Simple to_map(xmlElement) should be made available

[vanjabucic]

Need: quickly parse (into map) xml block at a given root without knowing in advance what the exact structure is.

Was easy to do in Ruby by using .each iterators and adding element names and content to maps, but I fail to see how that can be currently done with sweet_xml. All examples assume predefined xpaths.

I have a simple working code that traverses a raw entity and recursively extracts elements, text and attributes into a usable map but did not want to submit it if such feature is already available in some form.

Is there such a feature, and if not, are you open to adding it?