lib/openwfe/utils.rb in openwferu-0.9.8 vs lib/openwfe/utils.rb in openwferu-0.9.9

@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@
 # "hecho en Costa Rica" and "made in Japan"
 #
 # [e-mail]
 #
 
+require 'rexml/document'
 require 'tmpdir'
 require 'open-uri'
 
 
 module OpenWFE
@@ -95,10 +96,18 @@
 
         return object.dup
     end
 
     #
+    # see 
+    # http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/Make_A_Deep_Copy_Of_An_Object
+    #
+    def OpenWFE.deep_clone (object)
+        Marshal::load(Marshal.dump(object))
+    end
+
+    #
     # an automatic dup implementation attempt
     #
     def OpenWFE.fulldup (object)
 
         return nil if object == nil
@@ -107,9 +116,13 @@
         return object if object.kind_of? Fixnum
         return object if object.kind_of? TrueClass
         return object if object.kind_of? FalseClass
 
         return object.dup if object.kind_of? String
+
+        #return deep_clone(object) if object.kind_of? REXML::Document
+        return REXML::Document.new(object.to_s) \
+            if object.kind_of? REXML::Document
 
         o = object.class.new
 
         #
         # some kind of collection ?