collapse

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/rexml.rb, line 36
      def collapse(element)
        hash = get_attributes(element)

        if element.has_elements?
          element.each_element {|child| merge_element!(hash, child) }
          merge_texts!(hash, element) unless empty_content?(element)
          hash
        else
          merge_texts!(hash, element)
        end
      end