Builder::XmlMarkup adds <inspect/> on printing and <clone/> on saving

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Hello,

I am new in this group. Please give me a short hint, in case this is the wrong place for my posting.

I want to create an XML file and store it in "filetransfer". The XML part of the file (the body) sould go to "filetransfer.data". Despite the last line, everything is fine with the code below.

With "filetransfer.save" two entries "<clone/>" are added at the end of filetransfer.data. How can I avoid these entries? Printing has a similar effect. In that case "<inspect/>" is added every time I print.

Locking forward to your hints

SUzB

**** code example ****

    filetransfer.data = Builder::XmlMarkup.new     myxml = Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:target=>filetransfer.data, :indent=>2)

    myxml.instruct! #:xml, :version=>"1.0"     myxml.OpenShipments("xmlns"=>"x-schema:OpenShipments.xdr"){       for row in parsed # contains rows of a parsed .csv file         myxml.OpenShipment("ShipmentOption"=>"", "ProcessStatus"=>"") do           myxml.ShipTo do             myxml.CompanyOrName(row[0])             myxml.Address1(row [1])             myxml.Address2(row [2])             myxml.CountryTerritory("DE")             myxml.PostalCode(row [3])             myxml.CityOrTown(row [4])           end           myxml.ShipmentInformation do             myxml.ServiceType("ES")             myxml.NumberOfPackages("1")             myxml.BillingOption("PP")           end           myxml.Package do             myxml.PackageType("CP")             myxml.Weight(row [5])           end         end       end     }

    filetransfer.save

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If filetransfer.data is just supposed to contain the text of the markup - it's shouldn't be an instnace of Builder::XmlMarkup. It can be anything that responds to <<, for example a String or a File (Builder::XMLMarkup also responds to << which is why this works at all.

Fred

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you are right, I am only interested in teh text of the markup. Do you have a short hint how to change my code?

SUzB

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I've no idea what your file transfer class is, but changing the first line to filetransfer.data = "" would probably be a step in the right direction

Fred

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Thanks Fred! It works

SUzB