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  # News
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+ ## 3.2.5 - 2021-04-05 {#version-3-2-5}
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+
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+ ### Improvements
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+
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+ * Add more validations to XPath parser.
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+
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+ * `require "rexml/docuemnt"` by default.
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+ [GitHub#36][Patch by Koichi ITO]
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+
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+ * Don't add `#dcloe` method to core classes globally.
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+ [GitHub#37][Patch by Akira Matsuda]
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+
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+ * Add more documentations.
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+ [Patch by Burdette Lamar]
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+
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+ * Added `REXML::Elements#parent`.
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+ [GitHub#52][Patch by Burdette Lamar]
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+
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+ ### Fixes
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+
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+ * Fixed a bug that `REXML::DocType#clone` doesn't copy external ID
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+ information.
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+
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+ * Fixed round-trip vulnerability bugs.
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+ See also: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/04/05/xml-round-trip-vulnerability-in-rexml-cve-2021-28965/
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+ [HackerOne#1104077][CVE-2021-28965][Reported by Juho Nurminen]
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+
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+ ### Thanks
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+
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+ * Koichi ITO
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+ * Akira Matsuda
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+ * Burdette Lamar
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+ * Juho Nurminen
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+ ## 3.2.4 - 2020-01-31 {#version-3-2-4}
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+ ### Improvements
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+ * Don't use `taint` with Ruby 2.7 or later.
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+ [GitHub#21][Patch by Jeremy Evans]
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+
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+ ### Fixes
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+ * Fixed a `elsif` typo.
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+ [GitHub#22][Patch by Nobuyoshi Nakada]
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+ ### Thanks
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+ * Jeremy Evans
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+ * Nobuyoshi Nakada
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  ## 3.2.3 - 2019-10-12 {#version-3-2-3}
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  REXML supports both tree and stream document parsing. Stream parsing is faster (about 1.5 times as fast). However, with stream parsing, you don't get access to features such as XPath.
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- ## Installation
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+ ## API
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- Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
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-
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- ```ruby
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- gem 'rexml'
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- ```
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-
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- And then execute:
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-
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- $ bundle
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-
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- Or install it yourself as:
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-
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- $ gem install rexml
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+ See the {API documentation}[https://ruby.github.io/rexml/]
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  ## Usage
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+ == Element Context
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+
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+ Notes:
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+ - All code on this page presupposes that the following has been executed:
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+
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+ require 'rexml/document'
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+
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+ - For convenience, examples on this page use +REXML::Document.new+, not +REXML::Element.new+.
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+ This is completely valid, because REXML::Document is a subclass of REXML::Element.
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+
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+ The context for an element is a hash of processing directives
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+ that influence the way \XML is read, stored, and written.
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+ The context entries are:
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+
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+ - +:respect_whitespace+: controls treatment of whitespace.
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+ - +:compress_whitespace+: determines whether whitespace is compressed.
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+ - +:ignore_whitespace_nodes+: determines whether whitespace-only nodes are to be ignored.
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+ - +:raw+: controls treatment of special characters and entities.
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+
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+ The default context for a new element is <tt>{}</tt>.
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+ You can set the context at element-creation time:
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+
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+ d = REXML::Document.new('', {compress_whitespace: :all, raw: :all})
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+ d.context # => {:compress_whitespace=>:all, :raw=>:all}
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+
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+ You can reset the entire context by assigning a new hash:
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+
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+ d.context = {ignore_whitespace_nodes: :all}
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+ d.context # => {:ignore_whitespace_nodes=>:all}
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+
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+ Or you can create or modify an individual entry:
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+
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+ d.context[:raw] = :all
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+ d.context # => {:ignore_whitespace_nodes=>:all, :raw=>:all}
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+
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+ === +:respect_whitespace+
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+
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+ Affects: +REXML::Element.new+, +REXML::Element.text=+.
