Module: Peanuts::InstanceMethods

Defined in:
lib/peanuts/nuts.rb

Overview

See also ClassMethods

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#parse(source, options = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/peanuts/nuts.rb', line 210

def parse(source, options = {})
  backend.parse(source, options) {|node| parse_node(node) }
end

#save(writer) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/peanuts/nuts.rb', line 214

def save(writer)
  self.class.save(self, writer)
end

#save_to(*args) ⇒ Object

build() -> root element or string

build([options])              -> root element or string
build(destination[, options]) -> destination

Defines attribute mapping.

Arguments

destination

Can be given a symbol a backend-specific object, an instance of String or IO classes.

:string

will return an XML string.

:document

will return a backend specific document object.

:object

will return a backend specific object. New document will be created.

an instance of String

the contents of the string will be replaced with the generated XML.

an instance of IO

the IO will be written to.

options

Backend-specific options

Example:

cat = Cat.new
cat.name = 'Pussy'
puts cat.save_to(:string)
...
doc = LibXML::XML::Document.new
cat.save_to(doc)
puts doc.to_s



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# File 'lib/peanuts/nuts.rb', line 242

def save_to(*args)
  self.class._source_or_dest(*args) do |dest_type, dest, options|
    save(XML::Writer.new(dest, dest_type, options))
  end
end