xml_resource
Turn XML into Ruby objects
Install
In your Gemfile:
gem 'xml_resource', '~> 3.0.0'Use
xml = %q{
<library>
<books>
<book>
<name>The Tempest</name>
<author>William Shakespeare</author>
<firstpublished>Nov 1, 1611</firstpublished>
</book>
<book>
<name>Moby-Dick</name>
<author>Herman Melville</author>
<firstpublished>Oct 18, 1851</firstpublished>
</book>
</books>
<hours>
<from>08:00 AM</from>
<till>06:00 PM</till>
</hours>
</library>
}
class Library
include XmlResource::Model
has_collection :books
has_attribute :open_from, :xpath => 'hours/from'
has_attribute :open_till, :xpath => 'hours/till'
end
class Book
include XmlResource::Model
has_attribute :name
has_attribute :author
has_attribute :published, :type => :date, :xpath => 'firstpublished'
end
library = Library.from_xml(xml)
=> #<Library:0x00000100dcf7e8 @attributes={"open_from"=>"08:00 AM", "open_till"=>"06:00 PM"}, @books=[#<Book:0x00000100dd1778 @attributes={"name"=>"The Tempest", "author"=>"William Shakespeare", "published"=>Tue, 01 Nov 1611}>, #<Book:0x00000100dcfbd0 @attributes={"name"=>"Moby-Dick", "author"=>"Herman Melville", "published"=>Sat, 18 Oct 1851}>]>
library.open_from
=> "08:00 AM"
book = library.books.first
=> #<Book:0x00000100dd1778 @attributes={"name"=>"The Tempest", "author"=>"William Shakespeare", "published"=>Tue, 01 Nov 1611}>
book.published
=> Tue, 01 Nov 1611