Method: HTMLTree::Element#as_rexml_document

Defined in:
lib/web/htmltools/xpath.rb

#as_rexml_document(rparent = nil, context = {}) ⇒ Object

convert the given HTMLTree::Element (or HTMLTree::Document) into a REXML::Element or REXML::Document, ready to use REXML::XPath on. Note that this caches the tree; further changes to my tree will not be reflected in subsequent calls



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# File 'lib/web/htmltools/xpath.rb', line 29

def as_rexml_document(rparent = nil, context = {})
  return @_rexml_tree if @_rexml_tree
  node = REXML::Element.new( tag, rparent, context )
  attribute_order().each { |attr|
    node.add_attribute(attr, attribute(attr).to_s)
  }
  children().each { |child|
    childNode = child.as_rexml_document(node, context)
  }
  @_rexml_tree = node
end