class AWS::Core::XML::Parser

def self.parse xml, rules = {}

Returns:
  • (Hash) - Returns a hash of parsed xml data.

Parameters:
  • rules (Hash) -- A has of xml parsing rules. Generally
  • xml (String) -- An XML document string to parse. 
def self.parse xml, rules = {}
  self.new(rules).parse(xml)
end

def initialize rules = {}

Parameters:
  • rules (Hash) -- A has of xml parsing rules. Generally 
def initialize rules = {}
  @rules = rules
end

def parse xml

Returns:
  • (Hash) - Returns a hash of parsed xml data.

Parameters:
  • xml (String) -- An XML document string to parse. 
def parse xml
  xml = '<xml/>' if xml.nil? or xml.empty?
  sax_handler.parse(xml)
end

def sax_handler


we express a gem dependency on is nokogiri.
Currently you can not choose your xml sax handler, and the only

extension.
is the only library that does not rely on a native
by libxml-ruby. Lastly (by a long shot) is REXML. REXML
There are three handlers, nokogiri is the fastest, followed 
def sax_handler
  begin
    SaxHandlers::Nokogiri.new(rules)
  rescue NameError, LoadError
    SaxHandlers::REXML.new(rules)
  end
end

def simulate

Returns:
  • (Hash) - Returns a hash of mostly empty placeholder data. 
def simulate
  XML::Stub.simulate(rules)
end