record.rb in exlibris-primo-0.1.4

- old
+ new

@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@
     #     raw  -    cleans up characters and spaces in raw record and wraps in <record /> tag, implementations may differ
     #
     # == Examples of usage
     #   Record.new({ :base_url => @base_url, :vid => @vid, :record => doc.at("//record") })
     class Record
-      
+      # Leverage ActiveSupport's Hash#from_xml method to transform PNX to JSON.
+      require 'active_support/core_ext'
+      require 'json'      
+
       SEAR_NS = {'sear' => 'http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/xsd/jaguar/search'}
       attr_reader :record_id, :type, :title, :url, :openurl, :creator, :raw_xml
       
       def initialize(parameters={})
           # Get base url of Primo application, required
@@ -63,16 +66,18 @@
               "url" => @url,
               "openurl" => @openurl
           }
       end
       
+      # Return a JSON representation of the PNX record
+      def to_json
+        # Leverage ActiveSupport's Hash#from_xml method to transform PNX to JSON.
+        Hash.from_xml(raw_xml).to_json
+      end
+      
       # Method for cleaning up raw xml from record
       def raw(record)
-          raw = "<record>"
-          # Hack to strip out spacing in record
-          record.children.each{|child| raw << child.to_xml.gsub(/\n\s*/, "").gsub(/\s$/, "")}
-          raw << "</record>"
-          return raw
+        record.to_xml(:indent => 0, :encoding => 'UTF-8')
       end
 
       private
       # Method for consturcting openurl from record
       def construct_openurl(resolver_base_url, record, record_id)
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