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+
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+ By default, all parsed whitespace is respected (that is, stored whitespace not compressed):
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+
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+ xml_string = '<root><foo>a b</foo> <bar>c d</bar> <baz>e f</baz></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.to_s # => "<root><foo>a b</foo> <bar>c d</bar> <baz>e f</baz></root>"
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+
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+ Use +:respect_whitespace+ with an array of element names
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+ to specify the elements that _are_ to have their whitespace respected;
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+ other elements' whitespace, and whitespace between elements, will be compressed.
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+
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+ In this example: +foo+ and +baz+ will have their whitespace respected;
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+ +bar+ and the space between elements will have their whitespace compressed:
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+
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string, {respect_whitespace: ['foo', 'baz']})
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+ d.to_s # => "<root><foo>a b</foo> <bar>c d</bar> <baz>e f</baz></root>"
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+ bar = d.root[2] # => <bar> ... </>
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+ bar.text = 'X Y'
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+ d.to_s # => "<root><foo>a b</foo> <bar>X Y</bar> <baz>e f</baz></root>"
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+
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+ === +:compress_whitespace+
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+
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+ Affects: +REXML::Element.new+, +REXML::Element.text=+.
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+
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+ Use <tt>compress_whitespace: :all</tt>
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+ to compress whitespace both within and between elements:
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+
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+ xml_string = '<root><foo>a b</foo> <bar>c d</bar> <baz>e f</baz></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string, {compress_whitespace: :all})
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+ d.to_s # => "<root><foo>a b</foo> <bar>c d</bar> <baz>e f</baz></root>"
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+
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+ Use +:compress_whitespace+ with an array of element names
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+ to compress whitespace in those elements,
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+ but not in other elements nor between elements.
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+
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+ In this example, +foo+ and +baz+ will have their whitespace compressed;
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+ +bar+ and the space between elements will not:
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+
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string, {compress_whitespace: ['foo', 'baz']})
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+ d.to_s # => "<root><foo>a b</foo> <bar>c d</bar> <baz>e f</baz></root>"
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+ foo = d.root[0] # => <foo> ... </>
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+ foo.text= 'X Y'
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+ d.to_s # => "<root><foo>X Y</foo> <bar>c d</bar> <baz>e f</baz></root>"
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+
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+ === +:ignore_whitespace_nodes+
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+
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+ Affects: +REXML::Element.new+.
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+ Use <tt>ignore_whitespace_nodes: :all</tt> to omit all whitespace-only elements.
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+ In this example, +bar+ has a text node, while nodes +foo+ and +baz+ do not:
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+ xml_string = '<root><foo> </foo><bar> BAR </bar><baz> </baz></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string, {ignore_whitespace_nodes: :all})
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+ d.to_s # => "<root><foo> FOO </foo><bar/><baz> BAZ </baz></root>"
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+ root = d.root # => <root> ... </>
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+ foo = root[0] # => <foo/>
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+ bar = root[1] # => <bar> ... </>
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+ baz = root[2] # => <baz/>
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+ foo.first.class # => NilClass
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+ bar.first.class # => REXML::Text
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+ baz.first.class # => NilClass
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+
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+ Use +:ignore_whitespace_nodes+ with an array of element names
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+ to specify the elements that are to have whitespace nodes ignored.
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+ In this example, +bar+ and +baz+ have text nodes, while node +foo+ does not.
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+ xml_string = '<root><foo> </foo><bar> BAR </bar><baz> </baz></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string, {ignore_whitespace_nodes: ['foo']})
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+ d.to_s # => "<root><foo/><bar> BAR </bar><baz> </baz></root>"
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+ root = d.root # => <root> ... </>
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+ foo = root[0] # => <foo/>
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+ bar = root[1] # => <bar> ... </>
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+ baz = root[2] # => <baz> ... </>
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+ foo.first.class # => NilClass
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+ bar.first.class # => REXML::Text
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+ baz.first.class # => REXML::Text
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+
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+ === +:raw+
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+
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+ Affects: +Element.text=+, +Element.add_text+, +Text.to_s+.
