lib/atom/entry.rb in atom-tools-0.9.0 vs lib/atom/entry.rb in atom-tools-0.9.1

@@ -53,23 +53,30 @@
      
       # XXX I don't think I've ever actually used this
       yield self if block_given?
     end
 
-    # parses XML fetched from +base+ into an Atom::Entry
+    # parses XML into an Atom::Entry
+    # 
+    # +base+ is the absolute URI the document was fetched from 
+    # (if there is one)
     def self.parse xml, base = ""
       if xml.respond_to? :to_atom_entry
         xml.to_atom_entry(base)
+      elsif xml.respond_to? :read
+        self.parse(xml.read)
       else
         REXML::Document.new(xml.to_s).to_atom_entry(base)
       end
     end
 
     def inspect # :nodoc:
       "#<Atom::Entry id:'#{self.id}'>"
     end
 
-    # declare that this entry has updated
+    # declare that this entry has updated.
+    #
+    # (note that this is different from Atom::Feed#update!)
     def updated!
       self.updated = Time.now
     end
 
     # categorize the entry based on a space-separated string