With ruby-2.0.0-p247 and builder-3.2.2 in file lib/route53.rb:348 @values is a String, but an Array is expected

[DevoKun]

Code Usage

puts "       *** generating DNSRecord Object"
new_record = Route53::DNSRecord.new(fqdn, type, ttl, target, zone)
puts "       *** Creating Record using DNSRecord Object"
new_record.create

Console Output

       *** generating DNSRecord Object
           **** FQDN..: [hostname.mydomain.com.] (String)
           **** TTL...: [300] (String)
           **** Type..: [CNAME] (String)
           **** Target: [ec2-x-x-x-x.compute-1.amazonaws.com] (String)
       *** Creating Record using DNSRecord Object

Errors Produced during new_record.create

~/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/route53-0.2.1/lib/route53.rb:348:in `block (3 levels) in gen_change_xml': undefined method `each' for "ec2-x-x-x-x.compute-1.amazonaws.com":String (NoMethodError)
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:175:in `call'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:175:in `_nested_structures'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:68:in `tag!'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:93:in `method_missing'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/route53-0.2.1/lib/route53.rb:347:in `block (2 levels) in gen_change_xml'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:175:in `call'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:175:in `_nested_structures'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:68:in `tag!'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:93:in `method_missing'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/route53-0.2.1/lib/route53.rb:335:in `block in gen_change_xml'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:175:in `call'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:175:in `_nested_structures'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:68:in `tag!'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:93:in `method_missing'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/route53-0.2.1/lib/route53.rb:333:in `gen_change_xml'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/route53-0.2.1/lib/route53.rb:214:in `block (4 levels) in gen_change_xml'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/route53-0.2.1/lib/route53.rb:213:in `each'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/route53-0.2.1/lib/route53.rb:213:in `block (3 levels) in gen_change_xml'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:175:in `call'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:175:in `_nested_structures'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:68:in `tag!'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:93:in `method_missing'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/route53-0.2.1/lib/route53.rb:212:in `block (2 levels) in gen_change_xml'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:175:in `call'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:175:in `_nested_structures'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:68:in `tag!'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:93:in `method_missing'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/route53-0.2.1/lib/route53.rb:210:in `block in gen_change_xml'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:175:in `call'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:175:in `_nested_structures'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:68:in `tag!'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:93:in `method_missing'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/route53-0.2.1/lib/route53.rb:209:in `gen_change_xml'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/route53-0.2.1/lib/route53.rb:225:in `perform_actions'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/route53-0.2.1/lib/route53.rb:364:in `create'
    from ./aws_r53_update_zones.rb:49:in `aws_r53_create_record'
    from ./aws_r53_update_zones.rb:87:in `aws_r53_update_record'
    from ./aws_r53_update_zones.rb:208:in `block in update_r53_for_account'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/aws-sdk-1.22.1/lib/aws/ec2/instance_collection.rb:290:in `block (2 levels) in each'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/aws-sdk-1.22.1/lib/aws/core/data.rb:97:in `block in method_missing'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/aws-sdk-1.22.1/lib/aws/core/data.rb:96:in `each'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/aws-sdk-1.22.1/lib/aws/core/data.rb:96:in `method_missing'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/aws-sdk-1.22.1/lib/aws/ec2/instance_collection.rb:289:in `block in each'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/aws-sdk-1.22.1/lib/aws/core/data.rb:97:in `block in method_missing'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/aws-sdk-1.22.1/lib/aws/core/data.rb:96:in `each'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/aws-sdk-1.22.1/lib/aws/core/data.rb:96:in `method_missing'
    from /home/devon/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/aws-sdk-1.22.1/lib/aws/ec2/instance_collection.rb:288:in `each'
    from ./aws_r53_update_zones.rb:126:in `update_r53_for_account'
    from ./aws_r53_update_zones.rb:279:in `block in '
    from ./aws_r53_update_zones.rb:269:in `each'
    from ./aws_r53_update_zones.rb:269:in `'

Patch

--- route53.rb  2013-11-18 08:21:04.015019761 -0500
+++ route53.rb  2013-11-18 08:21:04.015019761 -0500
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@
             }
           else
             record.ResourceRecords { |resources|
+            ### DPH - Accomodate Ruby-2+Builder-3.2.2 Returning a String instead of Array
+            ###       Ruby-1.8/1.9+Builder-x Returned an Array, so probably need this hack
+            ###       for backward compatibiltiy?
+            puts "\nDEBUG: @values ["+@values.class.to_s+"]\n"
+            if (@values.class.to_s == "String") then @values = [@values] end
+            ### / DPH
               @values.each { |val|
                 resources.ResourceRecord { |record|
                   record.Value(val)

[pcorliss]

Looks okay to me, can you make the appropriate changes minus the debug statements and issue a pull request.

[pcorliss]

Per discussion in #33 this is actually an issue where the client is sending a string to values (or target) in the example above where the code expects an array. Marking as feature request.