How to parse and get tag value from xml file in sikuli?

Hi,

I am using Sikuli in Jruby pack, in my script, im having some variables, in order to assign values to those variables I should parse the xml file and get the tag values and assign that value to the variable..

Example:
-----------------my script----------
TEST = ""
puts TEST

-----------------Xml file--------------
<test1>Hello</test1>

when I run the jruby script, I should print Hello, could any one help me how to do this? Please give solution for this.....