From: eddieroger <eddieroger@...>
Date: 2006-12-22T15:20:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Creating New Objects from REXML::Elements

Have you solved this? A fancy workaround, perhaps? Short of actually
making strings equivalent to the pieces, I am running out of ideas,
except the inefficiency of that kills me. I guess I'll give that a shot
and post an update if I get it to work.

Tom Pollard wrote:
> On Dec 21, 2006, at 1:40 AM, eddieroger wrote:
> > [...] when I try to push my new objects into an array,
> > the class identifies itself as an REXML::Element instead of a Movie.
> > [...]
> >  irb tells me this:
> > irb(main):025:0> movies.class
> > => Array
> > irb(main):026:0> movies[1].class
> > => REXML::Element
>
> I've encountered precisely this same problem!  I use REXML to pull
> values out of an XML document and into an object; but, instead of my
> objects, I end up with an Array of REXML::Element's.  :-(
> 
> TomP