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class REXML::Attribute
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<section class="description">
<p>Defines an <a href="Element.html"><code>Element</code></a> <a href="Attribute.html"><code>Attribute</code></a>; IE, a attribute=value pair, as in: <element attribute=“value”/>. <a href="Attributes.html"><code>Attributes</code></a> can be in their own namespaces. General users of <a href="../REXML.html"><code>REXML</code></a> will not interact with the <a href="Attribute.html"><code>Attribute</code></a> class much.</p>
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<section class="constants-list">
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<h3>Constants</h3>
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<dl>
<dt id="NEEDS_A_SECOND_CHECK">NEEDS_A_SECOND_CHECK
<dd>
<dt id="PATTERN">PATTERN
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<section class="attribute-method-details" class="method-section">
<header>
<h3>Attributes</h3>
</header>
<div id="attribute-i-element" class="method-detail">
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<span class="method-name">element</span><span
class="attribute-access-type">[R]</span>
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<p>The element to which this attribute belongs</p>
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<div id="attribute-i-normalized" class="method-detail">
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<span class="method-name">normalized</span><span
class="attribute-access-type">[W]</span>
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<p>The normalized value of this attribute. That is, the attribute with entities intact.</p>
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<span class="method-name">new</span><span
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<p>Constructor. FIXME: The parser doesn't catch illegal characters in attributes</p>
<dl class="rdoc-list note-list"><dt>first
<dd>
<p>Either: an <a href="Attribute.html"><code>Attribute</code></a>, which this new attribute will become a clone of; or a <a href="../String.html"><code>String</code></a>, which is the name of this attribute</p>
</dd><dt>second
<dd>
<p>If <code>first</code> is an <a href="Attribute.html"><code>Attribute</code></a>, then this may be an <a href="Element.html"><code>Element</code></a>, or nil. If nil, then the <a href="Element.html"><code>Element</code></a> parent of this attribute is the parent of the <code>first</code> <a href="Attribute.html"><code>Attribute</code></a>. If the first argument is a <a href="../String.html"><code>String</code></a>, then this must also be a <a href="../String.html"><code>String</code></a>, and is the content of the attribute. If this is the content, it must be fully normalized (contain no illegal characters).</p>
</dd><dt>parent
<dd>
<p>Ignored unless <code>first</code> is a <a href="../String.html"><code>String</code></a>; otherwise, may be the <a href="Element.html"><code>Element</code></a> parent of this attribute, or nil.</p>
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<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-constant">Attribute</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">attribute_to_clone</span> )
<span class="ruby-constant">Attribute</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">attribute_to_clone</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">parent_element</span> )
<span class="ruby-constant">Attribute</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>( <span class="ruby-string">"attr"</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"attr_value"</span> )
<span class="ruby-constant">Attribute</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>( <span class="ruby-string">"attr"</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"attr_value"</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">parent_element</span> )
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 45</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">initialize</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">first</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">second</span>=<span class="ruby-keyword">nil</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">parent</span>=<span class="ruby-keyword">nil</span> )
<span class="ruby-ivar">@normalized</span> = <span class="ruby-ivar">@unnormalized</span> = <span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span> = <span class="ruby-keyword">nil</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">first</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">kind_of?</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Attribute</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">name</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">first</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">expanded_name</span>
<span class="ruby-ivar">@unnormalized</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">first</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">value</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">second</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">kind_of?</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Element</span>
<span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">second</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">else</span>
<span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">first</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">elsif</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">first</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">kind_of?</span> <span class="ruby-constant">String</span>
<span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">parent</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">name</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">first</span>
<span class="ruby-ivar">@normalized</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">second</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_s</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">else</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">raise</span> <span class="ruby-node">"illegal argument #{first.class.name} to Attribute constructor"</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<span class="method-name">==</span><span
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<p>Returns true if other is an <a href="Attribute.html"><code>Attribute</code></a> and has the same name and value, false otherwise.</p>
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 109</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">==</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">other</span> )
<span class="ruby-identifier">other</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">kind_of?</span>(<span class="ruby-constant">Attribute</span>) <span class="ruby-keyword">and</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">other</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">name</span><span class="ruby-operator">==</span><span class="ruby-identifier">name</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">and</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">other</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">value</span><span class="ruby-operator">==</span><span class="ruby-identifier">value</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<p>Returns a copy of this attribute</p>
