rcrigler

# USAGE: Hash.from_libxml(YOUR_XML_STRING)
# http://movesonrails.com/articles/2008/02/25/libxml-for-active-resource-2-0
require 'nokogiri'
# updated because original version is written in 2 years ago. - memerelics
class Hash
  class << self
    def from_libxml(xml)
      begin
        result = Nokogiri::XML(xml)
        return { result.root.name.to_s.to_sym => xml_node_to_hash(result.root)}