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| 1 | +== Class Document |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +Class Document has methods from its superclasses and included modules; |
| 4 | +see: |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +- {Tasks for Element}[element_rdoc.html]. |
| 7 | +- {Tasks for Parent}[parent_rdoc.html]. |
| 8 | +- {Tasks for Child}[child_rdoc.html]. |
| 9 | +- {Tasks for Node}[node_rdoc.html]. |
| 10 | +- {Module Enumerable}[https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/Enumerable.html]. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +:include: ../tocs/document_toc.rdoc |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +=== New Document |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +==== Task: Create an Empty Document |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +Use method {Document::new}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-c-new] |
| 19 | +to create an empty document. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | + d = REXML::Document.new |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +==== Task: Parse a \String into a New Document |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +Use method {Document::new}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-c-new] |
| 26 | +to parse an XML string into a new document: |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + xml_string = '<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>' |
| 29 | + d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string) |
| 30 | + d.root # => <root> ... </> |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +==== Task: Parse an \IO Stream into a New Document |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +Use method {Document::new}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-c-new] |
| 35 | +to parse an XML \IO stream into a new document: |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | + xml_string = '<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>' |
| 38 | + File.write('t.xml', xml_string) |
| 39 | + d = File.open('t.xml', 'r') do |file| |
| 40 | + REXML::Document.new(file) |
| 41 | + end |
| 42 | + d.root # => <root> ... </> |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +==== Task: Create a Document from an Existing Document |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +Use method {Document::new}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-c-new] |
| 47 | +to create a document from an existing document. |
| 48 | +The context and attributes are copied to the new document, |
| 49 | +but not the children: |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | + xml_string = '<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>' |
| 52 | + d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string) |
| 53 | + d.children # => [<root> ... </>] |
| 54 | + d.context = {raw: :all, compress_whitespace: :all} |
| 55 | + d.add_attributes({'bar' => 0, 'baz' => 1}) |
| 56 | + d1 = REXML::Document.new(d) |
| 57 | + d1.context # => {:raw=>:all, :compress_whitespace=>:all} |
| 58 | + d1.attributes # => {"bar"=>bar='0', "baz"=>baz='1'} |
| 59 | + d1.children # => [] |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +==== Task: Clone a Document |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +Use method {Document#clone}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-clone] |
| 64 | +to clone a document. |
| 65 | +The context and attributes are copied to the new document, |
| 66 | +but not the children: |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | + xml_string = '<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>' |
| 69 | + d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string) |
| 70 | + d.children # => [<root> ... </>] |
| 71 | + d.context = {raw: :all, compress_whitespace: :all} |
| 72 | + d.add_attributes({'bar' => 0, 'baz' => 1}) |
| 73 | + d1 = d.clone # => < bar='0' baz='1'/> |
| 74 | + d1.context # => {:raw=>:all, :compress_whitespace=>:all} |
| 75 | + d1.attributes # => {"bar"=>bar='0', "baz"=>baz='1'} |
| 76 | + d1.children # => [] |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +=== Document Type |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +==== Task: Get the Document Type |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +Use method {Document#doctype}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-doctype] |
| 83 | +to get the document type: |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | + d = REXML::Document.new('<!DOCTYPE document SYSTEM "subjects.dtd">') |
| 86 | + d.doctype.class # => REXML::DocType |
| 87 | + d = REXML::Document.new('') |
| 88 | + d.doctype.class # => nil |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +==== Task: Set the Document Type |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +Use method {document#add}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-add] |
| 93 | +to add or replace the document type: |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | + d = REXML::Document.new('') |
| 96 | + d.doctype.class # => nil |
| 97 | + d.add(REXML::DocType.new('foo')) |
| 98 | + d.doctype.class # => REXML::DocType |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +=== XML Declaration |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +==== Task: Get the XML Declaration |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +Use method {document#xml_decl}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-xml_decl] |
| 105 | +to get the XML declaration: |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | + d = REXML::Document.new('<!DOCTYPE document SYSTEM "subjects.dtd">') |
| 108 | + d.xml_decl.class # => REXML::XMLDecl |
| 109 | + d.xml_decl # => <?xml ... ?> |
| 110 | + d = REXML::Document.new('') |
| 111 | + d.xml_decl.class # => REXML::XMLDecl |
| 112 | + d.xml_decl # => <?xml ... ?> |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +==== Task: Set the XML Declaration |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +Use method {document#add}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-add] |
| 117 | +to replace the XML declaration: |
