rexml 3.1.7.3

data/lib/rexml/dtd/attlistdecl.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: false
+require_relative "../child"
+module REXML
+  module DTD
+    class AttlistDecl < Child
+      START = "<!ATTLIST"
+      START_RE = /^\s*#{START}/um
+      PATTERN_RE = /\s*(#{START}.*?>)/um
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/rexml/dtd/dtd.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: false
+require_relative "elementdecl"
+require_relative "entitydecl"
+require_relative "../comment"
+require_relative "notationdecl"
+require_relative "attlistdecl"
+require_relative "../parent"
+
+module REXML
+  module DTD
+    class Parser
+      def Parser.parse( input )
+        case input
+        when String
+          parse_helper input
+        when File
+          parse_helper input.read
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Takes a String and parses it out
+      def Parser.parse_helper( input )
+        contents = Parent.new
+        while input.size > 0
+          case input
+          when ElementDecl.PATTERN_RE
+            match = $&
+            contents << ElementDecl.new( match )
+          when AttlistDecl.PATTERN_RE
+            matchdata = $~
+            contents << AttlistDecl.new( matchdata )
+          when EntityDecl.PATTERN_RE
+            matchdata = $~
+            contents << EntityDecl.new( matchdata )
+          when Comment.PATTERN_RE
+            matchdata = $~
+            contents << Comment.new( matchdata )
+          when NotationDecl.PATTERN_RE
+            matchdata = $~
+            contents << NotationDecl.new( matchdata )
+          end
+        end
+        contents
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/rexml/dtd/elementdecl.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: false
+require_relative "../child"
+module REXML
+  module DTD
+    class ElementDecl < Child
+      START = "<!ELEMENT"
+      START_RE = /^\s*#{START}/um
+      # PATTERN_RE = /^\s*(#{START}.*?)>/um
+      PATTERN_RE = /^\s*#{START}\s+((?:[:\w][-\.\w]*:)?[-!\*\.\w]*)(.*?)>/
+      #\s*((((["']).*?\5)|[^\/'">]*)*?)(\/)?>/um, true)
+
+      def initialize match
+        @name = match[1]
+        @rest = match[2]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/rexml/dtd/entitydecl.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: false
+require_relative "../child"
+module REXML
+  module DTD
+    class EntityDecl < Child
+      START = "<!ENTITY"
+      START_RE = /^\s*#{START}/um
+      PUBLIC = /^\s*#{START}\s+(?:%\s+)?(\w+)\s+PUBLIC\s+((["']).*?\3)\s+((["']).*?\5)\s*>/um
+      SYSTEM = /^\s*#{START}\s+(?:%\s+)?(\w+)\s+SYSTEM\s+((["']).*?\3)(?:\s+NDATA\s+\w+)?\s*>/um
+      PLAIN = /^\s*#{START}\s+(\w+)\s+((["']).*?\3)\s*>/um
+      PERCENT = /^\s*#{START}\s+%\s+(\w+)\s+((["']).*?\3)\s*>/um
+      # <!ENTITY name SYSTEM "...">
+      # <!ENTITY name "...">
+      def initialize src
+        super()
+        md = nil
+        if src.match( PUBLIC )
+          md = src.match( PUBLIC, true )
+          @middle = "PUBLIC"
+          @content = "#{md[2]} #{md[4]}"
+        elsif src.match( SYSTEM )
+          md = src.match( SYSTEM, true )
+          @middle = "SYSTEM"
+          @content = md[2]
+        elsif src.match( PLAIN )
+          md = src.match( PLAIN, true )
+          @middle = ""
+          @content = md[2]
+        elsif src.match( PERCENT )
+          md = src.match( PERCENT, true )
+          @middle = ""
+          @content = md[2]
+        end
+        raise ParseException.new("failed Entity match", src) if md.nil?
+        @name = md[1]
+      end
+
+      def to_s
+        rv = "<!ENTITY #@name "
+        rv << "#@middle " if @middle.size > 0
+        rv << @content
+        rv
+      end
+
+      def write( output, indent )
+        indent( output, indent )
+        output << to_s
+      end
+
+      def EntityDecl.parse_source source, listener
+        md = source.match( PATTERN_RE, true )
+        thing = md[0].squeeze(" \t\n\r")
+        listener.send inspect.downcase, thing
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/rexml/dtd/notationdecl.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: false
+require_relative "../child"
+module REXML
+  module DTD
+    class NotationDecl < Child
+      START = "<!NOTATION"
+      START_RE = /^\s*#{START}/um
+      PUBLIC = /^\s*#{START}\s+(\w[\w-]*)\s+(PUBLIC)\s+((["']).*?\4)\s*>/um
+      SYSTEM = /^\s*#{START}\s+(\w[\w-]*)\s+(SYSTEM)\s+((["']).*?\4)\s*>/um
+      def initialize src
+        super()
+        if src.match( PUBLIC )
+          md = src.match( PUBLIC, true )
+        elsif src.match( SYSTEM )
+          md = src.match( SYSTEM, true )
+        else
+          raise ParseException.new( "error parsing notation: no matching pattern", src )
+        end
+        @name = md[1]
+        @middle = md[2]
+        @rest = md[3]
+      end
+
+      def to_s
+        "<!NOTATION #@name #@middle #@rest>"
+      end
+
+      def write( output, indent )
+        indent( output, indent )
+        output << to_s
+      end
+
+      def NotationDecl.parse_source source, listener
+        md = source.match( PATTERN_RE, true )
+        thing = md[0].squeeze(" \t\n\r")
+        listener.send inspect.downcase, thing
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/rexml/element.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: false
+require_relative "parent"
+require_relative "namespace"
+require_relative "attribute"
+require_relative "cdata"
+require_relative "xpath"
+require_relative "parseexception"
+
+module REXML
+  # An implementation note about namespaces:
+  # As we parse, when we find namespaces we put them in a hash and assign
+  # them a unique ID.  We then convert the namespace prefix for the node
+  # to the unique ID.  This makes namespace lookup much faster for the
+  # cost of extra memory use.  We save the namespace prefix for the
+  # context node and convert it back when we write it.
+  @@namespaces = {}
+
+  # Represents a tagged XML element.  Elements are characterized by
+  # having children, attributes, and names, and can themselves be
+  # children.
