Method: REXML::Element#clone

Defined in:

lib/rexml/element.rb

#clone ⇒ Object

:call-seq:

clone -> new_element

Returns a shallow copy of the element, containing the name and attributes, but not the parent or children:

e = REXML::Element.new('foo')
e.add_attributes({'bar' => 0, 'baz' => 1})
e.clone # => <foo bar='0' baz='1'/>

# File 'lib/rexml/element.rb', line 383

def clone
  self.class.new self
end