xml builder, dynamic methods

rubyonrails-talk
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Is there a way to do something like:

x = Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:target => $stdout, :indent => 1) x.instruct! x.response{       x.XXXXX{

XXXXX is a variable sent in to a method.

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Chris Habgood wrote:

Is there a way to do something like:

x = Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:target => $stdout, :indent => 1) x.instruct! x.response{       x.XXXXX{

XXXXX is a variable sent in to a method.

Can you clarify? I don't understand your question.

x.XXXXX { ... } would create an XML tag named "XXXXX"

<?xml version="1.0"?> <response>   <XXXXX>     ...   </XXXXX> </response>

Attributes are added by passing in a hash x.XXXXX(:title => "foo", name => "bar") { ... }

<?xml version="1.0"?> <response>   <XXXXX title="foo" name="bar">     ...   </XXXXX> </response>

What are you actually trying to do?

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Take success or error in as a text and replace the below with:

if type.eql?(‘success’) x.success do x.message “#{msg}” end else x.error do

          x.message "#{msg}"
        end
      end

Final version: remove the duplication. type = “success” or “error” x.type do x.message “”