backtrack-xpath 0.1.0

data/lib/backtrack-xpath.rb

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+#!/usr/bin/ruby
+
+# file: backtrack-xpath.rb
+
+class BacktrackXPath
+
+  def initialize(node)
+    @xpath = doc_scan(node).flatten.compact.join('/')
+  end
+
+  def to_s
+    @xpath
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def attribute_scan(node)
+    result = ''
+    attr = %w(id class).detect {|x| node.attributes.has_key? x}
+    if attr then
+      value = node.attribute(attr).value
+      result = "[@%s='%s']" % [attr, value]
+    end
+    result
+  end
+
+  def doc_scan(node)
+    name = node.name
+    attribute = attribute_scan(node)
+    result = doc_scan(node.parent) if node.parent.name != node.root.name
+    [result, name.to_s + attribute]
+  end
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: backtrack-xpath
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  version: 0.1.0
+platform: ruby
+authors: []
+
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2010-05-04 00:00:00 +01:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: []
+
+description: 
+email: 
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+
+files: 
+- lib/backtrack-xpath.rb
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: 
+licenses: []
+
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+
+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: 1.3.5
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: backtrack-xpath accepts a REXML::Element and returns the full XPath back to the root.
+test_files: []
+