module ActiveSupport::XmlMini_JDOM

def merge_element!(hash, element, depth)

XML element to merge into hash
element::
Hash to merge the converted element into.
hash::

Convert an XML element and merge into the hash 
def merge_element!(hash, element, depth)
  raise 'Document too deep!' if depth == 0
  delete_empty(hash)
  merge!(hash, element.tag_name, collapse(element, depth))
end