Return a String representation of an XmlParser Node.

gistfile1.groovy

/*

Similar to XSLT's copy-of element. Useful if e.g. you have node containing XHTML
that you want to return as-is.

*/

Node.metaClass.asString = {
        def text = []
        delegate.children().each { child ->
                if ( child instanceof String ) {
                        text.add child
                } else {
                        def attrs = []
                        child.attributes().each { key, val ->
                                attrs.add "${key}=\"${val}\""
                        }
                        attrs = attrs ? ' '+attrs.join(' ') : ''
                        text.add "<${child.name()}${attrs}>${child.text()}<${child.name()}>"
                }
        }
        text.join(' ')
}