+  class Element < Parent
+    include Namespace
+
+    UNDEFINED = "UNDEFINED";            # The default name
+
+    # Mechanisms for accessing attributes and child elements of this
+    # element.
+    attr_reader :attributes, :elements
+    # The context holds information about the processing environment, such as
+    # whitespace handling.
+    attr_accessor :context
+
+    # Constructor
+    # arg::
+    #   if not supplied, will be set to the default value.
+    #   If a String, the name of this object will be set to the argument.
+    #   If an Element, the object will be shallowly cloned; name,
+    #   attributes, and namespaces will be copied.  Children will +not+ be
+    #   copied.
+    # parent::
+    #   if supplied, must be a Parent, and will be used as
+    #   the parent of this object.
+    # context::
+    #   If supplied, must be a hash containing context items.  Context items
+    #   include:
+    # * <tt>:respect_whitespace</tt> the value of this is :+all+ or an array of
+    #   strings being the names of the elements to respect
+    #   whitespace for.  Defaults to :+all+.
+    # * <tt>:compress_whitespace</tt> the value can be :+all+ or an array of
+    #   strings being the names of the elements to ignore whitespace on.
+    #   Overrides :+respect_whitespace+.
+    # * <tt>:ignore_whitespace_nodes</tt> the value can be :+all+ or an array
+    #   of strings being the names of the elements in which to ignore
+    #   whitespace-only nodes.  If this is set, Text nodes which contain only
+    #   whitespace will not be added to the document tree.
+    # * <tt>:raw</tt> can be :+all+, or an array of strings being the names of
+    #   the elements to process in raw mode.  In raw mode, special
+    #   characters in text is not converted to or from entities.
+    def initialize( arg = UNDEFINED, parent=nil, context=nil )
+      super(parent)
+
+      @elements = Elements.new(self)
+      @attributes = Attributes.new(self)
+      @context = context
+
+      if arg.kind_of? String
+        self.name = arg
+      elsif arg.kind_of? Element
+        self.name = arg.expanded_name
+        arg.attributes.each_attribute{ |attribute|
+          @attributes << Attribute.new( attribute )
+        }
+        @context = arg.context
+      end
+    end
+
+    def inspect
+      rv = "<#@expanded_name"
+
+      @attributes.each_attribute do |attr|
+        rv << " "
+        attr.write( rv, 0 )
+      end
+
+      if children.size > 0
+        rv << "> ... </>"
+      else
+        rv << "/>"
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    # Creates a shallow copy of self.
+    #   d = Document.new "<a><b/><b/><c><d/></c></a>"
+    #   new_a = d.root.clone
+    #   puts new_a  # => "<a/>"
+    def clone
+      self.class.new self
+    end
+
+    # Evaluates to the root node of the document that this element
+    # belongs to. If this element doesn't belong to a document, but does
+    # belong to another Element, the parent's root will be returned, until the
+    # earliest ancestor is found.
+    #
+    # Note that this is not the same as the document element.
+    # In the following example, <a> is the document element, and the root
+    # node is the parent node of the document element.  You may ask yourself
+    # why the root node is useful: consider the doctype and XML declaration,
+    # and any processing instructions before the document element... they
+    # are children of the root node, or siblings of the document element.
+    # The only time this isn't true is when an Element is created that is
+    # not part of any Document.  In this case, the ancestor that has no
+    # parent acts as the root node.
+    #  d = Document.new '<a><b><c/></b></a>'
+    #  a = d[1] ; c = a[1][1]
+    #  d.root_node == d   # TRUE
+    #  a.root_node        # namely, d
+    #  c.root_node        # again, d
+    def root_node
+      parent.nil? ? self : parent.root_node
+    end
+
+    def root
+      return elements[1] if self.kind_of? Document
+      return self if parent.kind_of? Document or parent.nil?
+      return parent.root
+    end
+
+    # Evaluates to the document to which this element belongs, or nil if this
+    # element doesn't belong to a document.
+    def document
+      rt = root
+      rt.parent if rt
+    end
+
+    # Evaluates to +true+ if whitespace is respected for this element.  This
+    # is the case if:
+    # 1. Neither :+respect_whitespace+ nor :+compress_whitespace+ has any value
+    # 2. The context has :+respect_whitespace+ set to :+all+ or
+    #    an array containing the name of this element, and
+    #    :+compress_whitespace+ isn't set to :+all+ or an array containing the
+    #    name of this element.
+    # The evaluation is tested against +expanded_name+, and so is namespace
+    # sensitive.
+    def whitespace
+      @whitespace = nil
+      if @context
+        if @context[:respect_whitespace]
+          @whitespace = (@context[:respect_whitespace] == :all or
+                         @context[:respect_whitespace].include? expanded_name)
+        end
+        @whitespace = false if (@context[:compress_whitespace] and
+                                (@context[:compress_whitespace] == :all or
+                                 @context[:compress_whitespace].include? expanded_name)
+                               )
+      end
+      @whitespace = true unless @whitespace == false
+      @whitespace
+    end
+
+    def ignore_whitespace_nodes
+      @ignore_whitespace_nodes = false
+      if @context
+        if @context[:ignore_whitespace_nodes]
+          @ignore_whitespace_nodes =
+            (@context[:ignore_whitespace_nodes] == :all or
+             @context[:ignore_whitespace_nodes].include? expanded_name)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Evaluates to +true+ if raw mode is set for this element.  This
+    # is the case if the context has :+raw+ set to :+all+ or
+    # an array containing the name of this element.
+    #
+    # The evaluation is tested against +expanded_name+, and so is namespace
+    # sensitive.
+    def raw
+      @raw = (@context and @context[:raw] and
+              (@context[:raw] == :all or
+               @context[:raw].include? expanded_name))
+               @raw
+    end
+
+    #once :whitespace, :raw, :ignore_whitespace_nodes
+
+    #################################################
+    # Namespaces                                    #
+    #################################################
+
+    # Evaluates to an +Array+ containing the prefixes (names) of all defined
+    # namespaces at this context node.
+    #  doc = Document.new("<a xmlns:x='1' xmlns:y='2'><b/><c xmlns:z='3'/></a>")
+    #  doc.elements['//b'].prefixes # -> ['x', 'y']
+    def prefixes
+      prefixes = []
+      prefixes = parent.prefixes if parent
+      prefixes |= attributes.prefixes
+      return prefixes
+    end
+
+    def namespaces
+      namespaces = {}
+      namespaces = parent.namespaces if parent
+      namespaces = namespaces.merge( attributes.namespaces )
+      return namespaces
+    end
+
+    # Evaluates to the URI for a prefix, or the empty string if no such
+    # namespace is declared for this element. Evaluates recursively for
+    # ancestors.  Returns the default namespace, if there is one.
