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+require 'rexml/document'
+require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+
+describe "REXML::Element#inspect" do
+
+  before :each do
+    @name = REXML::Element.new "name"
+  end
+
+  it "returns the node as a string" do
+    @name.inspect.should == "<name/>"
+  end
+
+  it "inserts '...' if the node has children" do
+    e = REXML::Element.new "last_name"
+    @name << e
+    @name.inspect.should == "<name> ... </>"
+    # This might make more sense but differs from MRI's default behavior
+    # @name.inspect.should == "<name> ... </name>"
+  end
+
+  it "inserts the attributes in the string" do
+    @name.add_attribute "language"
+    @name.attributes["language"] = "english"
+    @name.inspect.should == "<name language='english'/>"
+  end
+end