class Person
include XML::Mapping
attr_accessor :name, :surname, :age, :children
text_node :from, "@from"
text_node :name, "Name"
text_node :surname, "Surname"
def initialize(name, surname, ..)
# ...
end
end
x = Person.new(..)
x.save_to_xml.write($stdout,2) # nicely prints
x.save_to_file('data.xml')