+    # prefix::
+    #   the prefix to search for.  If not supplied, returns the default
+    #   namespace if one exists
+    # Returns::
+    #   the namespace URI as a String, or nil if no such namespace
+    #   exists.  If the namespace is undefined, returns an empty string
+    #  doc = Document.new("<a xmlns='1' xmlns:y='2'><b/><c xmlns:z='3'/></a>")
+    #  b = doc.elements['//b']
+    #  b.namespace           # -> '1'
+    #  b.namespace("y")      # -> '2'
+    def namespace(prefix=nil)
+      if prefix.nil?
+        prefix = prefix()
+      end
+      if prefix == ''
+        prefix = "xmlns"
+      else
+        prefix = "xmlns:#{prefix}" unless prefix[0,5] == 'xmlns'
+      end
+      ns = attributes[ prefix ]
+      ns = parent.namespace(prefix) if ns.nil? and parent
+      ns = '' if ns.nil? and prefix == 'xmlns'
+      return ns
+    end
+
+    # Adds a namespace to this element.
+    # prefix::
+    #   the prefix string, or the namespace URI if +uri+ is not
+    #   supplied
+    # uri::
+    #   the namespace URI.  May be nil, in which +prefix+ is used as
+    #   the URI
+    # Evaluates to: this Element
+    #  a = Element.new("a")
+    #  a.add_namespace("xmlns:foo", "bar" )
+    #  a.add_namespace("foo", "bar")  # shorthand for previous line
+    #  a.add_namespace("twiddle")
+    #  puts a   #-> <a xmlns:foo='bar' xmlns='twiddle'/>
+    def add_namespace( prefix, uri=nil )
+      unless uri
+        @attributes["xmlns"] = prefix
+      else
+        prefix = "xmlns:#{prefix}" unless prefix =~ /^xmlns:/
+        @attributes[ prefix ] = uri
+      end
+      self
+    end
+
+    # Removes a namespace from this node.  This only works if the namespace is
+    # actually declared in this node.  If no argument is passed, deletes the
+    # default namespace.
+    #
+    # Evaluates to: this element
+    #  doc = Document.new "<a xmlns:foo='bar' xmlns='twiddle'/>"
+    #  doc.root.delete_namespace
+    #  puts doc     # -> <a xmlns:foo='bar'/>
+    #  doc.root.delete_namespace 'foo'
+    #  puts doc     # -> <a/>
+    def delete_namespace namespace="xmlns"
+      namespace = "xmlns:#{namespace}" unless namespace == 'xmlns'
+      attribute = attributes.get_attribute(namespace)
+      attribute.remove unless attribute.nil?
+      self
+    end
+
+    #################################################
+    # Elements                                      #
+    #################################################
+
+    # Adds a child to this element, optionally setting attributes in
+    # the element.
+    # element::
+    #   optional.  If Element, the element is added.
+    #   Otherwise, a new Element is constructed with the argument (see
+    #   Element.initialize).
+    # attrs::
+    #   If supplied, must be a Hash containing String name,value
+    #   pairs, which will be used to set the attributes of the new Element.
+    # Returns:: the Element that was added
+    #  el = doc.add_element 'my-tag'
+    #  el = doc.add_element 'my-tag', {'attr1'=>'val1', 'attr2'=>'val2'}
+    #  el = Element.new 'my-tag'
+    #  doc.add_element el
+    def add_element element, attrs=nil
+      raise "First argument must be either an element name, or an Element object" if element.nil?
+      el = @elements.add(element)
+      attrs.each do |key, value|
+        el.attributes[key]=value
+      end       if attrs.kind_of? Hash
+      el
+    end
+
+    # Deletes a child element.
+    # element::
+    #   Must be an +Element+, +String+, or +Integer+.  If Element,
+    #   the element is removed.  If String, the element is found (via XPath)
+    #   and removed.  <em>This means that any parent can remove any
+    #   descendant.<em>  If Integer, the Element indexed by that number will be
+    #   removed.
+    # Returns:: the element that was removed.
+    #  doc.delete_element "/a/b/c[@id='4']"
+    #  doc.delete_element doc.elements["//k"]
+    #  doc.delete_element 1
+    def delete_element element
+      @elements.delete element
+    end
+
+    # Evaluates to +true+ if this element has at least one child Element
+    #  doc = Document.new "<a><b/><c>Text</c></a>"
+    #  doc.root.has_elements               # -> true
+    #  doc.elements["/a/b"].has_elements   # -> false
+    #  doc.elements["/a/c"].has_elements   # -> false
+    def has_elements?
+      !@elements.empty?
+    end
+
+    # Iterates through the child elements, yielding for each Element that
+    # has a particular attribute set.
+    # key::
+    #   the name of the attribute to search for
+    # value::
+    #   the value of the attribute
+    # max::
+    #   (optional) causes this method to return after yielding
+    #   for this number of matching children
+    # name::
+    #   (optional) if supplied, this is an XPath that filters
+    #   the children to check.
+    #
+    #  doc = Document.new "<a><b @id='1'/><c @id='2'/><d @id='1'/><e/></a>"
+    #  # Yields b, c, d
+    #  doc.root.each_element_with_attribute( 'id' ) {|e| p e}
+    #  # Yields b, d
+    #  doc.root.each_element_with_attribute( 'id', '1' ) {|e| p e}
+    #  # Yields b
+    #  doc.root.each_element_with_attribute( 'id', '1', 1 ) {|e| p e}
+    #  # Yields d
+    #  doc.root.each_element_with_attribute( 'id', '1', 0, 'd' ) {|e| p e}
+    def each_element_with_attribute( key, value=nil, max=0, name=nil, &block ) # :yields: Element
+      each_with_something( proc {|child|
+        if value.nil?
+          child.attributes[key] != nil
+        else
+          child.attributes[key]==value
+        end
+      }, max, name, &block )
+    end
+
+    # Iterates through the children, yielding for each Element that
+    # has a particular text set.
+    # text::
+    #   the text to search for.  If nil, or not supplied, will iterate
+    #   over all +Element+ children that contain at least one +Text+ node.
