Method: FactoryForm::Form#to_xml

Defined in:
lib/factoryform/form.rb

#to_xml ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/factoryform/form.rb', line 75

def to_xml
  doc = REXML::Document.new
  root = doc.add_element("Form")

  title_element = root.add_element("Title")
  title_element.add_text("#{self.title}")

  out_string = ''
  @fields.each {|field|
    field_element = root.add_element("Field")
    field_type_element = field_element.add_element("#{field.class.name}")

    field_type_element.add_attribute("id", field.id)
    field_type_element.add_attribute("label", field.label)

    attributes = field.instance_variables.map{|a| a.gsub("@","")}
    attributes.each do |attrb|
      attrb_element = field_type_element.add_element("#{attrb}")

      # For option values of Multiple choice, separate them as option tags
      if attrb == "values"
        field.send(attrb).each do |option|
          option_element = attrb_element.add_element("option")
          option_element.add_text(option)
        end
      else
        attrb_element.add_text(field.send(attrb).to_s)
      end  
    end

    doc.write( out_string = "\n"+'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'+"\n", 2 )

  }
  return out_string
end