module ActiveSupport::XmlMini_JDOM

def parse(data)

XML Document string or IO to parse
data::
Parse an XML Document string or IO into a simple hash using Java's jdom. 
def parse(data)
  if data.respond_to?(:read)
    data = data.read
  end
  if data.blank?
    {}
  else
    @dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.new_instance
    # secure processing of java xml
    # https://archive.is/9xcQQ
    @dbf.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/nonvalidating/load-external-dtd", false)
    @dbf.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities", false)
    @dbf.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/external-parameter-entities", false)
    @dbf.setFeature(javax.xml.XMLConstants::FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true)
    xml_string_reader = StringReader.new(data)
    xml_input_source = InputSource.new(xml_string_reader)
    doc = @dbf.new_document_builder.parse(xml_input_source)
    merge_element!({ CONTENT_KEY => "" }, doc.document_element, XmlMini.depth)
  end
end