+
+ ##
+ # check that all key-value pairs are valid UTF-8.
+ def tags_ok(tags)
+ tags.each do |k, v|
+ return false unless UTF8.valid? k
+ return false unless UTF8.valid? v
+ end
+ return true
+ end
+
+ ##
+ # strip characters which are invalid in XML documents from the strings
+ # in the +tags+ hash.
+ def strip_non_xml_chars(tags)
+ new_tags = Hash.new
+ unless tags.nil?
+ tags.each do |k, v|
+ new_k = k.delete "\000-\037", "^\011\012\015"
+ new_v = v.delete "\000-\037", "^\011\012\015"
+ new_tags[new_k] = new_v
+ end
+ end
+ return new_tags
+ end