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|.

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Constants
DECLARATION = XMLDecl.default
 

A convenient default XML declaration. If you want an XML declaration, the easiest way to add one is mydoc << Document::DECLARATION DEPRECATED Use: mydoc << REXML::XMLDecl.default
Attributes
[R] entity_expansion_count
Class Public methods
entity_expansion_limit()

Get the entity expansion limit. By default the limit is set to 10000.

Deprecated. Use REXML::Security.entity_expansion_limit= instead.

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 254
def Document::entity_expansion_limit
  return Security.entity_expansion_limit
end
entity_expansion_limit=( val )

Set the entity expansion limit. By default the limit is set to 10000.

Deprecated. Use REXML::Security.entity_expansion_limit= instead.

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 247
def Document::entity_expansion_limit=( val )
  Security.entity_expansion_limit = val
end
entity_expansion_text_limit()

Get the entity expansion limit. By default the limit is set to 10240.

Deprecated. Use REXML::Security.entity_expansion_text_limit instead.

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 268
def Document::entity_expansion_text_limit
  return Security.entity_expansion_text_limit
end
entity_expansion_text_limit=( val )

Set the entity expansion limit. By default the limit is set to 10240.

Deprecated. Use REXML::Security.entity_expansion_text_limit= instead.

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 261
def Document::entity_expansion_text_limit=( val )
  Security.entity_expansion_text_limit = val
end
new( source = nil, context = {} )

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.

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 35
def initialize( source = nil, context = {} )
  @entity_expansion_count = 0
  super()
  @context = context
  return if source.nil?
  if source.kind_of? Document
    @context = source.context
    super source
  else
    build(  source )
  end
end
parse_stream( source, listener )

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# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 240
def Document::parse_stream( source, listener )
  Parsers::StreamParser.new( source, listener ).parse
end
Instance Public methods
<<( child )
Alias for: add
add( child )

We override this, because XMLDecls and DocTypes must go at the start of the document

Also aliased as: <<

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 68
def add( child )
  if child.kind_of? XMLDecl
    if @children[0].kind_of? XMLDecl
      @children[0] = child
    else
      @children.unshift child
    end
    child.parent = self
  elsif child.kind_of? DocType
    # Find first Element or DocType node and insert the decl right
    # before it.  If there is no such node, just insert the child at the
    # end.  If there is a child and it is an DocType, then replace it.
    insert_before_index = @children.find_index { |x|
      x.kind_of?(Element) || x.kind_of?(DocType)
    }
    if insert_before_index # Not null = not end of list
      if @children[ insert_before_index ].kind_of? DocType
        @children[ insert_before_index ] = child
      else
        @children[ insert_before_index-1, 0 ] = child
      end
    else  # Insert at end of list
      @children << child
    end
    child.parent = self
  else
    rv = super
    raise "attempted adding second root element to document" if @elements.size > 1
    rv
  end
end
add_element(arg=nil, arg2=nil)

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# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 101
def add_element(arg=nil, arg2=nil)
  rv = super
  raise "attempted adding second root element to document" if @elements.size > 1
  rv
end
clone()

Should be obvious

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# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 53
def clone
  Document.new self
end
doctype()

@return the DocType child of the document, if one exists, and nil otherwise.

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# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 117
def doctype
  @children.find { |item| item.kind_of? DocType }
end
document()

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# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 281
def document
  self
end
encoding()

@return the XMLDecl encoding of this document as an Encoding object. If no XMLDecl has been set, returns the default encoding.

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 138
def encoding
  xml_decl().encoding
end
expanded_name()

According to the XML spec, a root node has no expanded name

Also aliased as: name

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 58
def expanded_name
  ''
  #d = doc_type
  #d ? d.name : "UNDEFINED"
end
name()
Alias for: expanded_name
node_type()

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# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 48
def node_type
  :document
end
record_entity_expansion()

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# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 274
def record_entity_expansion
  @entity_expansion_count += 1
  if @entity_expansion_count > Security.entity_expansion_limit
    raise "number of entity expansions exceeded, processing aborted."
  end
end
root()

@return the root Element of the document, or nil if this document has no children.

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# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 109
def root
  elements[1]
  #self
  #@children.find { |item| item.kind_of? Element }
end
stand_alone?()

@return the XMLDecl standalone value of this document as a String. If no XMLDecl has been set, returns the default setting.

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# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 144
def stand_alone?
  xml_decl().stand_alone?
end
version()

@return the XMLDecl version of this document as a String. If no XMLDecl has been set, returns the default version.

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 131
def version
  xml_decl().version
end
doc.write(output=$stdout, indent=-1, transtive=false, ie_hack=false, encoding=nil)
doc.write(options={:output => $stdout, :indent => -1, :transtive => false, :ie_hack => false, :encoding => nil})

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).

A controversial point is whether Document should always write the XML declaration (<?xml version='1.0'?>) whether or not one is given by the user (or source document). REXML does not write one if one was not specified, because it adds unnecessary bandwidth to applications such as XML-RPC.

Accept Nth argument style and options Hash style as argument. The recommended style is options Hash style for one or more arguments case.

Examples

Document.new("<a><b/></a>").write

output = ""
Document.new("<a><b/></a>").write(output)

output = ""
Document.new("<a><b/></a>").write(:output => output, :indent => 2)

See also the classes in the rexml/formatters package for the proper way to change the default formatting of XML output.

Examples

output = ""
tr = Transitive.new
tr.write(Document.new("<a><b/></a>"), output)
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 twice this number of spaces, and children will be indented an additional amount. For a value of 3, every item will be indented 3 more levels, or 6 more spaces (2 * 3). 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 absolute value of the document – that is, it leaves the value and number of Text nodes in the document unchanged.

ie_hack

This hack inserts a space before the /> on empty tags to address a limitation of Internet Explorer. Defaults to false

encoding

Encoding name as String. Change output encoding to specified encoding instead of encoding in XML declaration. Defaults to nil. It means encoding in XML declaration is used.

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 204
def write(*arguments)
  if arguments.size == 1 and arguments[0].class == Hash
    options = arguments[0]

    output     = options[:output]
    indent     = options[:indent]
    transitive = options[:transitive]
    ie_hack    = options[:ie_hack]
    encoding   = options[:encoding]
  else
    output, indent, transitive, ie_hack, encoding, = *arguments
  end

  output   ||= $stdout
  indent   ||= -1
  transitive = false if transitive.nil?
  ie_hack    = false if ie_hack.nil?
  encoding ||= xml_decl.encoding

  if encoding != 'UTF-8' && !output.kind_of?(Output)
    output = Output.new( output, encoding )
  end
  formatter = if indent > -1
      if transitive
        require "rexml/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
xml_decl()

@return the XMLDecl of this document; if no XMLDecl has been set, the default declaration is returned.

Source: show 

# File lib/rexml/document.rb, line 123
def xml_decl
  rv = @children[0]
  return rv if rv.kind_of? XMLDecl
  rv = @children.unshift(XMLDecl.default)[0]
end