XML2JSON

attributes.json

{
  "root": {
    "link": {
      "_attributes": {
        "href": "http://gmodarelli.com",
          "rel": "self"
      }
    }
  }
}

attributes.xml

<root>
  <link href="http://gmodarelli.com" rel="self" />
</root>

attributes_and_text.json

{
  "root": {
    "link": {
      "_attributes": {
        "href": "http://www.andreadippolito.it",
          "rel": "self"
      },
        "_text":  "wearemonk.com"
    }
  }
}

attributes_and_text.xml

<root>
  <link href="http://www.wearemonk.com" rel="self">wearemonk.com</link>
</root>

config.rb

XML2JSON.config do |c|
  c.attributes_key = "my_attributes"
  c.namespaces_key = "my_namespaces"
  c.text_key = "my_text"
end

Gemfile

gem 'xml2json', git: 'git@github.com:monksoftware/xml2json.git'

namespaces.json

{
  "root": {
    "_namespaces": {
      "xmlns": "http://some.namespace.definition"
    },
      "link": {
        "_attributes": {
          "href": "http://www.andreadippolito.it",
          "rel": "self"
        }
      }
  }
}

namespaces.xml

<root xmlns:"http://some.namespace.definition">
  <link href="http://www.andreadippolito.it" rel="self" />
</root>

pluralized.json

{
  "root": {
    "authors": [
      {
        "name": "Giuseppe Modarelli"
      },
      {
        "name": "Andrea D'Ippolito"
      }
    ]
  }
}

pluralized.xml

<root>
  <author>
    <name>Giuseppe Modarelli</name>
  </author>
  <author>
    <name>Andrea D'Ippolito</name>
  </author>
</root>