Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails. The XML parser is ripped from Merb and the JSON parser is ripped from Rails. I take no credit, just packaged them for all to enjoy and easily use.

gem 'crack'
require '10to1-crack' # for xml and json
require '10to1-crack/json' # for just json
require '10to1-crack/xml' # for just xml

Crack::XML.parse("<tag>This is the contents</tag>")
  # => {'tag' => 'This is the contents'}

Crack::JSON.parse('{"tag":"This is the contents"}')
  # => {'tag' => 'This is the contents'}

Copyright © 2009 John Nunemaker and 10to1. See LICENSE for details.