method

new

ruby latest stable - Class: REXML::Entity

new(stream, value=nil, parent=nil, reference=false)

public

Create a new entity. Simple entities can be constructed by passing a name, value to the constructor; this creates a generic, plain entity reference. For anything more complicated, you have to pass a Source to the constructor with the entity definition, or use the accessor methods. WARNING: There is no validation of entity state except when the entity is read from a stream. If you start poking around with the accessors, you can easily create a non-conformant Entity.

e = Entity.new( 'amp', '&' )

# File lib/rexml/entity.rb, line 33
    def initialize stream, value=nil, parent=nil, reference=false
      super(parent)
      @ndata = @pubid = @value = @external = nil
      if stream.kind_of? Array
        @name = stream[1]
        if stream[-1] == '%'
          @reference = true
          stream.pop
        else
          @reference = false
        end
        if stream[2] =~ /SYSTEM|PUBLIC/
          @external = stream[2]
          if @external == 'SYSTEM'
            @ref = stream[3]
            @ndata = stream[4] if stream.size == 5
          else
            @pubid = stream[3]
            @ref = stream[4]
          end
        else
          @value = stream[2]
        end
      else
        @reference = reference
        @external = nil
        @name = stream
        @value = value
      end
    end

new

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