using nokogiri to extract not only xml child but also xml attribute

add :put and :delete params in find options
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README

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ These are the features that have been added to HyRes.
  * Active Record-like #load that doesn't #dup attributes (stores direct reference)
  * reload that does a full clear/fetch to reload (also clears associations
    cache!)
+ * now not only extract xml child but also xml attribute
 
 
 == Callbacks
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ These are the features that have been added to HyRes.
  * no 404-explosion for collection-finders that don't return anything They
    just return nil (just like Active Record). This includes finders for
    associations eg User.posts will return nil if the user hasn't any.
+ * add :post, :put and :delete options at find
 
 
 === Validations
@@ -118,6 +120,11 @@ Currently:
   because (obviously) we're not using SQL...
  * it's possible to still pass in :params => {:conditions => ...} (ie old
   code shouldn't break) but it's not essential anymore (too complicated).
+
+if your api not restful enough you can custom find by option :post, :put and :delete
+Brands.find(:all, :from => '/brands/search.xml', :post => '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><search_params><region>EUR</region></search_params>')
+will send '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><search_params><region>EUR</region></search_params>' with method post to yoursite+'/brands/search.xml'
+and parse xml result
 
 
 
@@ -396,51 +403,21 @@ Currently in progress (ie awaiting discussion on RailsCore):
 
 0) Testing!
 
-1) proper callbacks for before/after save/create/validate etc rather than
-  bodgied-up functions called directly in the code
+1) more customizable
 
-2) MyModel.with_scope
+2) if method post or put and using methods 'find_by' automatically create xml data to send to API  
 
-3) find(:include => ...)
 
-4) attr_protected/attr_accessible
-
-5) MyModel.calculate/average/minimum/maximum etc
-
-6) reflections. There should be no reason why we can't re-use
-  Active Record-style reflections for our associations. They are not
-  SQL-specific. This will also allow a lot more code to automatically Just
-  Work (eg an Active Record could use "has_many :through" a HyRes)
-
-7) Split HyRes into Base and other grouped functions as per AR
-
-8) default_scope (as per AR)
-
-9) validates_associated (as per AR)
-
-10) write_attribute that actually hits the remoteAPI ???
-
-11) a default format for when it doesn't understand how to deal with a given
-mime-formats? One which will just pass back the raw data and let you play
-with it?
-
-12) cache the raw (un-decoded) data onto the object so we don't have to do a
-second fetch? Or at least allow a universal attribute to be set that turns
-on cacheing
-
-13) HABTM - and the reverse (ie AR HABTM HyRes and HyRes HABTM AR) 
-
-14) has_many :through - and allowing AR's "through" to work as well
-
-N) merge this stuff back into the real Active Resource (currently underway for Rails 3.0)
 
 
 
+== Copyright and Authorship
 
+Author:: Ibnul Qoyyim
 
-== Copyright and Authorship
+Forked from :
 
-Author:: Taryn East
+Taryn East
 Copyright (c) 2009:: White Label Dating [http://whitelabeldating.com]
 
 Based on Work Done by Medical Decision Logic

lib/hyperactive_resource.rb

@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ def self.method_missing(method_name, *args )
 
           # the user asked for find! and we found nothing - so raise a
           # descriptive exception
-          raise ResourceNotFound, "Couldn't find #{self.name} with #{attr_conds.to_a.collect {|pair| "#{pair.first} = #{pair.second}"}.join(', ')}" if match.bang? && results.blank?
+          raise ResourceNotFound, "Couldn't find #{self.name} with " + attr_conds.to_a.collect {|pair| "#{pair.first} = #{pair.second}"}.join(', ') if match.bang? && results.blank?
 
           # otherwise return whatever we found
           return results
@@ -1082,19 +1082,29 @@ def self.find_every(options)
       begin
         from_value = options.respond_to?(:has_key?) && options.has_key?(:from) ? options.delete(:from) : nil
         post_value = options.respond_to?(:has_key?) && options.has_key?(:post) ? options.delete(:post) : nil
+        put_value = options.respond_to?(:has_key?) && options.has_key?(:put) ? options.delete(:put) : nil
+        is_delete = options.respond_to?(:has_key?) && options.has_key?(:delete)
         case from_value
         when Symbol
-          if post_value.nil?
-            instantiate_collection(get(from_value, options[:params]))
-          else
+          if !post_value.nil?
             instantiate_collection(post(from_value, options[:params], post_value))
+          elsif !put_value.nil? 
+            instantiate_collection(put(from_value, options[:params], put_value))
+          elsif is_delete
+            instantiate_collection(delete(from_value, options[:params]))
+          else
+            instantiate_collection(get(from_value, options[:params]))
           end
         when String
           path = "#{from_value}#{query_string(options[:params])}"
-          if post_value.nil?
-            instantiate_collection(connection.get(path, headers).arrayify)
-          else
+          if !post_value.nil?
             instantiate_collection(format.decode(connection.post(path, post_value, headers).body).arrayify)
+          elsif !put_value.nil? 
+            instantiate_collection(format.decode(connection.put(path, put_value, headers).body).arrayify)
+          elsif is_delete
+            instantiate_collection(connection.delete(path, headers).arrayify)
+          else
+            instantiate_collection(connection.get(path, headers).arrayify)
           end
         else
           prefix_options, query_options = split_options(options)

lib/parse_xml_attributes_too.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# USAGE: Hash.from_xml:(YOUR_XML_STRING)
+require 'nokogiri'
+# modified from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1230741/convert-a-nokogiri-document-to-a-ruby-hash/1231297#1231297
+# EDITED from http://gist.github.com/335286
+
+class Hash
+  class << self
+    alias :from_xml_without_attributes :from_xml
+    def from_xml(xml_io, options = {})
+      begin
+        return from_xml_without_attributes(xml_io) unless options.has_key?(:with_attributes)
+        result = Nokogiri::XML(xml_io)
+        return { result.root.name.to_sym => xml_node_to_hash(result.root)}
+      rescue Exception => e
+        # raise your custom exception here
+      end
+    end
+
+    def xml_node_to_hash(node)
+      # If we are at the root of the document, start the hash
+      if node.element?
+        result_hash = {}
+        if node.attributes != {}
+          result_hash[:attributes] = {}
+          node.attributes.keys.each do |key|
+            result_hash[:attributes][node.attributes[key].name.to_sym] = prepare(node.attributes[key].value)
+          end
+        end
+        if node.children.size > 0
+          node.children.each do |child|
+            result = xml_node_to_hash(child)
+
+            if child.name == "text"
+              unless child.next_sibling || child.previous_sibling
+                return prepare(result)
+              end
+            elsif result_hash[child.name.to_sym]
+              if result_hash[child.name.to_sym].is_a?(Object::Array)
+                result_hash[child.name.to_sym] << prepare(result)
+              else
+                result_hash[child.name.to_sym] = [result_hash[child.name.to_sym]] << prepare(result)
+              end
+            else
+              result_hash[child.name.to_sym] = prepare(result)
+            end
+          end
+
+          return result_hash
+        else
+          return result_hash
+        end
+      else
+        return prepare(node.content.to_s)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def prepare(data)
+      (data.class == String && data.to_i.to_s == data) ? data.to_i : data
+    end
+  end
+
+  def to_struct(struct_name)
+      Struct.new(struct_name,*keys).new(*values)
+  end
+end
+
+module ActiveResource
+  module Formats
+    module XmlFormat
+      extend self
+
+      def decode(xml)
+        from_xml_data(Hash.from_xml(xml, :with_attributes))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+