Class REXML::CData
In: lib/rexml/cdata.rb
Parent: Text

Methods

clone   new   to_s   value   write  

Constants

START = '<![CDATA['
STOP = ']]>'
ILLEGAL = /(\]\]>)/

Public Class methods

    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 )

[Source]

    # File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 15
15:                 def initialize( first, whitespace=true, parent=nil )
16:                         super( first, whitespace, parent, true, true, ILLEGAL )
17:                 end

Public Instance methods

Make a copy of this object

Examples

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

[Source]

    # File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 25
25:                 def clone
26:                         CData.new self
27:                 end

Returns the content of this CData object

Examples

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

[Source]

    # File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 34
34:                 def to_s
35:                         @string
36:                 end

[Source]

    # File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 38
38:     def value
39:       @string
40:     end

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 ]]>

[Source]

    # File lib/rexml/cdata.rb, line 59
59:                 def write( output=$stdout, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false )
60:       Kernel.warn( "#{self.class.name}.write is deprecated" )
61:                         indent( output, indent )
62:                         output << START
63:                         output << @string
64:                         output << STOP
65:                 end

[Validate]