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#fileToArray(filename) ⇒ Object

takes a filename and returns an array of strings



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# File 'lib/MergeAsXML.rb', line 8

def fileToArray (filename)
   lines = Array.new
   File.open(filename) do |fp|
      fp.each do | line |
         lines << line.strip
      end
   end
   return lines
end

#mergeOutputIntoXML(output, xmlfilename, xpath, action) ⇒ Object

output is required to be a string containing valid XML



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# File 'lib/MergeAsXML.rb', line 38

def mergeOutputIntoXML(output, xmlfilename, xpath, action)

  #load XML doc from xmlfilename
  doc = REXML::Document.new ( File.new(xmlfilename) ) #getSourceXMLDoc(xmlfilename)
  fragment = REXML::Document.new("<wrapper>#{output}</wrapper>")

  #insertpoint = doc.at_xpath(xpath)
  insertpoint = REXML::XPath.first(doc, xpath)

  fragment.root.elements.each do | child |
    case action
      when "after"
        # insert as next siblings of specified xpath
        insertpoint.insert_after(xpath, child) 
      
      when "before"
        # insert as prev siblings of specified xpath
        insertpoint.insert_before(xpath, child)
      when "as child of"
        # insert as child of specified xpath
        insertpoint.add(child)    
    end
  end

  # return string
  return doc.to_s

end

#saveNewFileWithBackup(outputstring, filename) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/MergeAsXML.rb', line 30

def saveNewFileWithBackup(outputstring, filename)
  #make backup, filename.backup
  FileUtils.cp(filename, "#{filename}.backup")
  # write output
  File.open(filename, 'w') {|f| f.write(outputstring) }
end

#stringsToArray(strings, delim) ⇒ Object

takes an array of strings and a delimiter returns a two-dimensional array based on the delimiter



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# File 'lib/MergeAsXML.rb', line 20

def stringsToArray(strings, delim)
   lines = Array.new
   
   strings.each do | string |
      line = string.split(delim)
      lines << line
   end
   return lines
end