Class: Dynarex

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
RXFReadWriteModule
Defined in:
lib/dynarex.rb

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(rawx = nil, username: nil, password: nil, schema: nil, default_key: nil, json_out: true, debug: false, delimiter: ' # ', autosave: false, order: 'ascending', unique: false, filepath: nil) ⇒ Dynarex

Create a new dynarex document from 1 of the following options:

  • a local file path

  • a URL

  • a schema string

    Dynarex.new 'contacts[title,description]/contact(name,age,dob)'

  • an XML string

    Dynarex.new '<contacts><summary><schema>contacts/contact(name,age,dob)</schema></summary><records/></contacts>'



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 90

def initialize(rawx=nil, username: nil, password: nil, schema: nil,
            default_key: nil, json_out: true, debug: false,
               delimiter: ' # ', autosave: false, order: 'ascending',
               unique: false, filepath: nil)


  puts 'inside Dynarex::initialize' if debug
  @username, @password, @schema,  = username,  password, schema
  @default_key, @json_out, @debug = default_key, json_out, debug
  @autosave, @unique = autosave, unique
  @local_filepath = filepath

  puts ('@debug: ' + @debug.inspect).debug if debug
  @delimiter = delimiter
  @spaces_delimited = false
  @order = order
  @limit = nil
  @records, @flat_records = [], []
  rawx ||= schema if schema

  if rawx then

    return import(rawx) if rawx =~ /\.txt$/
    openx(rawx.clone)

  end

  self.order = @order unless @order.to_sym == :ascending

end

Instance Attribute Details

#delimiter ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute delimiter.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 78

def delimiter
  @delimiter
end

#format_mask ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute format_mask.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 78

def format_mask
  @format_mask
end

#json_out ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute json_out.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 78

def json_out
  @json_out
end

#limit ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute limit.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 78

def limit
  @limit
end

#linked ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute linked.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 78

def linked
  @linked
end

#order ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute order.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 78

def order
  @order
end

#schema ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute schema.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 78

def schema
  @schema
end

#type ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute type.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 78

def type
  @type
end

#unique ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute unique.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 78

def unique
  @unique
end

#xslt ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute xslt.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 78

def xslt
  @xslt
end

#xslt_schema ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute xslt_schema.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 78

def xslt_schema
  @xslt_schema
end

Instance Method Details

#add(x) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 121

def add(x)
  @doc.root.add x
  @dirty_flag = true
  self
end

#all ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 127

def all()

  refresh! if @dirty_flag
  a = @doc.root.xpath("records/*").map {|x| recordx_to_record x}
  DynarexRecordset.new(a, self)

end

#clone ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 135

def clone()
  Dynarex.new(self.to_xml)
end

#create(obj, id: nil, custom_attributes: {}) ⇒ Object

Create a record from a hash containing the field name, and the field value.

dynarex = Dynarex.new 'contacts/contact(name,age,dob)'
dynarex.create name: Bob, age: 52



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 552

def create(obj, id: nil, custom_attributes: {})

  puts 'inside create' if @debug
  raise 'Dynarex#create(): input error: no arg provided' unless obj

  case obj.class.to_s.downcase.to_sym
  when :hash
    hash_create  obj, id, attr: custom_attributes
  when :string
    create_from_line obj, id, attr: custom_attributes
  when :recordx
    hash_create  obj.to_h, id || obj.id, attr: custom_attributes
  else
    hash_create  obj.to_h, id, attr: custom_attributes
  end

  @dirty_flag = true

  puts 'before save ' + @autosave.inspect if @debug
  save() if @autosave

  self
end

#create_from_line(line, id = nil, attr: '') ⇒ Object

Create a record from a string, given the dynarex document contains a format mask.

dynarex = Dynarex.new 'contacts/contact(name,age,dob)'
dynarex.create_from_line 'Tracy 37 15-Jun-1972'



