add_attributes (REXML::Element)

    # File src/rexml/element.rb, line 546
                    def add_attributes hash
                            if hash.kind_of? Hash
                                    hash.each_pair {|key, value| @attributes[key] = value }
                            elsif hash.kind_of? Array
                                    hash.each { |value| @attributes[ value[0] ] = value[1] }
                            end
                    end