alpinegizmo-xml_serialization 0.1.0

data/VERSION.yml

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+--- 
+:patch: 0
+:major: 0
+:minor: 1

data/lib/xml_serialization.rb

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+# Extends the XML serialization support in activesupport to allow for arrays containing strings, symbols, and integers.
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'activesupport'
+require 'builder'
+
+module SimpleSerializer
+  def to_xml(options={})
+    builder = options[:builder] || Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:indent => options[:indent])
+    tag = options[:root] || self.class.name.downcase
+    dasherize = ! options.has_key?(:dasherize) || options[:dasherize]
+    tag = dasherize ? tag.to_s.dasherize : tag
+    builder.tag!(tag, self.to_s)
+  end
+end
+
+class String
+  include SimpleSerializer
+
+  XML_HEAD_PATTERN = /\A\s*<\?xml[^>]*>\s*/m
+  def strip_xml_head!
+    sub!(XML_HEAD_PATTERN, '')
+  end
+
+  def strip_xml_head
+    sub(XML_HEAD_PATTERN, '')
+  end
+end
+
+class Symbol
+  include SimpleSerializer
+end
+
+class Fixnum
+  include SimpleSerializer
+end
+
+class Builder::XmlMarkup
+  def raw_tag!(tag, string)
+     _start_tag(tag, {})
+     _text string
+     _end_tag(tag)
+  end
+  
+  def no_tag!(string)
+    _text string
+  end
+end
+
+# create a string class that doesn't get escaped when dumped into XML stream
+class RawXML < String
+  def initialize(string, options={})
+    @options = options
+    super string
+  end
+
+  def to_xml(options_arg={})
+    options = @options.merge options_arg
+    builder = options[:builder] || 
+              Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:indent => options[:indent])
+
+    add_tag = options.has_key?(:no_tag) ? !options[:no_tag] : options[:root]
+    return builder.no_tag!(self.strip_xml_head) unless add_tag 
+
+    tag = options[:root] || self.class.name.downcase
+    dasherize = ! options.has_key?(:dasherize) || options[:dasherize]
+    tag = dasherize ? tag.to_s.dasherize : tag
+
+    builder.raw_tag!(tag, self.strip_xml_head)
+  end
+end

data/test/xml_serialization_test.rb

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+$: << File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'xml_serialization'
+
+class TestXMLSerialization < Test::Unit::TestCase
+
+  def test_rawxml_should_pass_thru
+    rawxml = RawXML.new '<tag>content</tag>'
+    assert_equal rawxml, rawxml.to_xml
+  end
+  
+  def test_fixnum
+    assert_equal '<fixnum>1</fixnum>', 1.to_xml
+  end
+
+  def test_string
+    assert_equal '<string>abc</string>', 'abc'.to_xml
+  end
+
+  def test_symbol
+    assert_equal '<symbol>abc</symbol>', :abc.to_xml
+  end
+  
+  def test_array_of_strings
+    expected = <<EXPECTED
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<strings type="array">
+  <string>a</string>
+  <string>b</string>
+  <string>c</string>
+</strings>
+EXPECTED
+    assert_equal expected, ['a', 'b', 'c'].to_xml
+  end
+  
+  def test_array_of_fixnums_with_root_tag_specified
+    expected = <<EXPECTED
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<numbers type="array">
+  <number>1</number>
+  <number>2</number>
+  <number>3</number>
+</numbers>
+EXPECTED
+    assert_equal expected, [1, 2, 3].to_xml(:root => 'numbers')
+  end
+  
+  # this case is used by xslt_render to serialize the hash of controller instance variable values
+  def test_hash_with_array
+    expected = <<EXPECTED
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<hash>
+  <numbers type="array">
+    <number>1</number>
+    <number>2</number>
+  </numbers>
+</hash>
+EXPECTED
+    assert_equal expected, {'numbers' => [1, 2]}.to_xml
+    assert_equal expected, {'numbers' => ['1', '2']}.to_xml
+  end
+  
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: alpinegizmo-xml_serialization
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  version: 0.1.0
+platform: ruby
+authors: 
+- Larry Baltz
+- David Anderson
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2009-02-22 00:00:00 -08:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: 
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: builder
+  type: :runtime
+  version_requirement: 
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    requirements: 
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        version: "0"
+    version: 
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: activesupport
+  type: :runtime
+  version_requirement: 
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    requirements: 
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        version: "0"
+    version: 
+description: Extends the XML serialization support in activesupport to allow for arrays containing strings, symbols, and integers.
+email: david@folklogic.com
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+
+files: 
+- VERSION.yml
+- lib/xml_serialization.rb
+- test/xml_serialization_test.rb
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: http://github.com/alpinegizmo/xml_serialization
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: 
+- --inline-source
+- --charset=UTF-8
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+  version: 
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+  version: 
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.2.0
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 2
+summary: Extends the XML serialization support in activesupport to allow for arrays containing strings, symbols, and integers.
+test_files: []
+