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Checking XML Well-Formedness (written by Rod Gaither)
CodeExpectedActual
require 'rexml/document'
def valid_xml?(xml)
 begin
   REXML::Document.new(xml)
 rescue REXML::ParseException
   # Return nil if an exception is thrown
 end
end
bad_xml = %{
<tasks>
 <pending>
   <entry>Grocery Shopping</entry>
 <done>
   <entry>Dry Cleaning</entry>
</tasks>}
valid_xml?(bad_xml)
 nil nil 
good_xml = %{
<groceries>
 <bread>Wheat</bread>
 <bread>Quadrotriticale</bread>
</groceries>}
doc = valid_xml?(good_xml)
doc.root.elements[1]
 <bread> ... </> <bread> ... </> 
doc = nil
assert_nothing_thrown {doc = REXML::Document.new(source_xml)}
invalid_xml = %{
<groceries>
 <bread>Wheat
}
(valid_xml? invalid_xml) == nil
 false false 
REXML::Document.new(invalid_xml).write
 
<groceries>
<bread>Wheat
</bread></groceries>
 
<groceries>
 <bread>Wheat
</bread></groceries>