new (REXML::Attribute)

    # File rexml/attribute.rb, line 25
      def initialize( first, second=nil, parent=nil )
    			@element = nil
    			@normalized = true
    			if first.kind_of? Attribute
    				self.name = first.expanded_name
    				@value = first.value
    				if second.kind_of? Element
    					@element = element
    				else
    					@element = first.element
    				end
    			elsif first.kind_of? String
    				@element = parent if parent.kind_of? Element
    				self.name = first
    				@value = second
    				@normalized = false
    			elsif first.kind_of? Source
    				@element = second if second.kind_of? Element
    				md = first.match(PATTERN, true )
    				self.name, @value = md[1],md[3]
    			else
    				raise "illegal argument #{first.type} to Attribute constructor"
    			end
    		end