Ruby程序中创建和解析XML文件的方法

使用builder创建XML

builder安装方法：

gem install builder

require 'builder'   x = Builder::XmlMarkup.new(:target => $stdout, :indent => 1) #":target =＞$stdout"参数：指示输出内容将被写向标准输出控制台 #":indent =＞1"参数：XML输出形式将被缩进一个空格字符x.instruct! :xml,:version =>'1.1',:encoding => 'gb2312' x.comment! "书本信息"  x.library("shelf" => "Recent Acquisitions") { x.section("name" => "ruby"){ x.book("isbn" => "0672310001"){ x.title "Programming Ruby"  x.author "Yukihiro " x.description "Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide" } } } 

p x #打印XML

Ruby创建XML输出结果：

< ?xml version="1.1" encoding="gb2312"?> < !-- 书本信息 --> < library shelf="Recent Acquisitions"> < section name="ruby"> < book isbn="0672310001"> < title>Programming Ruby< /title> < author>Yukihiro < /author> < description>Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide< /description> < /book> < /section> < /library> < inspect/> #< IO:0x2a06ae8> 

使用ReXML解析XML

REXML 是一个完全用ruby写的processor ,他有多种api，其中两个经典的api是通过DOM-like 和SAX-like 来进行区分的。第一种是将整个文件读进内存，然后存储为一个分层的形式(也就是一棵树了).而第二种是"parse as you go",当你的文件很大，并且内存受到限制的时候，比较适合用这种。

看下面的book.xml:

引用

<library shelf="Recent Acquisitions">   <section name="Ruby">     <book isbn="0672328844">     <title>The Ruby Way</title>     <author>Hal Fulton</author>     <description>       Second edition. The book you are now reading.       Ain't recursion grand?     </description>     </book>   </section>   <section name="Space">     <book isbn="0684835509">       <title>The Case for Mars</title>       <author>Robert Zubrin</author>       <description>Pushing toward a second home for the human         race.       </description>     </book>     <book isbn="074325631X">       <title>First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong</title>       <author>James R. Hansen</author>       <description>Definitive biography of the first man on         the moon.       </description>     </book>   </section> </library>

1 Tree Parsing(也就是DOM-like)

我们需要require rexml/document 库，并且include REXML :

require 'rexml/document' include REXML  input = File.new("books.xml") doc = Document.new(input)  root = doc.root puts root.attributes["shelf"]   # Recent Acquisitions  doc.elements.each("library/section") { |e| puts e.attributes["name"] } # Output: #  Ruby #  Space  doc.elements.each("*/section/book") { |e| puts e.attributes["isbn"] } # Output: #  0672328844 #  0321445619 #  0684835509 #  074325631X  sec2 = root.elements[2] author = sec2.elements[1].elements["author"].text    # Robert Zubrin