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+ Parsing of +a+ elements is not affected by +raw+:
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+ xml_string = '<root><a>0 &lt; 1</a><b>1 &gt; 0</b></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string, {:raw => ['a']})
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+ d.root.to_s # => "<root><a>0 &lt; 1</a><b>1 &gt; 0</b></root>"
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+ a, b = *d.root.elements
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+ a.to_s # => "<a>0 &lt; 1</a>"
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+ b.to_s # => "<b>1 &gt; 0</b>"
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+
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+ But Element#text= is affected:
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+
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+ a.text = '0 &lt; 1'
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+ b.text = '1 &gt; 0'
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+ a.to_s # => "<a>0 &lt; 1</a>"
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+ b.to_s # => "<b>1 &amp;gt; 0</b>"
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+
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+ As is Element.add_text:
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+ a.add_text(' so 1 &gt; 0')
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+ b.add_text(' so 0 &lt; 1')
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+ a.to_s # => "<a>0 &lt; 1 so 1 &gt; 0</a>"
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+ b.to_s # => "<b>1 &amp;gt; 0 so 0 &amp;lt; 1</b>"
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+ == Class Child
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+ Class Child includes module Node;
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+ see {Tasks for Node}[node_rdoc.html].
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+ :include: ../tocs/child_toc.rdoc
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+
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+ === Relationships
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+ ==== Task: Set the Parent
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+ Use method {Child#parent=}[../../../../REXML/Parent.html#method-i-parent-3D]
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+ to set the parent:
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+
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+ e0 = REXML::Element.new('foo')
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+ e1 = REXML::Element.new('bar')
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+ e1.parent # => nil
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+ e1.parent = e0
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+ e1.parent # => <foo/>
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+
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+ ==== Task: Insert Previous Sibling
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+ Use method {Child#previous_sibling=}[../../../../REXML/Parent.html#method-i-previous_sibling-3D]
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+ to insert a previous sibling:
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+ xml_string = '<root><a/><c/></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.root.to_a # => [<a/>, <c/>]
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+ c = d.root[1] # => <c/>
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+ b = REXML::Element.new('b')
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+ c.previous_sibling = b
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+ d.root.to_a # => [<a/>, <b/>, <c/>]
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+ ==== Task: Insert Next Sibling
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+ Use method {Child#next_sibling=}[../../../../REXML/Parent.html#method-i-next-sibling-3D]
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+ to insert a previous sibling:
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+
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.root.to_a # => [<a/>, <c/>]
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+ a = d.root[0] # => <a/>
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+ b = REXML::Element.new('b')
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+ a.next_sibling = b
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+ d.root.to_a # => [<a/>, <b/>, <c/>]
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+
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+ === Removal or Replacement
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+ ==== Task: Remove Child from Parent
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+ Use method {Child#remove}[../../../../REXML/Parent.html#method-i-remove]
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+ to remove a child from its parent; returns the removed child:
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+
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+ xml_string = '<root><a/><b/><c/></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.root.to_a # => [<a/>, <b/>, <c/>]
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+ b = d.root[1] # => <b/>
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+ b.remove # => <b/>
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+ d.root.to_a # => [<a/>, <c/>]
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+
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+ ==== Task: Replace Child
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+ Use method {Child#replace_with}[../../../../REXML/Parent.html#method-i-replace]
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+ to replace a child;
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+ returns the replaced child:
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+
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+ xml_string = '<root><a/><b/><c/></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.root.to_a # => [<a/>, <b/>, <c/>]
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+ b = d.root[1] # => <b/>
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+ d = REXML::Element.new('d')
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+ b.replace_with(d) # => <b/>
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+ d.root.to_a # => [<a/>, <d/>, <c/>]
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+
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+ === Document
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+ ==== Task: Get the Document
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+ Use method {Child#document}[../../../../REXML/Parent.html#method-i-document]
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+ to get the document for the child:
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+ xml_string = '<root><a/><b/><c/></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.root.to_a # => [<a/>, <b/>, <c/>]
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+ b = d.root[1] # => <b/>
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+ b.document == d # => true
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+ REXML::Child.new.document # => nil
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+ == Class Document
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+ Class Document has methods from its superclasses and included modules;
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+ see:
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+ - {Tasks for Element}[element_rdoc.html].
