# = XmlMini # This is a derivitive work of XmlSimple 1.0.11 # Author:: Joseph Holsten # Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2008 Joseph Holsten # Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Maik Schmidt # License:: Distributes under the same terms as Ruby. module ActiveSupport module XmlMini extend self CONTENT_KEY = '__content__'.freeze # Parse an XML Document string into a simple hash # # Same as XmlSimple::xml_in but doesn't shoot itself in the foot, # and uses the defaults from ActiveSupport # # string:: # XML Document string to parse def parse(string) require 'rexml/document' unless defined?(REXML::Document) doc = REXML::Document.new(string) merge_element!({}, doc.root) end private # Convert an XML element and merge into the hash # # hash:: # Hash to merge the converted element into. # element:: # XML element to merge into hash def merge_element!(hash, element) merge!(hash, element.name, collapse(element)) end # Actually converts an XML document element into a data structure. # # element:: # The document element to be collapsed. def collapse(element) hash = get_attributes(element) if element.has_elements? element.each_element {|child| merge_element!(hash, child) } merge_texts!(hash, element) unless empty_content?(element) hash else merge_texts!(hash, element) end end # Merge all the texts of an element into the hash # # hash:: # Hash to add the converted emement to. # element:: # XML element whose texts are to me merged into the hash def merge_texts!(hash, element) unless element.has_text? hash else # must use value to prevent double-escaping merge!(hash, CONTENT_KEY, element.texts.sum(&:value)) end end # Adds a new key/value pair to an existing Hash. If the key to be added # already exists and the existing value associated with key is not # an Array, it will be wrapped in 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 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) hash[key] = [value] else hash[key] = value end hash end # Converts the attributes array of an XML element into a hash. # Returns an empty Hash if node has no attributes. # # element:: # XML element to extract attributes from. def get_attributes(element) attributes = {} element.attributes.each { |n,v| attributes[n] = v } attributes end # Determines if a document element has text content # # element:: # XML element to be checked. def empty_content?(element) element.texts.join.blank? end end end