Class REXML::DocType
In: rexml/doctype.rb
Parent: Parent

Represents an XML DOCTYPE declaration; that is, the contents of <!DOCTYPE ... >. DOCTYPES can be used to declare the DTD of a document, as well as being used to declare entities used in the document.

Methods
add    attribute_of    attributes_of    clone    entity    new    parse_stream    pull    write   
Attributes
:entities  [R] 

name is the name of the doctype external_id is the referenced DTD, if given

:external_id  [R] 

name is the name of the doctype external_id is the referenced DTD, if given

:name  [R] 

name is the name of the doctype external_id is the referenced DTD, if given

:namespaces  [R] 

name is the name of the doctype external_id is the referenced DTD, if given

Included modules
XMLTokens
Public Class methods
new( first, parent=nil )

Constructor

       dt = DocType.new( 'foo', '-//I/Hate/External/IDs' )
       # <!DOCTYPE foo '-//I/Hate/External/IDs'>
       dt = DocType.new( doctype_to_clone )
       # Incomplete.  Shallow clone of doctype
       source = Source.new( '<!DOCTYPE foo "bar">' )
       dt = DocType.new( source )
       # <!DOCTYPE foo "bar">
       dt = DocType.new( source, some_document )
       # Creates a doctype, and adds to the supplied document
parse_stream(source, listener)
pull(source)
Public Instance methods
attributes_of(element)
attribute_of(element, attribute)
clone()
write( output, indent=0, transitive=false, ie_hack=false )
output:Where to write the string
indent:An integer. If -1, no indenting will be used; otherwise, the indentation will be this number of spaces, and children will be indented an additional amount.
transitive:Who knows?
ie_hack:Internet Explorer is the worst piece of crap to have ever been written, with the possible exception of Windows itself. Since IE is unable to parse proper XML, we have to provide a hack to generate XML that IE's limited abilities can handle. This hack inserts a space before the /> on empty tags.
entity( name )
add(child)