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+ - {Tasks for Parent}[parent_rdoc.html].
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+ - {Tasks for Child}[child_rdoc.html].
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+ - {Tasks for Node}[node_rdoc.html].
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+ - {Module Enumerable}[https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/Enumerable.html].
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+ :include: ../tocs/document_toc.rdoc
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+ === New Document
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+ ==== Task: Create an Empty Document
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+ Use method {Document::new}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-c-new]
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+ to create an empty document.
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+ d = REXML::Document.new
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+ ==== Task: Parse a \String into a New Document
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+ Use method {Document::new}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-c-new]
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+ to parse an XML string into a new document:
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.root # => <root> ... </>
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+ ==== Task: Parse an \IO Stream into a New Document
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+ Use method {Document::new}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-c-new]
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+ to parse an XML \IO stream into a new document:
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+ File.write('t.xml', xml_string)
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+ d = File.open('t.xml', 'r') do |file|
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+ REXML::Document.new(file)
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+ end
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+ d.root # => <root> ... </>
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+
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+ ==== Task: Create a Document from an Existing Document
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+
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+ Use method {Document::new}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-c-new]
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+ to create a document from an existing document.
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+ The context and attributes are copied to the new document,
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+ xml_string = '<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.children # => [<root> ... </>]
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+ d.context = {raw: :all, compress_whitespace: :all}
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+ d.add_attributes({'bar' => 0, 'baz' => 1})
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+ d1 = REXML::Document.new(d)
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+ d1.context # => {:raw=>:all, :compress_whitespace=>:all}
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+ d1.attributes # => {"bar"=>bar='0', "baz"=>baz='1'}
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+ d1.children # => []
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+
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+ ==== Task: Clone a Document
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+ Use method {Document#clone}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-clone]
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+ to clone a document.
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+ The context and attributes are copied to the new document,
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+ xml_string = '<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.children # => [<root> ... </>]
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+ d.context = {raw: :all, compress_whitespace: :all}
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+ d.add_attributes({'bar' => 0, 'baz' => 1})
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+ d1 = d.clone # => < bar='0' baz='1'/>
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+ d1.context # => {:raw=>:all, :compress_whitespace=>:all}
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+ d1.attributes # => {"bar"=>bar='0', "baz"=>baz='1'}
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+ d1.children # => []
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+
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+ === Document Type
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+ ==== Task: Get the Document Type
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+ Use method {Document#doctype}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-doctype]
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+ to get the document type:
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+ d.doctype.class # => REXML::DocType
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+ d = REXML::Document.new('')
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+ d.doctype.class # => nil
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+
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+ ==== Task: Set the Document Type
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+
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+ Use method {document#add}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-add]
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+ to add or replace the document type:
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+ d.doctype.class # => nil
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+ d.add(REXML::DocType.new('foo'))
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+ d.doctype.class # => REXML::DocType
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+
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+ === XML Declaration
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+ ==== Task: Get the XML Declaration
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+ Use method {document#xml_decl}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-xml_decl]
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+ to get the XML declaration:
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+ d.xml_decl.class # => REXML::XMLDecl
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+ d.xml_decl # => <?xml ... ?>
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+ d = REXML::Document.new('')
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+ d.xml_decl.class # => REXML::XMLDecl
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+ d.xml_decl # => <?xml ... ?>
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+
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+ ==== Task: Set the XML Declaration
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+ Use method {document#add}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-add]
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+ to replace the XML declaration:
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+ d = REXML::Document.new('<!DOCTYPE document SYSTEM "subjects.dtd">')
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+ d.add(REXML::XMLDecl.new)
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+
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+ === Children
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+
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+ ==== Task: Add an Element Child
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+
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+ Use method
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+ {document#add_element}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-add_element]
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+ to add an element to the document:
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+ d = REXML::Document.new('')
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+ d.add_element(REXML::Element.new('root'))
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+ d.children # => [<root/>]
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+
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+ ==== Task: Add a Non-Element Child
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+
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+ Use method
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+ {document#add}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-add]
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+ to add a non-element to the document:
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+ xml_string = '<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.add(REXML::Text.new('foo'))
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+ d.children # => [<root> ... </>, "foo"]
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+
