lib/roxml.rb
def to_xml(params = {})
      params.reverse_merge!(:name => self.class.tag_name, :namespace => self.class.roxml_namespace)
      params[:namespace] = nil if ['*', 'xmlns'].include?(params[:namespace])
      XML.new_node([params[:namespace], params[:name]].compact.join(':')).tap do |root|
        refs = (self.roxml_references.present? \
          ? self.roxml_references \
          : self.class.roxml_attrs.map {|attr| attr.to_ref(self) })
        refs.each do |ref|
          value = ref.to_xml(self)
          unless value.nil?
            ref.update_xml(root, value)
          end
        end
        if params[:namespaces]
          params[:namespaces].each { |prefix, url| root.add_namespace_definition(prefix, url) }
        end
      end
    end
def to_xml(params = {})
      params.reverse_merge!(:name => self.class.tag_name, :namespace => self.class.roxml_namespace)
      params[:namespace] = nil if ['*', 'xmlns'].include?(params[:namespace])
      XML.new_node([params[:namespace], params[:name]].compact.join(':')).tap do |root|
        refs = (self.roxml_references.present? \
          ? self.roxml_references \
          : self.class.roxml_attrs.map {|attr| attr.to_ref(self) })
        refs.each do |ref|
          value = ref.to_xml(self)
          unless value.nil?
            ref.update_xml(root, value)
          end
        end
        if params[:namespaces]
          params[:namespaces].each { |prefix, url| root.add_namespace_definition(prefix, url) }
        end
      end
    end
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 Returns an XML object representing this object