Class: REXML::Element

Represents a tagged XML element. Elements are characterized by having children, attributes, and names, and can themselves be children.

Constants
UNDEFINED

Public Attributes
attributes	Mechanisms for accessing attributes and child elements of this element.
context	The context holds information about the processing environment, such as whitespace handling.
elements	Mechanisms for accessing attributes and child elements of this element.

Public Methods
add_attribute	Adds an attribute to this element, overwriting any existing attribute by the same name.
add_attributes	Add multiple attributes to this element.
add_element	Adds a child to this element, optionally setting attributes in the element.
add_namespace	Adds a namespace to this element.
add_text	A helper method to add a Text child. Actual Text instances can be added with regular Parent methods, such as add() and <<()
attribute	Attributes #
cdatas	Get an array of all CData children. IMMUTABLE
clone	Creates a shallow copy of self.
comments	Get an array of all Comment children. IMMUTABLE
delete_attribute	Removes an attribute
delete_element	Deletes a child element.
delete_namespace	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.
document	Evaluates to the document to which this element belongs, or nil if this element doesn’t belong to a document.
each_element	Synonym for Element.elements.each
each_element_with_attribute	Iterates through the child elements, yielding for each Element that has a particular attribute set.
each_element_with_text	Iterates through the children, yielding for each Element that has a particular text set.
get_elements	Synonym for Element.to_a This is a little slower than calling elements.each directly.
get_text	Returns the first child Text node, if any, or `nil` otherwise. This method returns the actual `Text` node, rather than the String content.
has_attributes?	Evaluates to `true` if this element has any attributes set, false otherwise.
has_elements?	Evaluates to `true` if this element has at least one child Element
has_text?	Evaluates to `true` if this element has at least one Text child
ignore_whitespace_nodes
inspect
instructions	Get an array of all Instruction children. IMMUTABLE
namespace	Evalutas 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.
namespaces
new	Constructor
next_element	Returns the next sibling that is an element, or nil if there is no Element sibling after this one
node_type
prefixes	Evaluates to an `Array` containing the prefixes (names) of all defined namespaces at this context node.
previous_element	Returns the previous sibling that is an element, or nil if there is no Element sibling prior to this one
raw	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.
root
root_node	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.
text	A convenience method which returns the String value of the first child text element, if one exists, and `nil` otherwise.
text=	Sets the first Text child of this object. See text() for a discussion about Text children.
texts	Get an array of all Text children. IMMUTABLE
whitespace	Evaluates to `true` if whitespace is respected for this element. This is the case if:
write	See REXML::Formatters
xpath

Private Methods
__to_xpath_helper
each_with_something	A private helper method

Element

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