Method: REXML::Element#write

Defined in:
lib/rexml/element.rb

#write(output = $stdout, indent = -1,, transitive = false, ie_hack = false) ⇒ Object

DEPRECATED

See REXML::Formatters

Writes out this element, and recursively, all children.

output

output an object which supports ‘<< string’; this is where the

document will be written.
indent

An integer. If -1, no indenting will be used; otherwise, the indentation will be this number of spaces, and children will be indented an additional amount. Defaults to -1

transitive

If transitive is true and indent is >= 0, then the output will be pretty-printed in such a way that the added whitespace does not affect the parse tree of the document

ie_hack

This hack inserts a space before the /> on empty tags to address a limitation of Internet Explorer. Defaults to false

out = ''
doc.write( out )     #-> doc is written to the string 'out'
doc.write( $stdout ) #-> doc written to the console



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# File 'lib/rexml/element.rb', line 712

def write(output=$stdout, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false)
  Kernel.warn("#{self.class.name}.write is deprecated.  See REXML::Formatters", uplevel: 1)
  formatter = if indent > -1
      if transitive
        require_relative "formatters/transitive"
        REXML::Formatters::Transitive.new( indent, ie_hack )
      else
        REXML::Formatters::Pretty.new( indent, ie_hack )
      end
    else
      REXML::Formatters::Default.new( ie_hack )
    end
  formatter.write( self, output )
end