Class: REXML::Text

Class REXML::Text |
In: | rexml/text.rb
Parent: | Child

Represents text in an XML document

Methods

<=> clone empty? new normalize parse_stream pull read_with_substitution to_s unnormalize write write_with_substitution

Attributes

:raw | [RW] |
:string | [R] | string is String content, raw is a boolean

Included modules

Comparable

Public Class methods

new(arg, respect_whitespace=false, parent=nil, pattern=PATTERN, raw=false)

Constructor @param arg if a String, the content is set to the String. If a Text, the object is shallowly cloned. If a Source, the source is parsed for text content up to the next element. If a parent, the parent of this object is set to the argument. @param whitespace (boolean, optional) if true, whitespace is respected @param parent (Parent, optional) if given, the parent of this object will be set to the argument

parse_stream(source, listener)

pull(source)

read_with_substitution( input, illegal=nil )

Reads text, substituting entities

normalize( input, doctype=nil )

unnormalize( string, doctype=nil, illegal=nil )

Public Instance methods

empty?()

clone()

<=>( other )

@param other a String or a Text @return the result of (to_s <=> arg.to_s)

to_s()

Returns an UNNORMALIZED value; IE, entities that can be replaced have been replaced.

write( writer, indent=-1, transitive=false )

write_with_substitution(out, input)

Writes out text, substituting special characters beforehand. @param out A String, IO, or any other object supporting <<( String ) @param input the text to substitute and the write out

z=utf8.unpack("U*") ascOut="" z.each{|r|

      if r <  0x100
        ascOut.concat(r.chr)
      else
        ascOut.concat(sprintf("&#x%x;", r))
      end

} puts ascOut