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 158</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">clone</span>
<span class="ruby-constant">Attribute</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">self</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<span class="method-name">doctype</span><span
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 132</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">doctype</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">doc</span> = <span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">document</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">doc</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">doctype</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">doc</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<span class="method-name">element=</span><span
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<p>Sets the element of which this object is an attribute. Normally, this is not directly called.</p>
<p>Returns this attribute</p>
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 166</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">element=</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span> )
<span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">element</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@normalized</span>
<span class="ruby-constant">Text</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">check</span>( <span class="ruby-ivar">@normalized</span>, <span class="ruby-constant">NEEDS_A_SECOND_CHECK</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">doctype</span> )
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">self</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<p>Creates (and returns) a hash from both the name and value</p>
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 114</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">hash</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">name</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">hash</span> <span class="ruby-operator">+</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">value</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">hash</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<span class="method-name">inspect</span><span
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 192</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">inspect</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">rv</span> = <span class="ruby-string">""</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">write</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">rv</span> )
<span class="ruby-identifier">rv</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<span class="method-name">namespace</span><span
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<p>Returns the namespace URL, if defined, or nil otherwise</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-identifier">e</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">Element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>(<span class="ruby-string">"el"</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">add_namespace</span>(<span class="ruby-string">"ns"</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"http://url"</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">add_attribute</span>(<span class="ruby-string">"ns:a"</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"b"</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">add_attribute</span>(<span class="ruby-string">"nsx:a"</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"c"</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">attribute</span>(<span class="ruby-string">"ns:a"</span>).<span class="ruby-identifier">namespace</span> <span class="ruby-comment"># => "http://url"</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">attribute</span>(<span class="ruby-string">"nsx:a"</span>).<span class="ruby-identifier">namespace</span> <span class="ruby-comment"># => nil</span>
</pre>
<p>This method always returns “” for no namespace attribute. Because the default namespace doesn't apply to attribute names.</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/xml-names/#uniqAttrs">www.w3.org/TR/xml-names/#uniqAttrs</a></p>
<p>> the default namespace does not apply to attribute names</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-identifier">e</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">REXML</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-constant">Element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>(<span class="ruby-string">"el"</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">add_namespace</span>(<span class="ruby-string">""</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"http://example.com/"</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">namespace</span> <span class="ruby-comment"># => "http://example.com/"</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">add_attribute</span>(<span class="ruby-string">"a"</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"b"</span>)
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">attribute</span>(<span class="ruby-string">"a"</span>).<span class="ruby-identifier">namespace</span> <span class="ruby-comment"># => ""</span>
</pre>
<div class="method-source-code" id="namespace-source">
<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 98</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">namespace</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">arg</span>=<span class="ruby-keyword">nil</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">arg</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">prefix</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">arg</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">nil?</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">arg</span> <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-string">""</span>
<span class="ruby-string">""</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">else</span>
<span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">namespace</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">arg</span>)
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<span class="method-name">node_type</span><span
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 188</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">node_type</span>
<span class="ruby-value">:attribute</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<span class="method-name">prefix</span><span
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<p>Returns the namespace of the attribute.</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-identifier">e</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">Element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>( <span class="ruby-string">"elns:myelement"</span> )
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">add_attribute</span>( <span class="ruby-string">"nsa:a"</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"aval"</span> )