+    # max::
+    #   (optional) causes this method to return after yielding
+    #   for this number of matching children
+    # name::
+    #   (optional) if supplied, this is an XPath that filters
+    #   the children to check.
+    #
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a><b>b</b><c>b</c><d>d</d><e/></a>'
+    #  # Yields b, c, d
+    #  doc.each_element_with_text {|e|p e}
+    #  # Yields b, c
+    #  doc.each_element_with_text('b'){|e|p e}
+    #  # Yields b
+    #  doc.each_element_with_text('b', 1){|e|p e}
+    #  # Yields d
+    #  doc.each_element_with_text(nil, 0, 'd'){|e|p e}
+    def each_element_with_text( text=nil, max=0, name=nil, &block ) # :yields: Element
+      each_with_something( proc {|child|
+        if text.nil?
+          child.has_text?
+        else
+          child.text == text
+        end
+      }, max, name, &block )
+    end
+
+    # Synonym for Element.elements.each
+    def each_element( xpath=nil, &block ) # :yields: Element
+      @elements.each( xpath, &block )
+    end
+
+    # Synonym for Element.to_a
+    # This is a little slower than calling elements.each directly.
+    # xpath:: any XPath by which to search for elements in the tree
+    # Returns:: an array of Elements that match the supplied path
+    def get_elements( xpath )
+      @elements.to_a( xpath )
+    end
+
+    # Returns the next sibling that is an element, or nil if there is
+    # no Element sibling after this one
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a><b/>text<c/></a>'
+    #  doc.root.elements['b'].next_element          #-> <c/>
+    #  doc.root.elements['c'].next_element          #-> nil
+    def next_element
+      element = next_sibling
+      element = element.next_sibling until element.nil? or element.kind_of? Element
+      return element
+    end
+
+    # Returns the previous sibling that is an element, or nil if there is
+    # no Element sibling prior to this one
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a><b/>text<c/></a>'
+    #  doc.root.elements['c'].previous_element          #-> <b/>
+    #  doc.root.elements['b'].previous_element          #-> nil
+    def previous_element
+      element = previous_sibling
+      element = element.previous_sibling until element.nil? or element.kind_of? Element
+      return element
+    end
+
+
+    #################################################
+    # Text                                          #
+    #################################################
+
+    # Evaluates to +true+ if this element has at least one Text child
+    def has_text?
+      not text().nil?
+    end
+
+    # A convenience method which returns the String value of the _first_
+    # child text element, if one exists, and +nil+ otherwise.
+    #
+    # <em>Note that an element may have multiple Text elements, perhaps
+    # separated by other children</em>.  Be aware that this method only returns
+    # the first Text node.
+    #
+    # This method returns the +value+ of the first text child node, which
+    # ignores the +raw+ setting, so always returns normalized text. See
+    # the Text::value documentation.
+    #
+    #  doc = Document.new "<p>some text <b>this is bold!</b> more text</p>"
+    #  # The element 'p' has two text elements, "some text " and " more text".
+    #  doc.root.text              #-> "some text "
+    def text( path = nil )
+      rv = get_text(path)
+      return rv.value unless rv.nil?
+      nil
+    end
+
+    # Returns the first child Text node, if any, or +nil+ otherwise.
+    # This method returns the actual +Text+ node, rather than the String content.
+    #  doc = Document.new "<p>some text <b>this is bold!</b> more text</p>"
+    #  # The element 'p' has two text elements, "some text " and " more text".
+    #  doc.root.get_text.value            #-> "some text "
+    def get_text path = nil
+      rv = nil
+      if path
+        element = @elements[ path ]
+        rv = element.get_text unless element.nil?
+      else
+        rv = @children.find { |node| node.kind_of? Text }
+      end
+      return rv
+    end
+
+    # Sets the first Text child of this object.  See text() for a
+    # discussion about Text children.
+    #
+    # If a Text child already exists, the child is replaced by this
+    # content.  This means that Text content can be deleted by calling
+    # this method with a nil argument.  In this case, the next Text
+    # child becomes the first Text child.  In no case is the order of
+    # any siblings disturbed.
+    # text::
+    #   If a String, a new Text child is created and added to
+    #   this Element as the first Text child.  If Text, the text is set
+    #   as the first Child element.  If nil, then any existing first Text
+    #   child is removed.
+    # Returns:: this Element.
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a><b/></a>'
+    #  doc.root.text = 'Sean'      #-> '<a><b/>Sean</a>'
+    #  doc.root.text = 'Elliott'   #-> '<a><b/>Elliott</a>'
+    #  doc.root.add_element 'c'    #-> '<a><b/>Elliott<c/></a>'
+    #  doc.root.text = 'Russell'   #-> '<a><b/>Russell<c/></a>'
+    #  doc.root.text = nil         #-> '<a><b/><c/></a>'
+    def text=( text )
+      if text.kind_of? String
+        text = Text.new( text, whitespace(), nil, raw() )
+      elsif !text.nil? and !text.kind_of? Text
+        text = Text.new( text.to_s, whitespace(), nil, raw() )
+      end
+      old_text = get_text
+      if text.nil?
+        old_text.remove unless old_text.nil?
+      else
+        if old_text.nil?
+          self << text
+        else
+          old_text.replace_with( text )
+        end
+      end
+      return self
+    end
+
+    # A helper method to add a Text child.  Actual Text instances can
+    # be added with regular Parent methods, such as add() and <<()
+    # text::
+    #   if a String, a new Text instance is created and added
+    #   to the parent.  If Text, the object is added directly.
+    # Returns:: this Element
+    #  e = Element.new('a')          #-> <e/>
+    #  e.add_text 'foo'              #-> <e>foo</e>
+    #  e.add_text Text.new(' bar')    #-> <e>foo bar</e>
+    # Note that at the end of this example, the branch has <b>3</b> nodes; the 'e'
+    # element and <b>2</b> Text node children.
+    def add_text( text )
+      if text.kind_of? String
+        if @children[-1].kind_of? Text
+          @children[-1] << text
+          return
+        end
+        text = Text.new( text, whitespace(), nil, raw() )
+      end
+      self << text unless text.nil?
