lib/pump/xml/value.rb in pump-0.0.1 vs lib/pump/xml/value.rb in pump-0.0.2

@@ -8,10 +8,20 @@
       def plain
         "object.#{name}"
       end
 
       def to_s(plain_path=nil)
-        "\#{#{plain_path || plain}#{'.to_s.encode(:xml => :text)' unless options[:skip_encoding]}}"
+        "\#{#{plain_path || plain}#{cast}}"
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def cast
+        if options[:typecast]
+          ".#{options[:typecast]}"
+        elsif !options[:skip_encoding]
+          '.to_s.encode(:xml => :text)'
+        end
       end
     end
   end
 end
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