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 580

def create_from_line(line, id=nil, attr: '')
  t = @format_mask.to_s.gsub(/\[!(\w+)\]/, '(.*)').sub(/\[/,'\[')\
                                                              .sub(/\]/,'\]')
  line.match(/#{t}/).captures

  a = line.match(/#{t}/).captures
  h = Hash[@fields.zip(a)]
  create h
  self
end

#default_key ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 139

def default_key()
  self.summary[:default_key]
end

#default_key=(id) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 591

def default_key=(id)
  @default_key = id.to_sym
  @summary[:default_key] = id
  @fields << id.to_sym
end

#delete(x) ⇒ Object

Delete a record.

dyarex.delete 3      # deletes record with id 3



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 633

def delete(x)

  return x.each {|id| self.delete id} if x.is_a? Array

  if x.to_i.to_s == x.to_s and x[/[0-9]/] then
    @doc.root.delete("records/*[@id='#{x}']")
  else
    @doc.delete x
  end

  @dirty_flag = true
  save() if @autosave

  self
end

#doc ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 162

def doc
  (load_records; rebuild_doc) if @dirty_flag == true
  @doc
end

#element(x) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 649

def element(x)
  @doc.root.element x
end

#fields ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 178

def fields
  @fields
end

#filter(&blk) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 713

def filter(&blk)

  dx = Dynarex.new @schema
  self.all.select(&blk).each {|x| dx.create x}
  dx

end

#first ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 182

def first
  r = @doc.root.element("records/*")
  r ? recordx_to_record(r) : nil
end

#flat_records(select: nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: to_a

Returns a ready-only snapshot of records as a simple Hash.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 251

def flat_records(select: nil)

  fields = select

  load_records if @dirty_flag == true

  if fields then

    case fields.class.to_s.downcase.to_sym
    when :string
      field = fields.to_sym
      @flat_records.map {|row| {field => row[field]}}
    when :symbol
      field = fields.to_sym
      @flat_records.map {|row| {field => row[field]} }
    when :array
      @flat_records.map {|row| fields.inject({})\
                         {|r,x| r.merge(x.to_sym => row[x.to_sym])}}
    end

  else
    @flat_records
  end

end

#foreign_import(options = {}) ⇒ Object

XML import



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 169

def foreign_import(options={})
  o = {xml: '', schema: ''}.merge(options)
  h = {xml: o[:xml], schema: @schema, foreign_schema: o[:schema]}
  buffer = DynarexImport.new(h).to_xml

  openx(buffer)
  self
end

#insert(raw_params) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 192

def insert(raw_params)
  record = make_record(raw_params)
  @doc.root.element('records/*').insert_before record
  @dirty_flag = true
end

#inspect ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 198

def inspect()
  "<object #%s>" % [self.object_id]
end

#parse(x = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: import

Parses 1 or more lines of text to create or update existing records.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 517

def parse(x=nil)

  @dirty_flag = true

  if x.is_a? Array then

    unless @schema then
      cols = x.first.keys.map {|c| c == 'id' ? 'uid' : c}
      self.schema = "items/item(%s)" % cols.join(', ')
    end

    x.each {|record| self.create record }
    return self

  end
  raw_buffer, type = RXFReader.read(x, auto: false)

  if raw_buffer.is_a? String then

    buffer = block_given? ? yield(raw_buffer) : raw_buffer.clone
    string_parse buffer.force_encoding('UTF-8')

  else
    foreign_import x
  end

end

#record(id) ⇒ Object Also known as: find, find_by_id 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 663

def record(id)
  e = @doc.root.element("records/*[@id='#{id}']")
  recordx_to_record e if e
end

