More compatible Hash.create_from_xml. Closes #5523.

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@4510 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

activesupport/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* More compatible Hash.create_from_xml. #5523 [nunemaker@gmail.com]
+
 * Added Enumerable#sum for calculating a sum from the elements [DHH, jonathan@daikini.com]. Examples:
 
     [1, 2, 3].sum

activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb

@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
                     when 1 then value.first
                     else value
                   end
+                when "String"
+                  value
                 else
                   raise "can't typecast #{value.inspect}"
               end

activesupport/test/core_ext/hash_ext_test.rb

@@ -357,4 +357,27 @@ class HashToXmlTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     
     assert_equal expected_topic_hash, Hash.create_from_xml(topics_xml)["topics"]["topic"].first
   end
+  
+  def test_single_record_from_xml_with_attributes_other_than_type
+    topic_xml = <<-EOT
+    <rsp stat="ok">
+    	<photos page="1" pages="1" perpage="100" total="16">
+    		<photo id="175756086" owner="55569174@N00" secret="0279bf37a1" server="76" title="Colored Pencil PhotoBooth Fun" ispublic="1" isfriend="0" isfamily="0"/>
+    	</photos>
+    </rsp>
+    EOT
+    
+    expected_topic_hash = {
+      :id => "175756086",
+      :owner => "55569174@N00",
+      :secret => "0279bf37a1",
+      :server => "76",
+      :title => "Colored Pencil PhotoBooth Fun",
+      :ispublic => "1",
+      :isfriend => "0",
+      :isfamily => "0",
+    }.stringify_keys
+    
+    assert_equal expected_topic_hash, Hash.create_from_xml(topic_xml)["rsp"]["photos"]["photo"]
+  end
 end