A REXML extension for supporting CSS selector.
Please add the following line to your Gemfile.
gem 'rexml-css_selector'Or, you can use this library via GitHub source.
In this case, please add the following line to your Gemfile.
gem 'rexml-css_selector', :git => 'git://github.com/makenowjust/rexml-css_selector.git'The main API of this library is REXML::CSSSelector.each_select.
REXML::CSSSelector.each_select(scope, selector) takes two arguments: scope is a scope node which it starts matching from, and selector is a CSS selector string.
Then, it calls the given block with a matched node.
See the example.
require "rexml/document"
require "rexml/css_selector"
# From https://www.w3schools.com/xml/note.xml.
doc = REXML::Document.new(<<~XML)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<note>
<script/>
<to>Tove</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>
XML
# "script ~ *" selects sibling elements after a `<script>` tag.
REXML::CSSSelector.each_select(doc, "script ~ *") do |element|
p element
end
# Output:
# <to> ... </>
# <from> ... </>
# <heading> ... </>
# <body> ... </>This library also provides the following APIs:
REXML::CSSSelector.select(scope, selector): Returns the first matched element.REXML::CSSSelector.select_all(scope, selector): Returns an array of matched elements.REXML::CSSSelector.is(node, selector, scope: node.document): Checks whethernodematchesselectorfromscope.
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/makenowjust/rexml-css_selector. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
Everyone interacting in the Rexml::Css::Selector project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.