module RightDevelop::Parsers module XmlPostParser begin require 'active_support/inflector' AVAILABLE = true rescue LoadError => e AVAILABLE = false end # Parses a rubified XML hash/array, removing the top level xml tag, along with # any arrays encoded with singular/plural for parent/child nodes. # Intended to allow for one set of code for validating JSON or XML responses. # # @example # Initial XML: # # # # # # # # Before removing nesting, after initial parsing: # { # 'top_level' => { # 'arrays' => { # 'array' => [ # {'item1' => 'one', 'item2' => 'two'}, # {'item3' => 'three', 'item4' => 'four'} # ] # } # } # } # # After removing nesting: # { # 'arrays' => [ # {'item1' => 'one', 'item2' => 'two'}, # {'item3' => 'three', 'item4' => 'four'} # ] # } # # @param [Array or Hash] xml_object parsed XML object, such as from Parser::Sax.parse. # @return [Array or Hash] returns a ruby Array or Hash with top level xml tags removed, # as well as any extra XML encoded array tags. def self.remove_nesting(xml_object) unless AVAILABLE raise NotImplementedError, "#{self.name} is unavailable on this system because libxml-ruby and/or active_support are not installed" end if xml_object.length != 1 || (!xml_object.is_a?(Hash) && !xml_object.is_a?(Array)) raise ArgumentError, "xml_object format doesn't have a single top level entry" end if !xml_object.is_a?(Hash) raise TypeError, "xml_object object doesn't seem to be a Hash or an Array" end xml_object = deep_clone(xml_object) #if root & children are the same base word, get rid of both layers root_key = xml_object.keys[0] root_child = xml_object[xml_object.first[0]] if root_child.respond_to?(:keys) root_child_key = root_child.keys[0] else root_child_key = nil end #remove root key xml_object = xml_object[xml_object.first[0]] #remove extra root child key if root_key.singularize == root_child_key # Ensure object is an array (like JSON responses) xml_object = [xml_object[xml_object.first[0]]].flatten elsif !xml_object # Degenerate case where nothing was contained by parent node # (i.e. no resources were actually returned) xml_object = [] end remove_nesting_node(xml_object) return xml_object end private # Does a deep clone of the passed ruby object. Intended for Arrays / Hashes # # @param [Object] object to deep clone # @return [Object] returns an exact deep copy of the passed in object # # @example BaseHelpers.deep_clone([{:a=>1},{:b=>2}]) def self.deep_clone(object) Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(object)) end def self.remove_nesting_node(xml_object_node) if xml_object_node.is_a?(Array) xml_object_node.each_with_index do |node,index| remove_nesting_node(node) end elsif xml_object_node.is_a?(Hash) # If child is singular version of parent, remove extra child pointer xml_object_node.each do |parent_key, parent_value| if parent_value.is_a?(Hash) && parent_value.length == 1 child_key = parent_value.keys[0] if parent_key.singularize == child_key # Wrap xml object in an array so it matches JSON format child_node = xml_object_node[parent_key][child_key] if (child_node.is_a?(Hash) || child_node.is_a?(String)) child_node = [child_node] end xml_object_node[parent_key] = child_node end end remove_nesting_node(parent_value) end end end end end