Module: AcDc::Building

Included in:
Body
Defined in:
lib/acdc/build.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#acdc(root = true) ⇒ Object

Converts object to XML Very poor support for multiple namespaces



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# File 'lib/acdc/build.rb', line 6

def acdc(root = true)
  xml = Builder::XmlMarkup.new
  attrs = self.class.attributes.inject({}){ |acc,attr| 
    acc.update(attr.tag => send(attr.method_name.to_sym))
  }
  attrs.update(:xmlns => self.class.namespace) if self.class.namespace
  xml.instruct! :xml, :version=>"1.0", :encoding=>"UTF-8" if root
  xml.tag!(self.class.tag_name,attrs){ |body|
    self.class.elements.each do |elem|
      value = send(elem.method_name.to_sym)
      if value
        if elem.single?
          if elem.primitive?
            unless value.is_a?(String) and value.empty? and !elem.renderable?
              body.tag! elem.tag, value 
            end
          else
            body << value.acdc(false)
          end
        else
          value.each { |v|
            if v.kind_of?(AcDc::Body)
              body << v.acdc(false)
            else
              body.tag! elem.tag, v
            end
          }
        end
      else
        body.tag! elem.tag if elem.renderable?
      end
    end
    if self.class.elements.empty? and is_a?(AcDc::Body) and value 
      body << value
    end
  }
  xml.target!
end