collapse

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb, line 69
      def collapse(element, depth)
        hash = get_attributes(element)

        child_nodes = element.child_nodes
        if child_nodes.length > 0
          (0...child_nodes.length).each do |i|
            child = child_nodes.item(i)
            merge_element!(hash, child, depth - 1) unless child.node_type == Node::TEXT_NODE
          end
          merge_texts!(hash, element) unless empty_content?(element)
          hash
        else
          merge_texts!(hash, element)
        end
      end