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Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord/lib/active_record/serializers/xml_serializer.rb')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/serializers/xml_serializer.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/serializers/xml_serializer.rb index 253fa03785..4e172bd2b6 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/serializers/xml_serializer.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/serializers/xml_serializer.rb @@ -71,6 +71,21 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc: # </account> # </firm> # + # Additionally, the record being serialized will be passed to a Proc's second + # parameter. This allows for ad hoc additions to the resultant document that + # incorporate the context of the record being serialized. And by leveraging the + # closure created by a Proc, to_xml can be used to add elements that normally fall + # outside of the scope of the model -- for example, generating and appending URLs + # associated with models. + # + # proc = Proc.new { |options, record| options[:builder].tag!('name-reverse', record.name.reverse) } + # firm.to_xml :procs => [ proc ] + # + # <firm> + # # ... normal attributes as shown above ... + # <name-reverse>slangis73</name-reverse> + # </firm> + # # To include deeper levels of associations pass a hash like this: # # firm.to_xml :include => {:account => {}, :clients => {:include => :address}} |