Class: REXML::DocType

Class REXML::DocType |
In: | src/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 node_type 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

Public Instance methods

node_type()

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)