Method: REXML::Element#document

Defined in:

lib/rexml/element.rb

#document ⇒ Object

:call-seq:

document -> document or nil

If the element is part of a document, returns that document:

d = REXML::Document.new('<a><b><c/></b></a>')
top_element = d.first
child = top_element.first
top_element.document == d # => true
child.document == d       # => true

If the element is not part of a document, returns nil:

REXML::Element.new.document # => nil

For a document, returns self:

d.document == d           # => true

Related: #root, #root_node.

# File 'lib/rexml/element.rb', line 475

def document
  root&.parent
end