Module: XmlMethods

Included in:
Howcast::Client::Category, Howcast::Client::Homepage, Howcast::Client::Marker, Howcast::Client::Playlist, Howcast::Client::Type, Howcast::Client::User, Howcast::Client::Video
Defined in:
lib/howcast/client/utils.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#to_doc ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/howcast/client/utils.rb', line 16

def to_doc
  doc  = Nokogiri::XML::Document.new
  node = Nokogiri::XML::Node.new(self.class.to_s.sub(/([a-z]+::)+/i, '').downcase, doc)
  root = doc.add_child node
  self.class.attr_accessors.each do |attr|
    node  = Nokogiri::XML::Node.new("#{attr}", doc)
    value = self.send(attr)
    if value.instance_of? String
      value = inflect(attr, value) if respond_to? :inflect
      if value.instance_of? String
        node.content = value
      else
        node.add_child value
      end
      root.add_child node
    elsif value.respond_to? :to_doc
      node = value.to_doc.root
      root.add_child node
    elsif value.instance_of? Array
      value.each do |v|
        if v.respond_to? :to_doc
          node.add_child v.to_doc.root
        else
          child = Nokogiri::XML::Node.new("#{attr}".singularize, doc)
          child.content = v.to_s
          node.add_child child
        end
      end
      root.add_child node
    end
  end
  doc
end

#to_xml ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/howcast/client/utils.rb', line 50

def to_xml
  to_doc.to_xml
end