| Class REXML::DocType |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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
Note that the constructor:
Doctype.new( Source.new( "<!DOCTYPE foo 'bar'>" ) )
is deprecated. Do not use it. It will probably disappear.
| 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: | 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: | 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. |
| context() |
| entity( name ) |
| add(child) |