rasantiago-tiny_xpath_helper 0.1.1 → 0.1.2

data/README.rdoc

@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ The output from :format => :xml is suitable for passing to another TinyXPathHelp
   >> deeper_xpath = TinyXPathHelper.new( node_tree )
   >> deeper_xpath[ 'b/@beta' ]
   => ["true"]
+
+If you want empty documents to not raise an error
+  >> empty_xpath = TinyXPathHelper.new( String.new, :allow_empty_document => true )
+  >> empty_xpath[ 'b/@beta' ]
+  => []
   
 --
 doctest_require: 'lib/tiny_xpath_helper.rb'

data/lib/tiny_xpath_helper.rb

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ require 'rexml/document'
 class TinyXPathHelper
   attr :node
 
-  def initialize(xml)
+  def initialize(xml, options = {})
     @xml  = xml
-    @node = self.class.xml_node_for_xmlish(xml)
+    @node = self.class.xml_node_for_xmlish(xml, options)
   end
   
   def find_xpath(xpath_expr, options = {})
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class TinyXPathHelper
     io_stream_classes + [ String, REXML::Document ]
   end
 
-  def self.xml_node_for_xmlish( xml )
+  def self.xml_node_for_xmlish( xml, options = {} )
     if io_stream_classes.any?{|k| k === xml }
       xml = xml.read
     end
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ class TinyXPathHelper
       xml = REXML::Document.new(xml)
     end
     if REXML::Document === xml
-      xml = xml.root
+      if options[:allow_empty_document] and ! xml.root
+        xml = xml
+      else
+        xml = xml.root
+      end
     end
     if not REXML::Element === xml
       raise TypeError.new("Expected REXML::Element, got #{xml.class}")

data/tiny_xpath_helper.gemspec

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{tiny_xpath_helper}
-  s.version = "0.1.1"
+  s.version = "0.1.2"
 
   s.authors = ["Jesse Wolfe"]
   s.date = %q{2009-06-01}

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: rasantiago-tiny_xpath_helper
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 0.1.1
+  version: 0.1.2
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Jesse Wolfe