class REXML::CData

Constants

ILLEGAL
START
STOP

Public Class Methods

new( first, whitespace=true, parent=nil ) click to toggle source

Constructor.  CData is data between <![CDATA[ ... ]]>

Examples

CData.new( source )
CData.new( "Here is some CDATA" )
CData.new( "Some unprocessed data", respect_whitespace_TF, parent_element )

Calls superclass method

# File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 16
def initialize( first, whitespace=true, parent=nil )
  super( first, whitespace, parent, false, true, ILLEGAL )
end

Public Instance Methods

clone() click to toggle source

Make a copy of this object

Examples

c = CData.new( "Some text" )
d = c.clone
d.to_s        # -> "Some text"

# File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 26
def clone
  CData.new self
end

to_s() click to toggle source

Returns the content of this CData object

Examples

c = CData.new( "Some text" )
c.to_s        # -> "Some text"

# File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 35
def to_s
  @string
end

value() click to toggle source

# File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 39
def value
  @string
end

write( output=$stdout, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false ) click to toggle source

DEPRECATED¶ ↑

See the rexml/formatters package

Generates XML output of this object

output: Where to write the string. Defaults to $stdout
indent: The amount to indent this node by
transitive: Ignored
ie_hack: Ignored

Examples

c = CData.new( " Some text " )
c.write( $stdout )     #->  <![CDATA[ Some text ]]>

# File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 60
def write( output=$stdout, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false )
  Kernel.warn( "#{self.class.name}.write is deprecated", uplevel: 1)
  indent( output, indent )
  output << START
  output << @string
  output << STOP
end