class DynamicsCRM::XML::Entity

Attributes

attributes[RW]
entity_state[RW]
formatted_values[RW]
id[RW]
logical_name[RW]

Public Class Methods

from_xml(xml_document) click to toggle source
# File lib/dynamics_crm/xml/entity.rb, line 53
def self.from_xml(xml_document)
  entity = Entity.new('')

  if xml_document
    xml_document.elements.each do |node|

      attr_name = DynamicsCRM::StringUtil.underscore(node.name).to_sym
      if entity.respond_to?(attr_name)
        if node.name == "Attributes"
          entity.attributes = XML::Attributes.from_xml(node)
        elsif node.name == "FormattedValues"
          entity.formatted_values = XML::FormattedValues.from_xml(node)
          # Reset to nil if no values were found.
          entity.formatted_values = nil if entity.formatted_values.empty?
        else
          entity.send("#{attr_name}=", node.text ? node.text.strip : nil)
        end
      end
    end
  end

  return entity
end
new(logical_name, id=nil) click to toggle source
# File lib/dynamics_crm/xml/entity.rb, line 8
def initialize(logical_name, id=nil)
  @logical_name = logical_name
  @id = id || "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
end

Public Instance Methods

to_hash() click to toggle source
# File lib/dynamics_crm/xml/entity.rb, line 42
def to_hash
  {
    :attributes => @attributes.to_hash,
    :entity_state => entity_state,
    :formatted_values => (@formatted_values ? @formatted_values.to_hash : nil),
    :id => @id,
    :logical_name => @logical_name,
    :related_entities => related_entities
  }
end
to_xml(options={}) click to toggle source

Using Entity vs entity causes the error: Value cannot be null.

# File lib/dynamics_crm/xml/entity.rb, line 14
def to_xml(options={})

  inner_xml = %Q{
    #{@attributes.is_a?(XML::Attributes) ? @attributes.to_xml : @attributes}
    <a:EntityState i:nil="true" />
    <a:FormattedValues xmlns:b="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System.Collections.Generic" />
    <a:Id>#{@id}</a:Id>
    <a:LogicalName>#{@logical_name}</a:LogicalName>
    <a:RelatedEntities xmlns:b="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System.Collections.Generic" />
  }

  return inner_xml if options[:exclude_root]

  if options[:in_array]
    %Q{
    <a:Entity>
      #{inner_xml}
    </a:Entity>
    }
  else
    %Q{
    <entity xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/xrm/2011/Contracts">
      #{inner_xml}
    </entity>
    }
  end
end