decorations

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/serializers/xml_serializer.rb, line 288
      def decorations(include_types = true)
        decorations = {}

        if type == :binary
          decorations[:encoding] = 'base64'
        end

        if include_types && type != :string
          decorations[:type] = type
        end

        if value.nil?
          decorations[:nil] = true
        end

        decorations
      end