = [ value ]
-      else
-        hash[key] = value
-      end
-    end
-    hash
-  end
-  
-  # Checks, if the 'forcearray' option has to be used for
-  # a certain key.
-  def force_array?(key)
-    return false if key == @options['contentkey']
-    return true if @options['forcearray'] == true
-    forcearray = @options['forcearray']
-    if forcearray.instance_of?(Hash)
-      return true if forcearray.has_key?(key) 
-      return false unless forcearray.has_key?('_regex')
-      forcearray['_regex'].each { |x| return true if key =~ x }
-    end
-    return false
-  end
-  
-  # Converts the attributes array of a document node into a Hash.
-  # Returns an empty Hash, if node has no attributes.
-  #
-  # node::
-  #   Document node to extract attributes from.
-  def get_attributes(node)
-    attributes = {}
-    node.attributes.each { |n,v| attributes[n] = v }
-    attributes
-  end
-  
-  # Determines, if a document element has mixed content.
-  #
-  # element::
-  #   Document element to be checked.
-  def has_mixed_content?(element)
-    if element.has_text? && element.has_elements?
-      return true if element.texts.join('') !~ /^\s*$/s
-    end
-    false
-  end
-  
-  # Called when a variable definition is encountered in the XML.
-  # A variable definition looks like
-  #    <element attrname="name">value</element>
-  # where attrname matches the varattr setting.
-  def set_var(name, value)
-    @_var_values[name] = value
-  end
-
-  # Called during variable substitution to get the value for the
-  # named variable.
-  def get_var(name)
-    if @_var_values.has_key?(name)
-      return @_var_values[name]
-    else
-      return "${#{name}}"
-    end
-  end
-  
-  # Recurses through a data structure building up and returning an
-  # XML representation of that structure as a string.
-  #
-  # ref::
-  #   Reference to the data structure to be encoded.
-  # name::
-  #   The XML tag name to be used for this item.
-  # indent::
-  #   A string of spaces for use as the current indent level.
-  def value_to_xml(ref, name, indent)
-    named = !name.nil? && name != ''
-    nl    = @options.has_key?('noindent') ? '' : "\n"
-
-    if !scalar(ref)
-      if @ancestors.member?(ref)
-        raise ArgumentError, "Circular data structures not supported!"
-      end
-      @ancestors << ref
-    else
-      if named
-        return [indent, '<', name, '>', @options['noescape'] ? ref.to_s : escape_value(ref.to_s), '</', name, '>', nl].join('')
-      else
-        return ref.to_s + nl
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Unfold hash to array if possible.
-    if ref.instance_of?(Hash) && !ref.empty? && !@options['keyattr'].empty? && indent != ''
-      ref = hash_to_array(name, ref)
-    end
-
-    result = []
-    if ref.instance_of?(Hash)
-      # Reintermediate grouped values if applicable.
-      if @options.has_key?('grouptags')
-        ref.each { |key, value|
-          if @options['grouptags'].has_key?(key)
-            ref[key] = { @options['grouptags'][key] => value }
-          end
-        }
-      end
-      
-      nested = []
-      text_content = nil
-      if named
-        result << indent << '<' << name
-      end
-
-      if !ref.empty?
-        ref.each { |key, value|
-          next if !key.nil? && key[0, 1] == '-'
-          if value.nil?
-            unless @options.has_key?('suppressempty') && @options['suppressempty'].nil?
-              raise ArgumentError, "Use of uninitialized value!"
-            end
-            value = {}
-          end
-
-          if !scalar(value) || @options['noattr']
-            nested << value_to_xml(value, key, indent + @options['indent'])
-          else
-            value = value.to_s
-            value = escape_value(value) unless @options['noescape']
-            if key == @options['contentkey']
-              text_content = value
-            else
-              result << ' ' << key << '="' << value << '"'
-            end
-          end
-        }
-      else
-        text_content = ''
-      end
-
-      if !nested.empty? || !text_content.nil?
-        if named
-          result << '>'
-          if !text_content.nil?
-            result << text_content
-            nested[0].sub!(/^\s+/, '') if !nested.empty?
-          else
-            result << nl
-          end
-          if !nested.empty?
-            result << nested << indent
-          end
-          result << '</' << name << '>' << nl
-        else
-          result << nested
-        end
-      else
-        result << ' />' << nl
-      end
-    elsif ref.instance_of?(Array)
-      ref.each { |value|
-        if scalar(value)
-          result << indent << '<' << name << '>'
-          result << (@options['noescape'] ? value.to_s : escape_value(value.to_s))
-          result << '</' << name << '>' << nl
-        elsif value.instance_of?(Hash)
-          result << value_to_xml(value, name, indent)
-        else
-          result << indent << '<' << name << '>' << nl
-          result << value_to_xml(value, @options['anonymoustag'], indent + @options['indent'])
-          result << indent << '</' << name << '>' << nl
-        end
-      }
-    else
-      # Probably, this is obsolete.
