Method: XMLMunger::Parser#run

Defined in:

lib/xmlmunger/parser.rb

#run(options = {}) ⇒ Object

Raises:

• (TypeError)

# File 'lib/xmlmunger/parser.rb', line 19

def run options = {}
  # prepare the options hash
  raise TypeError.new("options argument must be a hash") unless options.is_a?(Hash)
  options = default_options.merge options
  # move to the starting point and traverse the xml
  filtered = options[:filter].inject(xml) { |hash, key| hash[key] }
  traverse = NestedHash[filtered].map_values_with_route do |route, value|
    # skip attributes?
    next if !options[:attributes] && route.any? { |r| r =~ /@/ }
    # prohibited type?
    next if options[:prohibited_types].any? { |type| value.is_a?(type) }
    # extract data from lists
    value = ListHeuristics.new(value).to_variable_hash if value.is_a?(Array)
    [route, value]
  end.compact
  # create variable:value mapping
  # need the second iteration in case of list data
  parsed = NestedHash[traverse].map_values_with_route do |route, value|
    key = make_key(route, options)
    [key, value]
  end
  NestedHash[parsed]
end