Class

Document

Extends:

Represents a full XML document, including PIs, a doctype, etc. A Document has a single child that can be accessed by root(). Note that if you want to have an XML declaration written for a document you create, you must add one; REXML documents do not write a default declaration for you. See |DECLARATION| and |write|.

Constants
DECLARATION A convenient default XML declaration. If you want an XML declaration, the easiest way to add one is mydoc << Document::DECLARATION DEPRECATED Use: mydoc << XMLDecl.default
Public Methods
<< Alias for #add
add We override this, because XMLDecls and DocTypes must go at the start of the document
add_element
clone Should be obvious
doctype @return the DocType child of the document, if one exists, and nil otherwise.
encoding @return the XMLDecl encoding of this document as a String. If no XMLDecl has been set, returns the default encoding.
expanded_name According to the XML spec, a root node has no expanded name
name Alias for #expanded_name
new Constructor @param source if supplied, must be a Document, String, or IO. Documents have their context and Element attributes cloned. Strings are expected to be valid XML documents. IOs are expected to be sources of valid XML documents. @param context if supplied, contains the context of the document; this should be a Hash.
node_type
parse_stream
root @return the root Element of the document, or nil if this document has no children.
stand_alone? @return the XMLDecl standalone value of this document as a String. If no XMLDecl has been set, returns the default setting.
version @return the XMLDecl version of this document as a String. If no XMLDecl has been set, returns the default version.
write Write the XML tree out, optionally with indent. This writes out the entire XML document, including XML declarations, doctype declarations, and processing instructions (if any are given).
xml_decl @return the XMLDecl of this document; if no XMLDecl has been set, the default declaration is returned.
Private Methods
build
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