lib/om/xml/container.rb in om-0.1.7 vs lib/om/xml/container.rb in om-0.1.8

@@ -7,16 +7,22 @@
   module ClassMethods
     
     # @xml String, File or Nokogiri::XML::Node
     # @tmpl ActiveFedora::MetadataDatastream
     # Careful! If you call this from a constructor, be sure to provide something 'ie. self' as the @tmpl. Otherwise, you will get an infinite loop!
-    def from_xml(xml, tmpl=self.new) # :nodoc:
-      if xml.kind_of? Nokogiri::XML::Node
+    def from_xml(xml=nil, tmpl=self.new) # :nodoc:
+      if xml.nil?
+        tmpl.ng_xml = self.xml_template
+      elsif xml.kind_of? Nokogiri::XML::Node
         tmpl.ng_xml = xml
       else
         tmpl.ng_xml = Nokogiri::XML::Document.parse(xml)
       end
       return tmpl
+    end
+    
+    def xml_template
+      Nokogiri::XML::Document.parse("")
     end
     
   end
   
   # Instance Methods -- These methods will be available on instances of classes that include this module
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