method

add_namespace

v1_8_7_72 - Show latest stable - Class: REXML::Element

add_namespace( prefix, uri=nil )

public

Adds a namespace to this element.

prefix:	the prefix string, or the namespace URI if `uri` is not supplied
uri:	the namespace URI. May be nil, in which `prefix` is used as the URI

Evaluates to: this Element

 a = Element.new("a")
 a.add_namespace("xmlns:foo", "bar" )
 a.add_namespace("foo", "bar")  # shorthand for previous line
 a.add_namespace("twiddle")
 puts a   #-> <a xmlns:foo='bar' xmlns='twiddle'/>

# File lib/rexml/element.rb, line 250
    def add_namespace( prefix, uri=nil )
      unless uri
        @attributes["xmlns"] = prefix
      else
        prefix = "xmlns:#{prefix}" unless prefix =~ /^xmlns:/
        @attributes[ prefix ] = uri
      end
      self
    end

add_namespace

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