parse

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb, line 30
    def parse(string)
      if string.blank?
        {}
      else
        @dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.new_instance
        xml_string_reader = StringReader.new(string)
        xml_input_source = InputSource.new(xml_string_reader)
        doc = @dbf.new_document_builder.parse(xml_input_source)
        merge_element!({}, doc.document_element)
      end
    end