+      return self
+    end
+
+    def node_type
+      :element
+    end
+
+    def xpath
+      path_elements = []
+      cur = self
+      path_elements << __to_xpath_helper( self )
+      while cur.parent
+        cur = cur.parent
+        path_elements << __to_xpath_helper( cur )
+      end
+      return path_elements.reverse.join( "/" )
+    end
+
+    #################################################
+    # Attributes                                    #
+    #################################################
+
+    # Fetches an attribute value or a child.
+    #
+    # If String or Symbol is specified, it's treated as attribute
+    # name. Attribute value as String or +nil+ is returned. This case
+    # is shortcut of +attributes[name]+.
+    #
+    # If Integer is specified, it's treated as the index of
+    # child. It returns Nth child.
+    #
+    #   doc = REXML::Document.new("<a attr='1'><b/><c/></a>")
+    #   doc.root["attr"]             # => "1"
+    #   doc.root.attributes["attr"]  # => "1"
+    #   doc.root[1]                  # => <c/>
+    def [](name_or_index)
+      case name_or_index
+      when String
+        attributes[name_or_index]
+      when Symbol
+        attributes[name_or_index.to_s]
+      else
+        super
+      end
+    end
+
+    def attribute( name, namespace=nil )
+      prefix = nil
+      if namespaces.respond_to? :key
+        prefix = namespaces.key(namespace) if namespace
+      else
+        prefix = namespaces.index(namespace) if namespace
+      end
+      prefix = nil if prefix == 'xmlns'
+
+      ret_val =
+        attributes.get_attribute( "#{prefix ? prefix + ':' : ''}#{name}" )
+
+      return ret_val unless ret_val.nil?
+      return nil if prefix.nil?
+
+      # now check that prefix'es namespace is not the same as the
+      # default namespace
+      return nil unless ( namespaces[ prefix ] == namespaces[ 'xmlns' ] )
+
+      attributes.get_attribute( name )
+
+    end
+
+    # Evaluates to +true+ if this element has any attributes set, false
+    # otherwise.
+    def has_attributes?
+      return !@attributes.empty?
+    end
+
+    # Adds an attribute to this element, overwriting any existing attribute
+    # by the same name.
+    # key::
+    #   can be either an Attribute or a String.  If an Attribute,
+    #   the attribute is added to the list of Element attributes.  If String,
+    #   the argument is used as the name of the new attribute, and the value
+    #   parameter must be supplied.
+    # value::
+    #   Required if +key+ is a String, and ignored if the first argument is
+    #   an Attribute.  This is a String, and is used as the value
+    #   of the new Attribute.  This should be the unnormalized value of the
+    #   attribute (without entities).
+    # Returns:: the Attribute added
+    #  e = Element.new 'e'
+    #  e.add_attribute( 'a', 'b' )               #-> <e a='b'/>
+    #  e.add_attribute( 'x:a', 'c' )             #-> <e a='b' x:a='c'/>
+    #  e.add_attribute Attribute.new('b', 'd')   #-> <e a='b' x:a='c' b='d'/>
+    def add_attribute( key, value=nil )
+      if key.kind_of? Attribute
+        @attributes << key
+      else
+        @attributes[key] = value
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Add multiple attributes to this element.
+    # hash:: is either a hash, or array of arrays
+    #  el.add_attributes( {"name1"=>"value1", "name2"=>"value2"} )
+    #  el.add_attributes( [ ["name1","value1"], ["name2"=>"value2"] ] )
+    def add_attributes hash
+      if hash.kind_of? Hash
+        hash.each_pair {|key, value| @attributes[key] = value }
+      elsif hash.kind_of? Array
+        hash.each { |value| @attributes[ value[0] ] = value[1] }
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Removes an attribute
+    # key::
+    #   either an Attribute or a String.  In either case, the
+    #   attribute is found by matching the attribute name to the argument,
+    #   and then removed.  If no attribute is found, no action is taken.
+    # Returns::
+    #   the attribute removed, or nil if this Element did not contain
+    #   a matching attribute
+    #  e = Element.new('E')
+    #  e.add_attribute( 'name', 'Sean' )             #-> <E name='Sean'/>
+    #  r = e.add_attribute( 'sur:name', 'Russell' )  #-> <E name='Sean' sur:name='Russell'/>
+    #  e.delete_attribute( 'name' )                  #-> <E sur:name='Russell'/>
+    #  e.delete_attribute( r )                       #-> <E/>
+    def delete_attribute(key)
+      attr = @attributes.get_attribute(key)
+      attr.remove unless attr.nil?
+    end
+
+    #################################################
+    # Other Utilities                               #
+    #################################################
+
+    # Get an array of all CData children.
+    # IMMUTABLE
+    def cdatas
+      find_all { |child| child.kind_of? CData }.freeze
+    end
+
+    # Get an array of all Comment children.
+    # IMMUTABLE
+    def comments
+      find_all { |child| child.kind_of? Comment }.freeze
+    end
+
+    # Get an array of all Instruction children.
+    # IMMUTABLE
+    def instructions
+      find_all { |child| child.kind_of? Instruction }.freeze
+    end
+
+    # Get an array of all Text children.
+    # IMMUTABLE
+    def texts
+      find_all { |child| child.kind_of? Text }.freeze
+    end
+
+    # == DEPRECATED
+    # See REXML::Formatters
+    #
+    # Writes out this element, and recursively, all children.
+    # output::
+    #     output an object which supports '<< string'; this is where the
+    #   document will be written.
