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parse

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parse(data) public

Parse an XML Document string or IO into a simple hash

Same as XmlSimple::xml_in but doesn’t shoot itself in the foot, and uses the defaults from Active Support.

data	XML Document string or IO to parse

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/rexml.rb, line 19
    def parse(data)
      if !data.respond_to?(:read)
        data = StringIO.new(data || '')
      end

      char = data.getc
      if char.nil?
        {}
      else
        data.ungetc(char)
        silence_warnings { require 'rexml/document' } unless defined?(REXML::Document)
        doc = REXML::Document.new(data)

        if doc.root
          merge_element!({}, doc.root)
        else
          raise REXML::ParseException,
            "The document #{doc.to_s.inspect} does not have a valid root"
        end
      end
    end

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