Module: XMLObject::String

Defined in:
lib/xml-object/string.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#blank? ⇒ Boolean

A decorated String is blank when it has a blank value, no child elements, and no attributes. For example:

<blank_element></blank_element>

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/xml-object/string.rb', line 21

def blank?
  (self !~ /\S/) && @__children.blank? && @__attributes.blank?
end

#rb ⇒ Object

Attempts to detect wether this String is really an integer or float, and returns accordingly. If not, just returns the string.



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# File 'lib/xml-object/string.rb', line 5

def rb
  result = case
    when (self !~ /\S/)                          then ''
    when match(/[a-zA-Z]/)                       then ::String.new(self)
    when match(/^[+-]?\d+$/)                     then self.to_i
    when match(/^[+-]?(?:\d+(?:\.\d*)?|\.\d+)$/) then self.to_f
    else ::String.new(self)
  end

  @__rb ||= result
end