+    # indent::
+    #   An integer.  If -1, no indenting will be used; otherwise, the
+    #   indentation will be this number of spaces, and children will be
+    #   indented an additional amount.  Defaults to -1
+    # transitive::
+    #   If transitive is true and indent is >= 0, then the output will be
+    #   pretty-printed in such a way that the added whitespace does not affect
+    #   the parse tree of the document
+    # ie_hack::
+    #   This hack inserts a space before the /> on empty tags to address
+    #   a limitation of Internet Explorer.  Defaults to false
+    #
+    #  out = ''
+    #  doc.write( out )     #-> doc is written to the string 'out'
+    #  doc.write( $stdout ) #-> doc written to the console
+    def write(output=$stdout, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false)
+      Kernel.warn("#{self.class.name}.write is deprecated.  See REXML::Formatters", uplevel: 1)
+      formatter = if indent > -1
+          if transitive
+            require_relative "formatters/transitive"
+            REXML::Formatters::Transitive.new( indent, ie_hack )
+          else
+            REXML::Formatters::Pretty.new( indent, ie_hack )
+          end
+        else
+          REXML::Formatters::Default.new( ie_hack )
+        end
+      formatter.write( self, output )
+    end
+
+
+    private
+    def __to_xpath_helper node
+      rv = node.expanded_name.clone
+      if node.parent
+        results = node.parent.find_all {|n|
+          n.kind_of?(REXML::Element) and n.expanded_name == node.expanded_name
+        }
+        if results.length > 1
+          idx = results.index( node )
+          rv << "[#{idx+1}]"
+        end
+      end
+      rv
+    end
+
+    # A private helper method
+    def each_with_something( test, max=0, name=nil )
+      num = 0
+      @elements.each( name ){ |child|
+        yield child if test.call(child) and num += 1
+        return if max>0 and num == max
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
+  ########################################################################
+  # ELEMENTS                                                             #
+  ########################################################################
+
+  # A class which provides filtering of children for Elements, and
+  # XPath search support.  You are expected to only encounter this class as
+  # the <tt>element.elements</tt> object.  Therefore, you are
+  # _not_ expected to instantiate this yourself.
+  class Elements
+    include Enumerable
+    # Constructor
+    # parent:: the parent Element
+    def initialize parent
+      @element = parent
+    end
+
+    # Fetches a child element.  Filters only Element children, regardless of
+    # the XPath match.
+    # index::
+    #   the search parameter.  This is either an Integer, which
+    #   will be used to find the index'th child Element, or an XPath,
+    #   which will be used to search for the Element.  <em>Because
+    #   of the nature of XPath searches, any element in the connected XML
+    #   document can be fetched through any other element.</em>  <b>The
+    #   Integer index is 1-based, not 0-based.</b>  This means that the first
+    #   child element is at index 1, not 0, and the +n+th element is at index
+    #   +n+, not <tt>n-1</tt>.  This is because XPath indexes element children
+    #   starting from 1, not 0, and the indexes should be the same.
+    # name::
+    #   optional, and only used in the first argument is an
+    #   Integer.  In that case, the index'th child Element that has the
+    #   supplied name will be returned.  Note again that the indexes start at 1.
+    # Returns:: the first matching Element, or nil if no child matched
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a><b/><c id="1"/><c id="2"/><d/></a>'
+    #  doc.root.elements[1]       #-> <b/>
+    #  doc.root.elements['c']     #-> <c id="1"/>
+    #  doc.root.elements[2,'c']   #-> <c id="2"/>
+    def []( index, name=nil)
+      if index.kind_of? Integer
+        raise "index (#{index}) must be >= 1" if index < 1
+        name = literalize(name) if name
+        num = 0
+        @element.find { |child|
+          child.kind_of? Element and
+          (name.nil? ? true : child.has_name?( name )) and
+          (num += 1) == index
+        }
+      else
+        return XPath::first( @element, index )
+        #{ |element|
+        #       return element if element.kind_of? Element
+        #}
+        #return nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Sets an element, replacing any previous matching element.  If no
+    # existing element is found ,the element is added.
+    # index:: Used to find a matching element to replace.  See []().
+    # element::
+    #   The element to replace the existing element with
+    #   the previous element
+    # Returns:: nil if no previous element was found.
+    #
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a/>'
+    #  doc.root.elements[10] = Element.new('b')    #-> <a><b/></a>
+    #  doc.root.elements[1]                        #-> <b/>
+    #  doc.root.elements[1] = Element.new('c')     #-> <a><c/></a>
+    #  doc.root.elements['c'] = Element.new('d')   #-> <a><d/></a>
+    def []=( index, element )
+      previous = self[index]
+      if previous.nil?
+        @element.add element
+      else
+        previous.replace_with element
+      end
+      return previous
+    end
+
+    # Returns +true+ if there are no +Element+ children, +false+ otherwise
+    def empty?
+      @element.find{ |child| child.kind_of? Element}.nil?
+    end
+
+    # Returns the index of the supplied child (starting at 1), or -1 if
+    # the element is not a child
+    # element:: an +Element+ child
+    def index element
+      rv = 0
+      found = @element.find do |child|
+        child.kind_of? Element and
+        (rv += 1) and
+        child == element
+      end
+      return rv if found == element
+      return -1
+    end
+
+    # Deletes a child Element
+    # element::
+    #   Either an Element, which is removed directly; an
+    #   xpath, where the first matching child is removed; or an Integer,
+    #   where the n'th Element is removed.
+    # Returns:: the removed child
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a><b/><c/><c id="1"/></a>'
+    #  b = doc.root.elements[1]
+    #  doc.root.elements.delete b           #-> <a><c/><c id="1"/></a>
+    #  doc.elements.delete("a/c[@id='1']")  #-> <a><c/></a>
+    #  doc.root.elements.delete 1           #-> <a/>
+    def delete element
+      if element.kind_of? Element
+        @element.delete element
+      else
+        el = self[element]
+        el.remove if el
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Removes multiple elements.  Filters for Element children, regardless of
+    # XPath matching.
+    # xpath:: all elements matching this String path are removed.
+    # Returns:: an Array of Elements that have been removed
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a><c/><c/><c/><c/></a>'
+    #  deleted = doc.elements.delete_all 'a/c' #-> [<c/>, <c/>, <c/>, <c/>]
+    def delete_all( xpath )
+      rv = []
+      XPath::each( @element, xpath) {|element|
+        rv << element if element.kind_of? Element
+      }
+      rv.each do |element|
+        @element.delete element
+        element.remove
+      end
+      return rv
+    end
+
+    # Adds an element
+    # element::
+    #   if supplied, is either an Element, String, or
+    #   Source (see Element.initialize).  If not supplied or nil, a
+    #   new, default Element will be constructed
+    # Returns:: the added Element
+    #  a = Element.new('a')
+    #  a.elements.add(Element.new('b'))  #-> <a><b/></a>
+    #  a.elements.add('c')               #-> <a><b/><c/></a>
+    def add element=nil
+      if element.nil?
