new

# File lib/rexml/xmldecl.rb, line 18
    def initialize(version=DEFAULT_VERSION, encoding=nil, standalone=nil)
      @writethis = true
      @writeencoding = !encoding.nil?
      if version.kind_of? XMLDecl
        super()
        @version = version.version
        self.encoding = version.encoding
        @writeencoding = version.writeencoding
        @standalone = version.standalone
      else
        super()
        @version = version
        self.encoding = encoding
        @standalone = standalone
      end
      @version = DEFAULT_VERSION if @version.nil?
    end