Class: Hash

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/oa_test/from_jsonxml.rb

Overview

movesonrails.com/articles/2008/02/25/libxml-for-active-resource-2-0

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.from_json(str) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/oa_test/from_jsonxml.rb', line 7

def from_json(str)
  JSON.parse(str)
end

.from_xml(xml, strict = true) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/oa_test/from_jsonxml.rb', line 11

def from_xml(xml, strict=true) 
  begin
    XML.default_load_external_dtd = false
    XML.default_pedantic_parser = strict
    result = XML::Parser.string(xml).parse 
    return { result.root.name.to_s => xml_node_to_hash(result.root)} 
  rescue Exception => e
        # raise your custom exception here
  end
end

.xml_node_to_hash(node) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/oa_test/from_jsonxml.rb', line 22

def xml_node_to_hash(node) 
  # If we are at the root of the document, start the hash 
  if node.element? 
   if node.children? 
      result_hash = {} 

      node.each_child do |child| 
        result = xml_node_to_hash(child) 

        if child.name == "text"
          if !child.next? and !child.prev?
            return result
          end
        elsif result_hash[child.name]
            if result_hash[child.name].is_a?(Object::Array)
              result_hash[child.name] << result
            else
              result_hash[child.name] = [result_hash[child.name]] << result
            end
          else 
            result_hash[child.name] = result
          end
        end

      return result_hash 
    else 
      return nil 
   end 
   else 
    return node.content.to_s 
  end 
end