+        Element.new("", self, @element.context)
+      elsif not element.kind_of?(Element)
+        Element.new(element, self, @element.context)
+      else
+        @element << element
+        element.context = @element.context
+        element
+      end
+    end
+
+    alias :<< :add
+
+    # Iterates through all of the child Elements, optionally filtering
+    # them by a given XPath
+    # xpath::
+    #   optional.  If supplied, this is a String XPath, and is used to
+    #   filter the children, so that only matching children are yielded.  Note
+    #   that XPaths are automatically filtered for Elements, so that
+    #   non-Element children will not be yielded
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a><b/><c/><d/>sean<b/><c/><d/></a>'
+    #  doc.root.elements.each {|e|p e}       #-> Yields b, c, d, b, c, d elements
+    #  doc.root.elements.each('b') {|e|p e}  #-> Yields b, b elements
+    #  doc.root.elements.each('child::node()')  {|e|p e}
+    #  #-> Yields <b/>, <c/>, <d/>, <b/>, <c/>, <d/>
+    #  XPath.each(doc.root, 'child::node()', &block)
+    #  #-> Yields <b/>, <c/>, <d/>, sean, <b/>, <c/>, <d/>
+    def each( xpath=nil )
+      XPath::each( @element, xpath ) {|e| yield e if e.kind_of? Element }
+    end
+
+    def collect( xpath=nil )
+      collection = []
+      XPath::each( @element, xpath ) {|e|
+        collection << yield(e)  if e.kind_of?(Element)
+      }
+      collection
+    end
+
+    def inject( xpath=nil, initial=nil )
+      first = true
+      XPath::each( @element, xpath ) {|e|
+        if (e.kind_of? Element)
+          if (first and initial == nil)
+            initial = e
+            first = false
+          else
+            initial = yield( initial, e ) if e.kind_of? Element
+          end
+        end
+      }
+      initial
+    end
+
+    # Returns the number of +Element+ children of the parent object.
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a>sean<b/>elliott<b/>russell<b/></a>'
+    #  doc.root.size            #-> 6, 3 element and 3 text nodes
+    #  doc.root.elements.size   #-> 3
+    def size
+      count = 0
+      @element.each {|child| count+=1 if child.kind_of? Element }
+      count
+    end
+
+    # Returns an Array of Element children.  An XPath may be supplied to
+    # filter the children.  Only Element children are returned, even if the
+    # supplied XPath matches non-Element children.
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a>sean<b/>elliott<c/></a>'
+    #  doc.root.elements.to_a                  #-> [ <b/>, <c/> ]
+    #  doc.root.elements.to_a("child::node()") #-> [ <b/>, <c/> ]
+    #  XPath.match(doc.root, "child::node()")  #-> [ sean, <b/>, elliott, <c/> ]
+    def to_a( xpath=nil )
+      rv = XPath.match( @element, xpath )
+      return rv.find_all{|e| e.kind_of? Element} if xpath
+      rv
+    end
+
+    private
+    # Private helper class.  Removes quotes from quoted strings
+    def literalize name
+      name = name[1..-2] if name[0] == ?' or name[0] == ?"               #'
+      name
+    end
+  end
+
+  ########################################################################
+  # ATTRIBUTES                                                           #
+  ########################################################################
+
+  # A class that defines the set of Attributes of an Element and provides
+  # operations for accessing elements in that set.
+  class Attributes < Hash
+    # Constructor
+    # element:: the Element of which this is an Attribute
+    def initialize element
+      @element = element
+    end
+
+    # Fetches an attribute value.  If you want to get the Attribute itself,
+    # use get_attribute()
+    # name:: an XPath attribute name.  Namespaces are relevant here.
+    # Returns::
+    #   the String value of the matching attribute, or +nil+ if no
+    #   matching attribute was found.  This is the unnormalized value
+    #   (with entities expanded).
+    #
+    #  doc = Document.new "<a foo:att='1' bar:att='2' att='&lt;'/>"
+    #  doc.root.attributes['att']         #-> '<'
+    #  doc.root.attributes['bar:att']     #-> '2'
+    def [](name)
+      attr = get_attribute(name)
+      return attr.value unless attr.nil?
+      return nil
+    end
+
+    def to_a
+      enum_for(:each_attribute).to_a
+    end
+
+    # Returns the number of attributes the owning Element contains.
+    #  doc = Document "<a x='1' y='2' foo:x='3'/>"
+    #  doc.root.attributes.length        #-> 3
+    def length
+      c = 0
+      each_attribute { c+=1 }
+      c
+    end
+    alias :size :length
+
+    # Iterates over the attributes of an Element.  Yields actual Attribute
+    # nodes, not String values.
+    #
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a x="1" y="2"/>'
+    #  doc.root.attributes.each_attribute {|attr|
+    #    p attr.expanded_name+" => "+attr.value
+    #  }
+    def each_attribute # :yields: attribute
+      return to_enum(__method__) unless block_given?
+      each_value do |val|
+        if val.kind_of? Attribute
+          yield val
+        else
+          val.each_value { |atr| yield atr }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Iterates over each attribute of an Element, yielding the expanded name
+    # and value as a pair of Strings.
+    #
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a x="1" y="2"/>'
+    #  doc.root.attributes.each {|name, value| p name+" => "+value }
+    def each
+      return to_enum(__method__) unless block_given?
+      each_attribute do |attr|
+        yield [attr.expanded_name, attr.value]
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Fetches an attribute
+    # name::
+    #   the name by which to search for the attribute.  Can be a
+    #   <tt>prefix:name</tt> namespace name.
+    # Returns:: The first matching attribute, or nil if there was none.  This
+    # value is an Attribute node, not the String value of the attribute.
+    #  doc = Document.new '<a x:foo="1" foo="2" bar="3"/>'
+    #  doc.root.attributes.get_attribute("foo").value    #-> "2"
+    #  doc.root.attributes.get_attribute("x:foo").value  #-> "1"
+    def get_attribute( name )
+      attr = fetch( name, nil )
+      if attr.nil?
+        return nil if name.nil?
+        # Look for prefix
+        name =~ Namespace::NAMESPLIT
+        prefix, n = $1, $2
+        if prefix
+          attr = fetch( n, nil )
+          # check prefix
+          if attr == nil
+          elsif attr.kind_of? Attribute
+            return attr if prefix == attr.prefix
+          else
+            attr = attr[ prefix ]
+            return attr
+          end
+        end
+        element_document = @element.document
+        if element_document and element_document.doctype
+          expn = @element.expanded_name
+          expn = element_document.doctype.name if expn.size == 0
+          attr_val = element_document.doctype.attribute_of(expn, name)
+          return Attribute.new( name, attr_val ) if attr_val
+        end
+        return nil
+      end
+      if attr.kind_of? Hash
+        attr = attr[ @element.prefix ]
+      end
+      return attr
+    end
+
+    # Sets an attribute, overwriting any existing attribute value by the
+    # same name.  Namespace is significant.
