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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/rexml/element.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/rexml/element.rb | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rexml/element.rb b/lib/rexml/element.rb index 7f578ecb3d..80463d95b7 100644 --- a/lib/rexml/element.rb +++ b/lib/rexml/element.rb @@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ module REXML # If an Element, the object will be shallowly cloned; name, # attributes, and namespaces will be copied. Children will +not+ be # copied. - # If a Source, the source will be scanned and parsed for an Element, - # and all child elements will be recursively parsed as well. # parent:: # if supplied, must be a Parent, and will be used as # the parent of this object. @@ -223,7 +221,7 @@ module REXML # b.namespace("y") # -> '2' def namespace(prefix=nil) if prefix.nil? - prefix = self.prefix() + prefix = prefix() end if prefix == '' prefix = "xmlns" @@ -715,7 +713,7 @@ module REXML private def __to_xpath_helper node - rv = node.expanded_name + rv = node.expanded_name.clone if node.parent results = node.parent.find_all {|n| n.kind_of?(REXML::Element) and n.expanded_name == node.expanded_name @@ -1226,5 +1224,20 @@ module REXML rv.each{ |attr| attr.remove } return rv end + + # The +get_attribute_ns+ method retrieves a method by its namespace + # and name. Thus it is possible to reliably identify an attribute + # even if an XML processor has changed the prefix. + # + # Method contributed by Henrik Martensson + def get_attribute_ns(namespace, name) + each_attribute() { |attribute| + if name == attribute.name && + namespace == attribute.namespace() + return attribute + end + } + nil + end end end |