Method: Atom::Text#xml

Defined in:
lib/atom/text.rb

#xml ⇒ Object

attempts to parse the content of this element as XML and return it as an array of REXML::Elements.

If self is “html” and Hpricot is installed, it will be converted to XHTML first.



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# File 'lib/atom/text.rb', line 115

def xml
  xml = REXML::Element.new 'div'

  if self["type"] == "xhtml"
    @content.children.each { |child| xml << child }
  elsif self["type"] == "text"
    xml.text = self.to_s
  elsif self["type"] == "html"
    begin
      require "hpricot"
    rescue
      raise "Turning HTML content into XML requires Hpricot."
    end

    fixed = Hpricot(self.to_s, :xhtml_strict => true)
    xml = REXML::Document.new("<div>#{fixed}</div>").root
  else
    # Not XHTML, HTML, or text - return the REXML::Element, leave it up to the user to parse the content
    xml = @content
  end

  xml
end