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+require 'rexml/document'
+require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+
+describe "REXML::Element#attribute" do
+  it "returns an attribute by name" do
+    person = REXML::Element.new "Person"
+    attribute = REXML::Attribute.new("drink", "coffee")
+    person.add_attribute(attribute)
+    person.attribute("drink").should == attribute
+  end
+
+  it "supports attributes inside namespaces" do
+    e = REXML::Element.new("element")
+    e.add_attributes({"xmlns:ns" => "http://some_uri"})
+    e.attribute("ns", "ns").to_s.should == "http://some_uri"
+  end
+end