+    # name:: the name of the attribute
+    # value::
+    #   (optional) If supplied, the value of the attribute.  If
+    #   nil, any existing matching attribute is deleted.
+    # Returns::
+    #   Owning element
+    #  doc = Document.new "<a x:foo='1' foo='3'/>"
+    #  doc.root.attributes['y:foo'] = '2'
+    #  doc.root.attributes['foo'] = '4'
+    #  doc.root.attributes['x:foo'] = nil
+    def []=( name, value )
+      if value.nil?             # Delete the named attribute
+        attr = get_attribute(name)
+        delete attr
+        return
+      end
+
+      unless value.kind_of? Attribute
+        if @element.document and @element.document.doctype
+          value = Text::normalize( value, @element.document.doctype )
+        else
+          value = Text::normalize( value, nil )
+        end
+        value = Attribute.new(name, value)
+      end
+      value.element = @element
+      old_attr = fetch(value.name, nil)
+      if old_attr.nil?
+        store(value.name, value)
+      elsif old_attr.kind_of? Hash
+        old_attr[value.prefix] = value
+      elsif old_attr.prefix != value.prefix
+        # Check for conflicting namespaces
+        raise ParseException.new(
+          "Namespace conflict in adding attribute \"#{value.name}\": "+
+          "Prefix \"#{old_attr.prefix}\" = "+
+          "\"#{@element.namespace(old_attr.prefix)}\" and prefix "+
+          "\"#{value.prefix}\" = \"#{@element.namespace(value.prefix)}\"") if
+          value.prefix != "xmlns" and old_attr.prefix != "xmlns" and
+          @element.namespace( old_attr.prefix ) ==
+            @element.namespace( value.prefix )
+          store value.name, { old_attr.prefix   => old_attr,
+            value.prefix                => value }
+      else
+        store value.name, value
+      end
+      return @element
+    end
+
+    # Returns an array of Strings containing all of the prefixes declared
+    # by this set of # attributes.  The array does not include the default
+    # namespace declaration, if one exists.
+    #  doc = Document.new("<a xmlns='foo' xmlns:x='bar' xmlns:y='twee' "+
+    #        "z='glorp' p:k='gru'/>")
+    #  prefixes = doc.root.attributes.prefixes    #-> ['x', 'y']
+    def prefixes
+      ns = []
+      each_attribute do |attribute|
+        ns << attribute.name if attribute.prefix == 'xmlns'
+      end
+      if @element.document and @element.document.doctype
+        expn = @element.expanded_name
+        expn = @element.document.doctype.name if expn.size == 0
+        @element.document.doctype.attributes_of(expn).each {
+          |attribute|
+          ns << attribute.name if attribute.prefix == 'xmlns'
+        }
+      end
+      ns
+    end
+
+    def namespaces
+      namespaces = {}
+      each_attribute do |attribute|
+        namespaces[attribute.name] = attribute.value if attribute.prefix == 'xmlns' or attribute.name == 'xmlns'
+      end
+      if @element.document and @element.document.doctype
+        expn = @element.expanded_name
+        expn = @element.document.doctype.name if expn.size == 0
+        @element.document.doctype.attributes_of(expn).each {
+          |attribute|
+          namespaces[attribute.name] = attribute.value if attribute.prefix == 'xmlns' or attribute.name == 'xmlns'
+        }
+      end
+      namespaces
+    end
+
+    # Removes an attribute
+    # attribute::
+    #   either a String, which is the name of the attribute to remove --
+    #   namespaces are significant here -- or the attribute to remove.
+    # Returns:: the owning element
+    #  doc = Document.new "<a y:foo='0' x:foo='1' foo='3' z:foo='4'/>"
+    #  doc.root.attributes.delete 'foo'   #-> <a y:foo='0' x:foo='1' z:foo='4'/>"
+    #  doc.root.attributes.delete 'x:foo' #-> <a y:foo='0' z:foo='4'/>"
+    #  attr = doc.root.attributes.get_attribute('y:foo')
+    #  doc.root.attributes.delete attr    #-> <a z:foo='4'/>"
+    def delete( attribute )
+      name = nil
+      prefix = nil
+      if attribute.kind_of? Attribute
+        name = attribute.name
+        prefix = attribute.prefix
+      else
+        attribute =~ Namespace::NAMESPLIT
+        prefix, name = $1, $2
+        prefix = '' unless prefix
+      end
+      old = fetch(name, nil)
+      if old.kind_of? Hash # the supplied attribute is one of many
+        old.delete(prefix)
+        if old.size == 1
+          repl = nil
+          old.each_value{|v| repl = v}
+          store name, repl
+        end
+      elsif old.nil?
+        return @element
+      else # the supplied attribute is a top-level one
+        super(name)
+      end
+      @element
+    end
+
+    # Adds an attribute, overriding any existing attribute by the
+    # same name.  Namespaces are significant.
+    # attribute:: An Attribute
+    def add( attribute )
+      self[attribute.name] = attribute
+    end
+
+    alias :<< :add
+
+    # Deletes all attributes matching a name.  Namespaces are significant.
+    # name::
+    #   A String; all attributes that match this path will be removed
+    # Returns:: an Array of the Attributes that were removed
+    def delete_all( name )
+      rv = []
+      each_attribute { |attribute|
+        rv << attribute if attribute.expanded_name == name
+      }
+      rv.each{ |attr| attr.remove }
+      return rv
+    end
+
+    # The +get_attribute_ns+ method retrieves a method by its namespace
+    # and name. Thus it is possible to reliably identify an attribute
+    # even if an XML processor has changed the prefix.
+    #
+    # Method contributed by Henrik Martensson
+    def get_attribute_ns(namespace, name)
+      result = nil
+      each_attribute() { |attribute|
+        if name == attribute.name &&
+          namespace == attribute.namespace() &&
+          ( !namespace.empty? || !attribute.fully_expanded_name.index(':') )
+          # foo will match xmlns:foo, but only if foo isn't also an attribute
+          result = attribute if !result or !namespace.empty? or
+                                !attribute.fully_expanded_name.index(':')
+        end
+      }
+      result
+    end
+  end
+end