dimus

# USAGE: Hash.from_xml:(YOUR_XML_STRING)
require 'nokogiri'
# modified from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1230741/convert-a-nokogiri-document-to-a-ruby-hash/1231297#1231297

class Hash
  class << self
    def from_xml(xml_io) 
      begin
        result = Nokogiri::XML(xml_io)
        return { result.root.name.to_sym => xml_node_to_hash(result.root)} 

jtrupiano

require 'action_controller/test_process' 
class Factory
  module FixtureFileUpload
    def fixture_file_upload(attr_name, path, mime_type=nil, binary=false)
      uploaded_file = ActionController::TestUploadedFile.new(
        Test::Unit::TestCase.respond_to?(:fixture_path) ? Test::Unit::TestCase.fixture_path + path : path, 
        mime_type,
        binary
      )
      add_attribute attr_name, uploaded_file