From: Brian Lonsdorf <brian@...>
Date: 2008-11-28T02:33:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Design suggestion for translations/mappings from xml

> class Test
> include XMLMap
> map :this, "/root/this/tag"
> map :that, "/root/that/@attr"
> end
> 
> test = Test.new.from_xml
> "<root><this><tag>this_value</tag></this><that attr="that_value"/>"
> test.to_xml
> 
> You could also implement a version of the map method that receives a
> hash with all the mappings or whatever.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Jesus.

Thanks so much for your response!

The map method was the perfect solution to my problem.  Declarative,
organized, and maintainable.  Previously, I kept trying to define them
all in one spot - I just needed to think about it differently.

One enhancement that made me smile was a call to attr_accessor in the
map method :)
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