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+ === Writing
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+
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+ ==== Task: Write to $stdout
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+
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+ Use method
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+ {document#write}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-write]
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+ to write the document to <tt>$stdout</tt>:
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+
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+ xml_string = '<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.write
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+
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+ Output:
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+ <root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>
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+
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+ ==== Task: Write to IO Stream
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+
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+ Use method
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+ {document#write}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-write]
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+ to write the document to <tt>$stdout</tt>:
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+
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+ xml_string = '<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ File.open('t.xml', 'w') do |file|
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+ d.write(file)
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+ end
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+ p File.read('t.xml')
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+ Output:
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+ "<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>"
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+
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+ ==== Task: Write with No Indentation
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+
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+ Use method
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+ {document#write}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-write]
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+ to write the document with no indentation:
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+
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+ xml_string = '<root><a><b><c></c></b></a></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.write({indent: 0})
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+ Output:
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+ <root>
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+ <a>
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+ <b>
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+ <c/>
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+ </b>
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+ </a>
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+ </root>
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+
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+ ==== Task: Write with Specified Indentation
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+
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+ Use method
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+ {document#write}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-write]
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+ to write the document with a specified indentation:
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+
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+ xml_string = '<root><a><b><c></c></b></a></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.write({indent: 2})
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+ Output:
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+ <root>
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+ <a>
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+ <b>
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+ <c/>
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+ </b>
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+ </a>
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+ </root>
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+
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+ === Querying
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+
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+ ==== Task: Get the Document
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+
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+ Use method
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+ {document#document}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-document]
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+ to get the document (+self+); overrides <tt>Element#document</tt>:
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+
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+ xml_string = '<root><a><b><c></c></b></a></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.document == d # => true
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+
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+ ==== Task: Get the Encoding
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+
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+ Use method
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+ {document#document}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-document]
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+ to get the document (+self+); overrides <tt>Element#document</tt>:
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+
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+ xml_string = '<root><a><b><c></c></b></a></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.encoding # => "UTF-8"
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+
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+ ==== Task: Get the Node Type
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+
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+ Use method
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+ {document#node_type}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-node_type]
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+ to get the node type (+:document+); overrides <tt>Element#node_type</tt>:
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+
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+ xml_string = '<root><a><b><c></c></b></a></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.node_type # => :document
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+
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+ ==== Task: Get the Root Element
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+
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+ Use method
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+ {document#root}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-root]
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+ to get the root element:
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+
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+ xml_string = '<root><a><b><c></c></b></a></root>'
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+ d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
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+ d.root # => <root> ... </>
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+
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+ ==== Task: Determine Whether Stand-Alone
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+
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+ Use method
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+ {document#stand_alone?}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-stand_alone-3F]
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+ to get the stand-alone value:
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+
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+ d = REXML::Document.new('<?xml standalone="yes"?>')
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+ d.stand_alone? # => "yes"
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+
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+ ==== Task: Get the Version
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+
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+ Use method
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+ {document#version}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-version]
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+ to get the version:
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+
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+ d = REXML::Document.new('<?xml version="2.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>')
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+ d.version # => "2.0"