From fbf99653f14273773e4437390ecdca736f495fb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Herzberg <jimmiesh@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 15:52:55 -0400
Subject: Attributes with :string type should not be given the type passed in
 model serialization options. Closes #1058

---
 activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/xml.rb              | 2 +-
 activemodel/test/cases/serializers/xml_serialization_test.rb | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'activemodel')

diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/xml.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/xml.rb
index 19639b1363..eb3975f86b 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/xml.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/serializers/xml.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module ActiveModel
           def decorations
             decorations = {}
             decorations[:encoding] = 'base64' if type == :binary
-            decorations[:type] = type unless type == :string
+            decorations[:type] = (type == :string) ? nil : type
             decorations[:nil] = true if value.nil?
             decorations
           end
diff --git a/activemodel/test/cases/serializers/xml_serialization_test.rb b/activemodel/test/cases/serializers/xml_serialization_test.rb
index 8f5c196850..f978191d22 100644
--- a/activemodel/test/cases/serializers/xml_serialization_test.rb
+++ b/activemodel/test/cases/serializers/xml_serialization_test.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class XmlSerializationTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
   test "should serialize string" do
     assert_match %r{<name>aaron stack</name>}, @contact.to_xml
   end
-  
+
   test "should serialize nil" do
     assert_match %r{<pseudonyms nil=\"true\"></pseudonyms>}, @contact.to_xml(:methods => :pseudonyms)
   end
@@ -132,4 +132,10 @@ class XmlSerializationTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
     xml = @contact.to_xml(:procs => [ proc ])
     assert_match %r{<name-reverse>kcats noraa</name-reverse>}, xml
   end
+
+  test "should serialize string correctly when type passed" do
+    xml = @contact.to_xml :type => 'Contact'
+    assert_match %r{<contact type="Contact">}, xml
+    assert_match %r{<name>aaron stack</name>}, xml
+  end
 end
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