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require 'libxml'
require 'core_ext/object/blank'
require 'stringio'

module CoreExt
  module XmlMini_LibXML #:nodoc:
    extend self

    # Parse an XML Document string or IO into a simple hash using libxml.
    # data::
    #   XML Document string or IO to parse
    def parse(data)
      if !data.respond_to?(:read)
        data = StringIO.new(data || '')
      end

      char = data.getc
      if char.nil?
        {}
      else
        data.ungetc(char)
        LibXML::XML::Parser.io(data).parse.to_hash
      end
    end

  end
end

module LibXML #:nodoc:
  module Conversions #:nodoc:
    module Document #:nodoc:
      def to_hash
        root.to_hash
      end
    end

    module Node #:nodoc:
      CONTENT_ROOT = '__content__'.freeze

      # Convert XML document to hash.
      #
      # hash::
      #   Hash to merge the converted element into.
      def to_hash(hash={})
        node_hash = {}

        # Insert node hash into parent hash correctly.
        case hash[name]
          when Array then hash[name] << node_hash
          when Hash  then hash[name] = [hash[name], node_hash]
          when nil   then hash[name] = node_hash
        end

        # Handle child elements
        each_child do |c|
          if c.element?
            c.to_hash(node_hash)
          elsif c.text? || c.cdata?
            node_hash[CONTENT_ROOT] ||= ''
            node_hash[CONTENT_ROOT] << c.content
          end
        end

        # Remove content node if it is blank
        if node_hash.length > 1 && node_hash[CONTENT_ROOT].blank?
          node_hash.delete(CONTENT_ROOT)
        end

        # Handle attributes
        each_attr { |a| node_hash[a.name] = a.value }

        hash
      end
    end
  end
end

LibXML::XML::Document.include(LibXML::Conversions::Document)
LibXML::XML::Node.include(LibXML::Conversions::Node)

Version data entries

6 entries across 6 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
core_ext-0.0.6	lib/core_ext/xml_mini/libxml.rb
core_ext-0.0.5	lib/core_ext/xml_mini/libxml.rb
core_ext-0.0.4	lib/core_ext/xml_mini/libxml.rb
core_ext-0.0.3	lib/core_ext/xml_mini/libxml.rb
core_ext-0.0.2	lib/core_ext/xml_mini/libxml.rb
core_ext-0.0.1	lib/core_ext/xml_mini/libxml.rb