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">add_attribute</span>( <span class="ruby-string">"b"</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"bval"</span> )
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">attributes</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">get_attribute</span>( <span class="ruby-string">"a"</span> ).<span class="ruby-identifier">prefix</span> <span class="ruby-comment"># -> "nsa"</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">attributes</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">get_attribute</span>( <span class="ruby-string">"b"</span> ).<span class="ruby-identifier">prefix</span> <span class="ruby-comment"># -> ""</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">a</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">Attribute</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>( <span class="ruby-string">"x"</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"y"</span> )
<span class="ruby-identifier">a</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">prefix</span> <span class="ruby-comment"># -> ""</span>
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<div class="method-calls-super">
Calls superclass method
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<div class="method-source-code" id="prefix-source">
<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 73</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">prefix</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">super</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<span class="method-name">remove</span><span
class="method-args">()</span>
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<p>Removes this <a href="Attribute.html"><code>Attribute</code></a> from the tree, and returns true if successful</p>
<p>This method is usually not called directly.</p>
<div class="method-source-code" id="remove-source">
<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 179</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">remove</span>
<span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">attributes</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">delete</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">name</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">unless</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">nil?</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<span class="method-name">to_s</span><span
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<p>Returns the attribute value, with entities replaced</p>
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 140</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">to_s</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@normalized</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@normalized</span>
<span class="ruby-ivar">@normalized</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">Text</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier">normalize</span>( <span class="ruby-ivar">@unnormalized</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">doctype</span> )
<span class="ruby-ivar">@unnormalized</span> = <span class="ruby-keyword">nil</span>
<span class="ruby-ivar">@normalized</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<span class="method-name">to_string</span><span
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<p>Returns this attribute out as <a href="../XML.html"><code>XML</code></a> source, expanding the name</p>
<pre class="ruby"><span class="ruby-identifier">a</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">Attribute</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>( <span class="ruby-string">"x"</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"y"</span> )
<span class="ruby-identifier">a</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_string</span> <span class="ruby-comment"># -> "x='y'"</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">b</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">Attribute</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">new</span>( <span class="ruby-string">"ns:x"</span>, <span class="ruby-string">"y"</span> )
<span class="ruby-identifier">b</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_string</span> <span class="ruby-comment"># -> "ns:x='y'"</span>
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 124</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">to_string</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">and</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">context</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">and</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">context</span>[<span class="ruby-value">:attribute_quote</span>] <span class="ruby-operator">==</span> <span class="ruby-value">:quote</span>
<span class="ruby-node">%Q^#@expanded_name="#{to_s().gsub(/"/, '&quot;')}"^</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">else</span>
<span class="ruby-node">"#@expanded_name='#{to_s().gsub(/'/, '&apos;')}'"</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<p>Returns the UNNORMALIZED value of this attribute. That is, entities have been expanded to their values</p>
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 150</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">value</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@unnormalized</span> <span class="ruby-keyword">if</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@unnormalized</span>
<span class="ruby-ivar">@unnormalized</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">Text</span><span class="ruby-operator">::</span><span class="ruby-identifier">unnormalize</span>( <span class="ruby-ivar">@normalized</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">doctype</span> )
<span class="ruby-ivar">@normalized</span> = <span class="ruby-keyword">nil</span>
<span class="ruby-ivar">@unnormalized</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<span class="method-name">write</span><span
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<p>Writes this attribute (EG, puts 'key=“value”' to the output)</p>
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 184</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">write</span>( <span class="ruby-identifier">output</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">indent</span>=<span class="ruby-value">-1</span> )
<span class="ruby-identifier">output</span> <span class="ruby-operator"><<</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">to_string</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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<pre><span class="ruby-comment"># File lib/rexml/attribute.rb, line 198</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier ruby-title">xpath</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">path</span> = <span class="ruby-ivar">@element</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">xpath</span>
<span class="ruby-identifier">path</span> <span class="ruby-operator">+=</span> <span class="ruby-node">"/@#{self.expanded_name}"</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">return</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">path</span>
<span class="ruby-keyword">end</span></pre>
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