fold_array_by_name(name, array) — XmlSimple

fold_array_by_name(name, array)

Folds an Array to a Hash, if possible. Folding happens according to the content of keyattr, which has to be a Hash.

name: Name of the attribute to be folded upon.
array: Array to be folded.

Parameters

name req
array req

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/xml-simple-1.0.11/xmlsimple.rb, line 598
  def fold_array_by_name(name, array)
    return array unless @options['keyattr'].has_key?(name)
    key, flag = @options['keyattr'][name]

    hash = Hash.new
    array.each { |x|
      if x.instance_of?(Hash) && x.has_key?(key)
        value = x[key]
        return array if value.instance_of?(Hash) || value.instance_of?(Array)
        value = normalise_space(value) if @options['normalisespace'] == 1
        hash[value] = x
        hash[value]["-#{key}"] = hash[value][key] if flag == '-'
        hash[value].delete(key) unless flag == '+'
      else
        $stderr.puts("Warning: <#{name}> element has no '#{key}' attribute.")
        return array
      end
    }
    hash = collapse_content(hash) if @options['collapseagain']
    hash
  end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor/xml-simple-1.0.11/xmlsimple.rb line 598 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

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