module Nikto # This class represents each of the elements in the Nikto # XML document. # # It provides a convenient way to access the information scattered all over # the XML in attributes and nested tags. # # Instead of providing separate methods for each supported property we rely # on Ruby's #method_missing to do most of the work. class Item # Accepts an XML node from Nokogiri::XML. def initialize(xml_node) @xml = xml_node end # List of supported tags. They can be attributes, simple descendants or # collections (e.g. , ) def supported_tags [ # attributes :id, :request_method, :osvdblink, :osvdbid, # simple tags :description, :uri, :namelink, :iplink ] end # This allows external callers (and specs) to check for implemented # properties def respond_to?(method, include_private=false) return true if supported_tags.include?(method.to_sym) super end # This method is invoked by Ruby when a method that is not defined in this # instance is called. # # In our case we inspect the @method@ parameter and try to find the # attribute, simple descendent or collection that it maps to in the XML # tree. def method_missing(method, *args) # We could remove this check and return nil for any non-recognized tag. # The problem would be that it would make tricky to debug problems with # typos. For instance: <>.potr would return nil instead of raising an # exception unless supported_tags.include?(method) super return end # We need the translations_table because 'method' is a reserved word translations_table = { request_method: 'method' } method_name = translations_table.fetch(method, method.to_s) # First we try the attributes return @xml.attributes[method_name].value if @xml.attributes.key?(method_name) # Then we try simple children tags tag = @xml.xpath("./#{ method_name }").first if tag return tag.text end end end end