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Replaces this object with another object. Basically, calls Parent.replace_child

Returns

self

Adds a child to this element, optionally setting attributes in the element.

element

optional. If Element, the element is added. Otherwise, a new Element is constructed with the argument (see Element.initialize).

attrs

If supplied, must be a Hash containing String name,value pairs, which will be used to set the attributes of the new Element.

Returns

the Element that was added

el = doc.add_element 'my-tag'
el = doc.add_element 'my-tag', {'attr1'=>'val1', 'attr2'=>'val2'}
el = Element.new 'my-tag'
doc.add_element el

Deletes a child element.

element

Must be an Element, String, or Integer. If Element, the element is removed. If String, the element is found (via XPath) and removed. <em>This means that any parent can remove any descendant.<em> If Integer, the Element indexed by that number will be removed.

Returns

the element that was removed.

doc.delete_element "/a/b/c[@id='4']"
doc.delete_element doc.elements["//k"]
doc.delete_element 1

Evaluates to true if this element has at least one child Element

doc = Document.new "<a><b/><c>Text</c></a>"
doc.root.has_elements               # -> true
doc.elements["/a/b"].has_elements   # -> false
doc.elements["/a/c"].has_elements   # -> false