From: Gerard Cahill <gerard.cahill@...>
Date: 2011-03-30T18:37:28+09:00
Subject: Re: NoMethodError: undefined method `traverse' for nil:NilClass

You're invoking a method on a nil object causing a runtime error 
(i.e the nil class does not define a method 'traverse'). 
Try checking the object first before calling the method. 
Something simple like: unless node.nil? should do it. In 7stud's example, 
the variable 'data' is nil so calling a method on it, in this case 'each', 
raises the same error.