module AXML::REXMLAbstraction

Public Class Methods

xml_as_document(xml) click to toggle source
# File lib/axml.rb, line 14
def self.xml_as_document(xml)
  if xml.is_a?(String)
    xml_clean = xml.chomp.strip.chomp
    unless xml_clean.start_with?('<')
      file_name = File.expand_path(xml)
      xml_document = REXML::Document.new(File.new(file_name)) if !file_name.start_with?('<') and File.exists?(file_name)
    end
    xml_document ||= REXML::Document.new(xml)
  else
    xml_document = xml
  end
  xml_document
end