#record_exists?(id) ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 671

def record_exists?(id)
  !@doc.root.element("records/*[@id='#{id}']").nil?
end

#records ⇒ Object

Return a Hash (which can be edited) containing all records.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 235

def records

  load_records if @dirty_flag == true

  if block_given? then
    yield(@records)
    rebuild_doc
    @dirty_flag = true
  else
    @records
  end

end

#recordx_type ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 213

def recordx_type()
  @summary[:recordx_type]
end

#refresh ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 675

def refresh()
  @dirty_flag = true
end

#refresh! ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 679

def refresh!()
  (load_records; rebuild_doc) if @dirty_flag == true
end

#rm(force: false) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 285

def rm(force: false)

  if force or all.empty? then
    FileX.rm @local_filepath if @local_filepath
    'file ' + @local_filepath + ' deleted'
  else
    'unable to rm file: document not empty'
  end

end

#ro_records ⇒ Object

Returns an array snapshot of OpenStruct records



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 281

def ro_records
  flat_records.map {|record| OpenStruct.new record }
end

#rss_xslt(opt = {}) ⇒ Object

used internally by to_rss()



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 685

def rss_xslt(opt={})

  h = {limit: 11}.merge(opt)
  doc = Rexle.new(self.to_xslt)
  e = doc.element('//xsl:apply-templates[2]')

  e2 = doc.root.element('xsl:template[3]')
  item = e2.element('item')
  new_item = item.deep_clone
  item.delete

  pubdate = @xslt_schema[/pubDate:/]
  xslif = Rexle.new("<xsl:if test='position() &lt; #{h[:limit]}'/>").root

  if pubdate.nil? then
    pubdate = Rexle.new("<pubDate><xsl:value-of select='pubDate'>" + \
                            "</xsl:value-of></pubDate>").root
    new_item.add pubdate
  end

  xslif.add new_item
  e2.add xslif.root
  xslt = doc.xml

  xslt

end

#save(filepath = @local_filepath, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Save the document to a file.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 490

def save(filepath=@local_filepath, options={})

  if @debug then
    puts 'inside Dynarex::save'
    puts 'filepath: '  + filepath.inspect

  end

  return unless filepath

  opt = {pretty: true}.merge options

  @local_filepath = filepath || 'dx.xml'
  xml = display_xml(opt)
  buffer = block_given? ? yield(xml) : xml

  if @debug then
    puts 'before write; filepath: ' + filepath.inspect
    puts 'buffer: ' + buffer.inspect
  end

  FileX.write filepath, buffer
  FileX.write(filepath.sub(/\.xml$/,'.json'), self.to_json) if @json_out
end

#sort_by!(field = nil, &element_blk) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 653

def sort_by!(field=nil, &element_blk)

  blk = field ? ->(x){ x.text(field.to_s).to_s} : element_blk
  r = sort_records_by! &blk
  @dirty_flag = true
  r

end

#summary ⇒ Object

Returns the hash representation of the document summary.



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 229

def summary
  @summary
end

#to_doc ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 297

def to_doc
  self.clone().doc
end

#to_h ⇒ Object

Typically uses the 1st field as a key and the remaining fields as the value



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 303

def to_h()

  key = self.default_key.to_sym
  fields = self.fields() - [key]
  puts 'fields: ' + fields.inspect if @debug

  flat_records.inject({}) do |r, h|

    puts 'h: ' + h.inspect if @debug

    value = if h.length == 2 then
      h[fields[0]].to_s
    else
      fields.map {|x| h[x]}
    end

    r.merge(h[key] => value)
  end

end

#to_html(domain: '') ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 324

def to_html(domain: '')

  h = {username: @username, password: @password}
  xsl_buffer = RXFReader.read(domain + @xslt, h).first
  Rexslt.new(xsl_buffer, self.to_doc).to_s

end

#to_json(pretty: true) ⇒ Object

to_json: pretty is set to true because although the file size is larger, the file can be load slightly quicker



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 336

def to_json(pretty: true)

  records = self.to_a
  summary = self.summary.to_h

  root_name = schema()[/^\w+/]
  record_name = schema()[/(?<=\/)[^\(]+/]

  h = {
    root_name.to_sym =>
    {
      summary: @summary,
      records: @records.map {|_, h| {record_name.to_sym => h} }
    }
  }

  pretty ? JSON.pretty_generate(h) : h.to_json

end

#to_rss(opt = {}, xslt = nil) {|doc| ... } ⇒ Object

Yields:



