creating a openstruct from xml

[Rajinder Yadav]

Hi just wondering if there is a easy way to turn an xml entity into a
object like of type OpenStruct where i can access everything like a
property?

It's kind of like parsing xml, I already know about nokogiri, but I want
to work is a OpenStruct and not a DOM object, does that make sense? =P

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[James Edward Gray II]

Hi just wondering if there is a easy way to turn an xml entity into a =

object like of type OpenStruct where i can access everything like a =
property?

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It's kind of like parsing xml, I already know about nokogiri, but I =

want to work is a OpenStruct and not a DOM object, does that make sense? =
=3DP

Check out XmlSimple:

http://xml-simple.rubyforge.org/

You can pass the Hashes it returns to OpenStruct.

You may also want to see the second example in these slides for a much =
more evil idea:

http://www.slideshare.net/JamesEdwardGrayII/unblocked

James Edward Gray II=

 

[Rajinder Yadav]

to work is a OpenStruct and not a DOM object, does that make sense? =3DP

Check out XmlSimple:

=A0http://xml-simple.rubyforge.org/

You can pass the Hashes it returns to OpenStruct.

You may also want to see the second example in these slides for a much mo= re evil idea:

=A0http://www.slideshare.net/JamesEdwardGrayII/unblocked

James Edward Gray II

James,

thanks, xml-simple does what I was looking for. Do you know if there
is a similar thing that can be done with nokogiri?

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[James Edward Gray II]

a object like of type OpenStruct where i can access everything like a =
property?want to work is a OpenStruct and not a DOM object, does that make sense? =
=3DP

=20
James,
=20
thanks, xml-simple does what I was looking for. Do you know if there
is a similar thing that can be done with nokogiri?

Not that I know of. You would need to write the code that makes the =
translation.

James Edward Gray II=

 

[Mike Dalessio]

[Note: parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]

James,

thanks, xml-simple does what I was looking for. Do you know if there
is a similar thing that can be done with nokogiri?

You may want to check out Nokogiri's "slop" mode (invented by the
inestimable John Barnette):

require 'rubygems'
require "nokogiri"

doc = Nokogiri::Slop <<-EOXML
<employees>
<employee status="active">
<fullname>Dean Martin</fullname>
</employee>
<employee status="inactive">
<fullname>Jerry Lewis</fullname>
</employee>
</employees>
EOXML

# navigate!
doc.employees.employee.last.fullname.content # => "Jerry Lewis"

# access node attributes!
doc.employees.employee.first["status"] # => "active"

# use some xpath!
doc.employees.employee("[@status='active']").fullname.content # => "Dean
Martin"
doc.employees.employeexpath => "@status='active'").fullname.content #
=> "Dean Martin"

# use some css!
doc.employees.employee("[status='active']").fullname.content # => "Dean
Martin"
doc.employees.employeecss => "[status='active']").fullname.content #
=> "Dean Martin"