:element, parent, name, attributes, children*

a = Node.new a << “B” # => <a>B</a> a.b # => <a>B<b/></a> a.b # => <a>B<b/><b/><a> a.b[“x”] = “y” # => <a>B<b/><b x=“y”/></a> a.b.c # => <a>B<c/><b x=“y”/></a> a.b.c << “D” # => <a>B<c>D</c><b x=“y”/></a>

REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby, in Ruby.

REXML is a pure Ruby, XML 1.0 conforming, non-validating toolkit with an intuitive API. REXML passes 100% of the non-validating Oasis tests, and provides tree, stream, SAX2, pull, and lightweight APIs. REXML also includes a full XPath 1.0 implementation. Since Ruby 1.8, REXML is included in the standard Ruby distribution.

Main page

www.germane-software.com/software/rexml

Author

Sean Russell <serATgermaneHYPHENsoftwareDOTcom>

Date

2008/019

Version

3.1.7.3

This API documentation can be downloaded from the REXML home page, or can be accessed online

A tutorial is available in the REXML distribution in docs/tutorial.html, or can be accessed online