| 118 | + |
| 119 | + d = REXML::Document.new('<!DOCTYPE document SYSTEM "subjects.dtd">') |
| 120 | + d.add(REXML::XMLDecl.new) |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | +=== Children |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | +==== Task: Add an Element Child |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +Use method |
| 127 | +{document#add_element}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-add_element] |
| 128 | +to add an element to the document: |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | + d = REXML::Document.new('') |
| 131 | + d.add_element(REXML::Element.new('root')) |
| 132 | + d.children # => [<root/>] |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | +==== Task: Add a Non-Element Child |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +Use method |
| 137 | +{document#add}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-add] |
| 138 | +to add a non-element to the document: |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | + xml_string = '<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>' |
| 141 | + d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string) |
| 142 | + d.add(REXML::Text.new('foo')) |
| 143 | + d.children # => [<root> ... </>, "foo"] |
| 144 | + |
| 145 | +=== Writing |
| 146 | + |
| 147 | +==== Task: Write to $stdout |
| 148 | + |
| 149 | +Use method |
| 150 | +{document#write}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-write] |
| 151 | +to write the document to <tt>$stdout</tt>: |
| 152 | + |
| 153 | + xml_string = '<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>' |
| 154 | + d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string) |
| 155 | + d.write |
| 156 | + |
| 157 | +Output: |
| 158 | + |
| 159 | + <root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root> |
| 160 | + |
| 161 | +==== Task: Write to IO Stream |
| 162 | + |
| 163 | +Use method |
| 164 | +{document#write}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-write] |
| 165 | +to write the document to <tt>$stdout</tt>: |
| 166 | + |
| 167 | + xml_string = '<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>' |
| 168 | + d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string) |
| 169 | + File.open('t.xml', 'w') do |file| |
| 170 | + d.write(file) |
| 171 | + end |
| 172 | + p File.read('t.xml') |
| 173 | + |
| 174 | +Output: |
| 175 | + |
| 176 | + "<root><a/>text<b/>more<c/></root>" |
| 177 | + |
| 178 | +==== Task: Write with No Indentation |
| 179 | + |
| 180 | +Use method |
| 181 | +{document#write}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-write] |
| 182 | +to write the document with no indentation: |
| 183 | + |
| 184 | + xml_string = '<root><a><b><c></c></b></a></root>' |
| 185 | + d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string) |
| 186 | + d.write({indent: 0}) |
| 187 | + |
| 188 | +Output: |
| 189 | + |
| 190 | + <root> |
| 191 | + <a> |
| 192 | + <b> |
| 193 | + <c/> |
| 194 | + </b> |
| 195 | + </a> |
| 196 | + </root> |
| 197 | + |
| 198 | +==== Task: Write with Specified Indentation |
| 199 | + |
| 200 | +Use method |
| 201 | +{document#write}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-write] |
| 202 | +to write the document with a specified indentation: |
| 203 | + |
| 204 | + xml_string = '<root><a><b><c></c></b></a></root>' |
| 205 | + d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string) |
| 206 | + d.write({indent: 2}) |
| 207 | + |
| 208 | +Output: |
| 209 | + |
| 210 | + <root> |
| 211 | + <a> |
| 212 | + <b> |
| 213 | + <c/> |
| 214 | + </b> |
| 215 | + </a> |
| 216 | + </root> |
| 217 | + |
| 218 | +=== Querying |
| 219 | + |
| 220 | +==== Task: Get the Document |
| 221 | + |
| 222 | +Use method |
| 223 | +{document#document}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-document] |
| 224 | +to get the document (+self+); overrides <tt>Element#document</tt>: |
| 225 | + |
| 226 | + xml_string = '<root><a><b><c></c></b></a></root>' |
| 227 | + d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string) |
| 228 | + d.document == d # => true |
| 229 | + |
| 230 | +==== Task: Get the Encoding |
| 231 | + |
| 232 | +Use method |
| 233 | +{document#document}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-document] |
| 234 | +to get the document (+self+); overrides <tt>Element#document</tt>: |
| 235 | + |
| 236 | + xml_string = '<root><a><b><c></c></b></a></root>' |
| 237 | + d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string) |
| 238 | + d.encoding # => "UTF-8" |
| 239 | + |
| 240 | +==== Task: Get the Node Type |
| 241 | + |
| 242 | +Use method |
| 243 | +{document#node_type}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-node_type] |
| 244 | +to get the node type (+:document+); overrides <tt>Element#node_type</tt>: |
| 245 | + |
| 246 | + xml_string = '<root><a><b><c></c></b></a></root>' |
| 247 | + d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string) |
| 248 | + d.node_type # => :document |
| 249 | + |
| 250 | +==== Task: Get the Root Element |
| 251 | + |
| 252 | +Use method |
| 253 | +{document#root}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-root] |
| 254 | +to get the root element: |
| 255 | + |
| 256 | + xml_string = '<root><a><b><c></c></b></a></root>' |
| 257 | + d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string) |
| 258 | + d.root # => <root> ... </> |
| 259 | + |
| 260 | +==== Task: Determine Whether Stand-Alone |
| 261 | + |
| 262 | +Use method |
| 263 | +{document#stand_alone?}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-stand_alone-3F] |
| 264 | +to get the stand-alone value: |
| 265 | + |
| 266 | + d = REXML::Document.new('<?xml standalone="yes"?>') |
| 267 | + d.stand_alone? # => "yes" |
| 268 | + |
| 269 | +==== Task: Get the Version |
| 270 | + |
| 271 | +Use method |
| 272 | +{document#version}[../../../../REXML/Document.html#method-i-version] |
| 273 | +to get the version: |
| 274 | + |
| 275 | + d = REXML::Document.new('<?xml version="2.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>') |
| 276 | + d.version # => "2.0" |
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