Methods
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Constants
START = '<![CDATA['
 
STOP = ']]>'
 
ILLEGAL = /(\]\]>)/
 
Class Public methods
new( first, whitespace=true, parent=nil ) 
Constructor.  CData is data between <![CDATA[ ... ]]>

Examples

CData.new( source )
CData.new( "Here is some CDATA" )
CData.new( "Some unprocessed data", respect_whitespace_TF, parent_element )

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 15
def initialize( first, whitespace=true, parent=nil )
  super( first, whitespace, parent, false, true, ILLEGAL )
end
Instance Public methods
clone()

Make a copy of this object

Examples

c = CData.new( "Some text" )
d = c.clone
d.to_s        # -> "Some text"

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 25
def clone
  CData.new self
end
to_s()

Returns the content of this CData object

Examples

c = CData.new( "Some text" )
c.to_s        # -> "Some text"

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 34
def to_s
  @string
end
value()

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 38
def value
  @string
end
write( output=$stdout, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false )

DEPRECATED

See the rexml/formatters package

Generates XML output of this object

output

Where to write the string. Defaults to $stdout

indent

The amount to indent this node by

transitive

Ignored

ie_hack

Ignored

Examples

c = CData.new( " Some text " )
c.write( $stdout )     #->  <![CDATA[ Some text ]]>

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 59
def write( output=$stdout, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false )
  Kernel.warn( "#{self.class.name}.write is deprecated" )
  indent( output, indent )
  output << START
  output << @string
  output << STOP
end