TODO

Planned:

v 3.2

  * Support outputting namespaced attrs

  * Consider class_inheritable_attribute rather than superclass.try stuff.

  * Do some benchmarking

  * Back with http://xml-object.rubyforge.org/doc/ to minimize need for specifications?

  * Commandeer #parse to use opposite #from_xml, but in an unrooted, collection-friendly fashion,
   ala HappyMapper's parse

v 3.x

  * :self => true for sending method_missing to this attribute?

  * :attributes extensions ala HappyMapper?

  * Add xml_attrs helper to share :in declarations between several attributes. E.g.:

     xml_reader :count, :in => 'Attributes', :as => Integer
     xml_reader :something_else, :in => 'Attributes', :as => Date

    becomes:

    xml_attrs :in => 'Attributes' do |xml|
      xml.reader  :count, :as => Integer
      xml.reader  :something_else, :as => Date
    end

  * Ensure (perhaps optionally) that references are unambiguous. That is error/warn
   a singular specification has multiple possible node references

  * Use lazy evaluation to minimize parsing time for large files