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Claudio Poli

to_xml should convert Hash returning methods in :methods

Reported by Claudio Poli | October 15th, 2010 @ 04:18 AM

Hello,
currently when using :methods on to_xml if the called method returns a Hash Rails won't convert it, instead it just display a string with the hash content.

A workaround it to use :procs to convert manually the offending method to to_xml with a bunch of options:

options[:procs] ||= []
options[:procs] << Proc.new { |options| cover_urls.to_xml(options.update(:root => 'cover-urls'))}

I realize that since it is Hash people would want to customize it, but I think we can provide some default behaviour, like the example above (automatically set the root to method_name.dasherize).

The as_json/to_json are perfectly fine in rendering a method that returns a Hash, if we can get to_xml to behave the same we can DRY up a lot of code and share it between the as_json and to_xml overrides in AR models.

Comments and changes to this ticket

  • Claudio Poli

    Claudio Poli October 15th, 2010 @ 04:19 AM

    • Title changed from “to_xml should conver Hash in :methods if found” to “to_xml should convert Hash returning methods in :methods”
  • Ryan Bigg

    Ryan Bigg October 19th, 2010 @ 08:32 AM

    • Tag cleared.
    • Importance changed from “” to “Low”

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  • Santiago Pastorino

    Santiago Pastorino February 2nd, 2011 @ 04:47 PM

    • State changed from “new” to “open”

    This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not been commented on for at least three months.

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  • Santiago Pastorino

    Santiago Pastorino February 2nd, 2011 @ 04:47 PM

    • State changed from “open” to “stale”

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