begin 
  require 'xml/libxml'
  # This is actally a fix for activeresource as it
  # will behave incorrectly when it encounters
  # Complex xml files. This override fixes this,
  # but it should be submitted to rails trunk.
  module ActiveSupport
    module CoreExtensions
      module Hash
        module Conversions
          module ClassMethods
            # libxml
            def from_xml(xml)              
              xml.gsub!(/\s*\n\s*/, '')
              if(xml.blank?)
                return {}
              else              
                typecast_xml_value(undasherize_keys(XML::Parser.string(xml).parse.to_hash))
              end
            end         
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end


  module XML
    module Conversions
      module Document
        def to_hash
          root.to_hash
        end
      end

      module Node
        CONTENT_ROOT = '__content__'

        def to_hash(hash={})
          #if there is already an entry with the given name, switch it                    
          if text?
            hash[CONTENT_ROOT] = content
          else            
            sub_hash = insert_name_into_hash(hash, name)            
            attributes_to_hash(sub_hash)
            if array?
              children_array_to_hash(sub_hash)
            else
              children_to_hash(sub_hash)
            end
          end
          hash
        end

        protected
        
        def insert_name_into_hash(hash, name)
          sub_hash = {}
          if hash[name]                        
            if !hash[name].kind_of? Array 
              hash[name] = [hash[name]]              
            end
            hash[name] << sub_hash
          else
            hash[name] = sub_hash
          end   
          sub_hash
        end

        def children_to_hash(hash={})
          each { |child| child.to_hash(hash) }
          hash
        end

        def attributes_to_hash(hash={})
          each_attr { |attr| hash[attr.name] = attr.value }
          hash
        end

        def children_array_to_hash(hash={})
          hash[child.name] = map do |child|
            returning({}) { |sub_hash| child.children_to_hash(sub_hash) }
          end
          hash
        end

        def array?
          child? && child.next? && child.name == child.next.name
        end
      end
    end
  end

  XML::Document.send(:include, XML::Conversions::Document)
  XML::Node.send(:include, XML::Conversions::Node)
rescue
  
end