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match

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v3.2.1 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: HTML::Tag
match(conditions) public

Returns true if the node meets any of the given conditions. The conditions parameter must be a hash of any of the following keys (all are optional):

  • :tag: the node name must match the corresponding value

  • :attributes: a hash. The node’s values must match the corresponding values in the hash.

  • :parent: a hash. The node’s parent must match the corresponding hash.

  • :child: a hash. At least one of the node’s immediate children must meet the criteria described by the hash.

  • :ancestor: a hash. At least one of the node’s ancestors must meet the criteria described by the hash.

  • :descendant: a hash. At least one of the node’s descendants must meet the criteria described by the hash.

  • :sibling: a hash. At least one of the node’s siblings must meet the criteria described by the hash.

  • :after: a hash. The node must be after any sibling meeting the criteria described by the hash, and at least one sibling must match.

  • :before: a hash. The node must be before any sibling meeting the criteria described by the hash, and at least one sibling must match.

  • :children: a hash, for counting children of a node. Accepts the keys:

** :count: either a number or a range which must equal (or

include) the number of children that match.

** :less_than: the number of matching children must be less than

this number.

** :greater_than: the number of matching children must be

greater than this number.

** :only: another hash consisting of the keys to use

to match on the children, and only matching children will be
counted.

Conditions are matched using the following algorithm:

  • if the condition is a string, it must be a substring of the value.

  • if the condition is a regexp, it must match the value.

  • if the condition is a number, the value must match number.to_s.

  • if the condition is true, the value must not be nil.

  • if the condition is false or nil, the value must be nil.

Usage:

# test if the node is a "span" tag
node.match :tag => "span"

# test if the node's parent is a "div"
node.match :parent => { :tag => "div" }

# test if any of the node's ancestors are "table" tags
node.match :ancestor => { :tag => "table" }

# test if any of the node's immediate children are "em" tags
node.match :child => { :tag => "em" }

# test if any of the node's descendants are "strong" tags
node.match :descendant => { :tag => "strong" }

# test if the node has between 2 and 4 span tags as immediate children
node.match :children => { :count => 2..4, :only => { :tag => "span" } }

# get funky: test to see if the node is a "div", has a "ul" ancestor
# and an "li" parent (with "class" = "enum"), and whether or not it has
# a "span" descendant that contains # text matching /hello world/:
node.match :tag => "div",
           :ancestor => { :tag => "ul" },
           :parent => { :tag => "li",
                        :attributes => { :class => "enum" } },
           :descendant => { :tag => "span",
                            :child => /hello world/ }
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