lib/virtualbox/command.rb in virtualbox-0.4.3 vs lib/virtualbox/command.rb in virtualbox-0.5.0

@@ -12,9 +12,22 @@
   #
   class Command
     @@vboxmanage = "VBoxManage"
 
     class <<self
+      # Reads the XML file and returns a Nokogiri document. Reads the XML data
+      # from the specified file and returns a Nokogiri document.
+      #
+      # @param [String] File name.
+      # @return [Nokogiri::XML::Document]
+      def parse_xml(filename)
+        f = File.open(filename, "r")
+        result = Nokogiri::XML(f)
+        f.close
+
+        result
+      end
+
       # Returns true if the last run command was a success. Obviously this
       # will introduce all sorts of thread-safe problems. Those will have to
       # be addressed another time.
       def success?
         $?.to_i == 0
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