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 732

def to_rss(opt={}, xslt=nil)

  puts 'inside to_rss'.info if @debug

  unless xslt then

    h = {limit: 11}.merge(opt)
    doc = Rexle.new(self.to_xslt)
    e = doc.element('//xsl:apply-templates[2]')

    e2 = doc.root.element('xsl:template[3]')
    item = e2.element('item')
    new_item = item.deep_clone
    item.delete

    pubdate = @xslt_schema[/pubDate:/]
    xslif = Rexle.new("<xsl:if test='position() &lt; #{h[:limit]}'/>").root


    if pubdate.nil? then
      pubdate2 = Rexle.new("<pubDate><xsl:value-of select='pubDate'></xsl:value-of></pubDate>").root
      new_item.add pubdate2
    end

    xslif.add new_item
    e2.add xslif
    xslt = doc.xml

    xslt
  end

  puts 'before self.to_xml' if @debug
  doc = Rexle.new(self.to_xml)

  puts ('pubdate: ' + pubdate.inspect).debug if @debug

  if pubdate.nil? then
    doc.root.xpath('records/*').each do |x|
      raw_dt = DateTime.parse x.attributes[:created]
      dt = raw_dt.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z")
      x.add Rexle::Element.new('pubDate').add_text dt.to_s
    end
  end

  #puts ('doc: ' + doc.root.xml) if @debug
  #File.write '/tmp/blog.xml', doc.root.xml
  #puts ('xslt:'  + xslt.inspect) if @debug
  #File.write '/tmp/blog.xslt', xslt

  puts 'before Rexslt' if @debug
  out = Rexslt.new(xslt, doc).to_s(declaration: false)
  puts 'after Rexslt' if @debug

  #Rexle.new("<rss version='2.0'>%s</rss>" % xml).xml(pretty: true)

  doc = Rexle.new("<rss version='2.0'>%s</rss>" % out.to_s)
  yield( doc ) if block_given?
  puts 'before doc.xml' if @debug
  xml = doc.xml(pretty: true)
  xml
end

#to_s(header: true, delimiter: @delimiter) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 356

def to_s(header: true, delimiter: @delimiter)

xsl_buffer =<<EOF
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl:output encoding="UTF-8"
          method="text"
          indent="no"
          omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>

<xsl:template match="*">
  <xsl:for-each select="records/*">[!regex_values]<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
  </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
EOF


  raw_summary_fields = self.summary[:schema][/^\w+\[([^\]]+)\]/,1]
  sumry = ''

  if raw_summary_fields then
    summary_fields = raw_summary_fields.split(',') # .map(&:to_sym)
    sumry = summary_fields.map {|x| x.strip!; x + ': ' + \
                             self.summary[x.to_sym].to_s}.join("\n") + "\n\n"
  end

  if @raw_header then
    declaration = @raw_header
  else

    smry_fields = %i(schema)
    smry_fields << :order if self.summary[:order] == 'descending'

    if delimiter.length > 0 then
      smry_fields << :delimiter
    else
      smry_fields << :format_mask unless self.summary[:rawdoc_type] == 'rowx'
    end
    s = smry_fields.map {|x| "%s=\"%s\"" % \
      [x, self.send(x).gsub('"', '\"') ]}.join ' '

    declaration = %Q(<?dynarex %s?>\n) % s
  end

  docheader = declaration + sumry

  if self.summary[:rawdoc_type] == 'rowx' then
    a = self.fields.map do |field|
"<xsl:if test=\"%s != ''\">
<xsl:text>\n</xsl:text>%s:<xsl:text> </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select='%s'/>
</xsl:if>" % ([field]*3)
    end

