How do I create XML using Nokogiri::XML::Builder with a hyphen in the element name?
I am trying to build an XML document using Nokogiri. Some of the elements have hyphens in them. Here's an example:
require "nokogiri"
builder = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new do |xml|
xml.foo_bar "hello"
end
puts builder.to_xml
Which produces:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<f开发者_高级运维oo_bar>hello</foo_bar>
However, when I try:
builder = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new do |xml|
xml.foo-bar "hello"
end
I get:
syntax error, unexpected tSTRING_BEG, expecting kDO or '{' or '('
xml.foo-bar "hello"
Now I realise this is because the hyphen is being interpreted as foo MINUS bar
.
How should I do this?
Here you go:
require 'nokogiri'
b = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new do |xml|
xml.send(:"fooo-bar", "hello")
end
puts b.to_xml
Bart Vandendriessche's answer works but there is a simpler solution if you only want a text field within the element.
require 'nokogiri'
b = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new do |xml|
xml.send(:"foo-bar", 'hello')
end
puts b.to_xml
Generates:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<foo-bar>hello</foo-bar>
If you need them to be nested then you can pass a block
require 'nokogiri'
b = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new do |xml|
xml.send(:'foo-bar') {
xml.send(:'bar-foo', 'hello')
}
end
puts b.to_xml
Generates:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<foo-bar>
<bar-foo>hello</bar-foo>
</foo-bar>
Aaron Patterson's answer is correct and will work for element names containing any character that may otherwise be interpreted by the Ruby parser.
Answering Angela's question: to place text inside a element created this way you can do something like this:
require 'rubygems'
require 'nokogiri'
b = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new do |xml|
xml.send(:'foo.bar') {
xml.text 'hello'
}
end
puts b.to_xml
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