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+require 'rexml/document'
+require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+
+describe "REXML::Element#prefixes" do
+  before :each do
+    doc = REXML::Document.new("<a xmlns='1' xmlns:y='2'><b/><c xmlns:z='3'/></a>")
+    @elem = doc.elements["//c"]
+  end
+
+  it "returns an array of the prefixes of the namespaces" do
+    @elem.prefixes.should == ["y", "z"]
+  end
+
+  it "does not include the default namespace" do
+    @elem.prefixes.include?("xmlns").should == false
+  end
+
+  it "returns an empty array if no namespace was defined" do
+    doc = REXML::Document.new "<root><something/></root>"
+    root = doc.elements["//root"]
+    root.prefixes.should == []
+  end
+end