-      raise ArgumentError, "Can't encode a value of type: #{ref.type}."
-    end
-    @ancestors.pop if !scalar(ref)
-    result.join('')
-  end
-  
-  # Checks, if a certain value is a "scalar" value. Whatever
-  # that will be in Ruby ... ;-)
-  # 
-  # value::
-  #   Value to be checked.
-  def scalar(value)
-    return false if value.instance_of?(Hash) || value.instance_of?(Array)
-    return true
-  end
-
-  # Attempts to unfold a hash of hashes into an array of hashes. Returns
-  # a reference to th array on success or the original hash, if unfolding
-  # is not possible.
-  # 
-  # parent::
-  #   
-  # hashref::
-  #   Reference to the hash to be unfolded.
-  def hash_to_array(parent, hashref)
-    arrayref = []
-    hashref.each { |key, value|
-      return hashref unless value.instance_of?(Hash)
-
-      if @options['keyattr'].instance_of?(Hash)
-        return hashref unless @options['keyattr'].has_key?(parent)
-        arrayref << { @options['keyattr'][parent][0] => key }.update(value)
-      else
-        arrayref << { @options['keyattr'][0] => key }.update(value)
-      end
-    }
-    arrayref
-  end
-  
-  # Replaces XML markup characters by their external entities.
-  #
-  # data::
-  #   The string to be escaped.
-  def escape_value(data)
-    Text::normalize(data)
-  end
-  
-  # Removes leading and trailing whitespace and sequences of
-  # whitespaces from a string.
-  #
-  # text::
-  #   String to be normalised.
-  def normalise_space(text)
-    text.strip.gsub(/\s\s+/, ' ')
-  end
-
-  # Checks, if an object is nil, an empty String or an empty Hash.
-  # Thanks to Norbert Gawor for a bugfix.
-  #
-  # value::
-  #   Value to be checked for emptyness.
-  def empty(value)
-    case value
-      when Hash
-        return value.empty?
-      when String
-        return value !~ /\S/m
-      else
-        return value.nil?
-    end
-  end
-  
-  # Converts a document node into a String.
-  # If the node could not be converted into a String
-  # for any reason, default will be returned.
-  #
-  # node::
-  #   Document node to be converted.
-  # default::
-  #   Value to be returned, if node could not be converted.
-  def node_to_text(node, default = nil)
-    if node.instance_of?(REXML::Element) 
-      node.texts.map { |t| t.value }.join('')
-    elsif node.instance_of?(REXML::Attribute)
-      node.value.nil? ? default : node.value.strip
-    elsif node.instance_of?(REXML::Text)
-      node.value.strip
-    else
-      default
-    end
-  end
-
-  # Parses an XML string and returns the according document.
-  #
-  # xml_string::
-  #   XML string to be parsed.
-  #
-  # The following exception may be raised:
-  #
-  # REXML::ParseException::
-  #   If the specified file is not wellformed.
-  def parse(xml_string)
-    Document.new(xml_string)
-  end
-  
-  # Searches in a list of paths for a certain file. Returns
-  # the full path to the file, if it could be found. Otherwise,
-  # an exception will be raised.
-  #
-  # filename::
-  #   Name of the file to search for.
-  # searchpath::
-  #   List of paths to search in.
-  def find_xml_file(file, searchpath)
-    filename = File::basename(file)
-
-    if filename != file
-      return file if File::file?(file)
-    else
-      searchpath.each { |path|
-        full_path = File::join(path, filename)
-        return full_path if File::file?(full_path)
-      }
-    end
-
-    if searchpath.empty?
-      return file if File::file?(file)
-      raise ArgumentError, "File does not exist: #{file}."
-    end
-    raise ArgumentError, "Could not find <#{filename}> in <#{searchpath.join(':')}>"
-  end
-  
-  # Loads and parses an XML configuration file.
-  #
-  # filename::
-  #   Name of the configuration file to be loaded.
-  #
-  # The following exceptions may be raised:
-  # 
-  # Errno::ENOENT::
-  #   If the specified file does not exist.
-  # REXML::ParseException::
-  #   If the specified file is not wellformed.
-  def load_xml_file(filename)
-    parse(File.readlines(filename).to_s)
-  end
-
-  # Caches the data belonging to a certain file.
-  #
-  # data::
-  #   Data to be cached.
-  # filename::
-  #   Name of file the data was read from.
-  def put_into_cache(data, filename)
-    if @options.has_key?('cache')
-      @options['cache'].each { |scheme|
-        case(scheme)
-        when 'storable'
-          @@cache.save_storable(data, filename)
-        when 'mem_share'
-          @@cache.save_mem_share(data, filename)
-        when 'mem_copy'
-          @@cache.save_mem_copy(data, filename)
-        else
-          raise ArgumentError, "Unsupported caching scheme: <#{scheme}>."
-        end
-      }
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-# vim:sw=2