Module | ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Array::Conversions |
In: |
lib/active_support/core_ext/array/conversions.rb
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Converts a collection of elements into a formatted string by calling to_s on all elements and joining them:
Blog.find(:all).to_formatted_s # => "First PostSecond PostThird Post"
Adding in the :db argument as the format yields a prettier output:
Blog.find(:all).to_formatted_s(:db) # => "First Post,Second Post,Third Post"
Calls to_param on all its elements and joins the result with slashes. This is used by url_for in Action Pack.
Converts an array into a string suitable for use as a URL query string, using the given key as the param name.
['Rails', 'coding'].to_query('hobbies') # => "hobbies%5B%5D=Rails&hobbies%5B%5D=coding"
Converts the array to a comma-separated sentence where the last element is joined by the connector word. Options:
Returns a string that represents this array in XML by sending to_xml to each element. Active Record collections delegate their representation in XML to this method.
All elements are expected to respond to to_xml, if any of them does not an exception is raised.
The root node reflects the class name of the first element in plural if all elements belong to the same type and that‘s not Hash:
customer.projects.to_xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <projects type="array"> <project> <amount type="decimal">20000.0</amount> <customer-id type="integer">1567</customer-id> <deal-date type="date">2008-04-09</deal-date> ... </project> <project> <amount type="decimal">57230.0</amount> <customer-id type="integer">1567</customer-id> <deal-date type="date">2008-04-15</deal-date> ... </project> </projects>
Otherwise the root element is "records":
[{:foo => 1, :bar => 2}, {:baz => 3}].to_xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <records type="array"> <record> <bar type="integer">2</bar> <foo type="integer">1</foo> </record> <record> <baz type="integer">3</baz> </record> </records>
If the collection is empty the root element is "nil-classes" by default:
[].to_xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <nil-classes type="array"/>
To ensure a meaningful root element use the :root option:
customer_with_no_projects.projects.to_xml(:root => "projects") <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <projects type="array"/>
By default root children have as node name the one of the root singularized. You can change it with the :children option.
The options hash is passed downwards:
Message.all.to_xml(:skip_types => true) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <messages> <message> <created-at>2008-03-07T09:58:18+01:00</created-at> <id>1</id> <name>1</name> <updated-at>2008-03-07T09:58:18+01:00</updated-at> <user-id>1</user-id> </message> </messages>