    puts ('a: ' + a.inspect).debug if @debug

    xslt_format = a.join

    xsl_buffer.sub!(/\[!regex_values\]/, xslt_format)

    if @debug then
      File.write '/tmp/foo.xsl', xsl_buffer
      File.write '/tmp/foo.xml', @doc.xml
      puts 'xsl_buffer: ' + xsl_buffer.inspect
    end

    out = Rexslt.new(xsl_buffer, @doc).to_s

    docheader + "\n--+\n" + out
  elsif self.summary[:rawdoc_type] == 'sectionx' then

    a = (self.fields - [:uid, 'uid']).map do |field|
"<xsl:if test=\"%s != ''\">
<xsl:text>\n</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select='%s'/>
</xsl:if>" % ([field]*2)
    end

    xslt_format = a.join

    xsl_buffer.sub!(/\[!regex_values\]/, xslt_format)
    puts 'xsl_buffer: ' + xsl_buffer.inspect if @debug

    out = Rexslt.new(xsl_buffer, @doc).to_s

    header ? docheader + "--#\n" + out : out

  elsif self.delimiter.length > 0 then
    puts 'dinddd'
    tfo = TableFormatter.new border: false, wrap: false, \
                                                divider: self.delimiter
    tfo.source = self.to_a.map{|x| x.values}
    docheader + tfo.display.strip

  else

    format_mask = self.format_mask
    format_mask.gsub!(/\[[^!\]]+\]/) {|x| x[1] }

    s1, s2 = '<xsl:text>', '</xsl:text>'
    xslt_format = s1 + format_mask\
        .gsub(/(?:\[!(\w+)\])/, s2 + '<xsl:value-of select="\1"/>' + s1) + s2

    xsl_buffer.sub!(/\[!regex_values\]/, xslt_format)

    puts 'xsl_buffer: ' + xsl_buffer if @debug
    out = Rexslt.new(xsl_buffer, @doc).to_s

    header ? docheader + "\n" + out : out
  end

end

#to_table(fields: nil, markdown: false, innermarkdown: false, heading: true) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 468

def to_table(fields: nil, markdown: false, innermarkdown: false, heading: true)

  tfo = TableFormatter.new markdown: markdown, innermarkdown: innermarkdown
  tfo.source = self.to_a.map {|h| fields ? fields.map {|x| h[x]} : h.values }

  if heading then
    raw_headings = self.summary[:headings]
    fields = raw_headings.split(self.delimiter) if raw_headings and fields.nil?
    tfo.labels = (fields ? fields : self.fields.map{|x| x.to_s.capitalize })
  end

  tfo

end

#to_xml(opt = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 483

def to_xml(opt={})
  opt = {pretty: true} if opt == :pretty
  display_xml(opt)
end

#to_xslt(opt = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 721

def to_xslt(opt={})

  h = {limit: -1}.merge(opt)
  @xslt_schema = @xslt_schema || self.summary[:xslt_schema]
  raise 'to_xslt(): xslt_schema nil' unless @xslt_schema

  xslt = DynarexXSLT.new(schema: @schema, xslt_schema: @xslt_schema ).to_xslt

  return xslt
end

#update(id, obj) ⇒ Object

Updates a record from an id and a hash containing field name and field value.

dynarex.update 4, name: Jeff, age: 38



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 601

def update(id, obj)

  params = if obj.is_a? Hash then
    obj
  elsif obj.is_a? RecordX
    obj.to_h
  end

  fields = capture_fields(params)

  # for each field update each record field
  record = @doc.root.element("records/#{@record_name}[@id='#{id.to_s}']")

  fields.each do |k,v|
    puts "updating ... %s = '%s'" % [k,v] if @debug
    record.element(k.to_s).text = v if v
  end

  record.add_attribute(last_modified: Time.now.to_s)

  @dirty_flag = true

  save() if @autosave

  self

end

#xpath(x) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/dynarex.rb', line 800

def xpath(x)
  @doc.root.xpath x
end