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REXML::Element.new_with_options methods to build elements

• Doc: http://sixarm.com/sixarm_ruby_rexml_element_new_with_options/doc
• Gem: http://rubygems.org/gems/sixarm_ruby_rexml_element_new_with_options
• Repo: http://github.com/sixarm/sixarm_ruby_rexml_element_new_with_options

Introduction

This adds convenience methods to REXML::Element so we can create an Element easily.

Example:

e = Element.new_with_options(:name => "foo", :text => "bar")                                                                                                                                                                                                           
#=> element with name "foo" and text "bar"  

There are options for creating an Element with children, attributes, text, and additional methods that can create a table data cell and table row.

For docs go to http://sixarm.com/sixarm_ruby_rexml_element_new_with_options/doc

Want to help? We're happy to get pull requests.

Install

Gem

To install this gem in your shell or terminal:

gem install sixarm_ruby_rexml_element_new_with_options

Gemfile

To add this gem to your Gemfile:

gem 'sixarm_ruby_rexml_element_new_with_options'

Require

To require the gem in your code:

require 'sixarm_ruby_rexml_element_new_with_options'

Example of children

child_1 = REXML::Element.new(...)
child_2 = REXML::Element.new(...)
child_3 = REXML::Element.new(...)
e = Element.new_with_options(:children => [child_1, child_2, child_3])    
#=> element that has child elements

Example of table methods

e = Element.new_with_options_as_td(:text => "bar")                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
#=> element with name "td" and text "bar"  

e = Element.new_with_options_as_tr(:text => "bar")                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
#=> element with name "tr" and text "bar"  

e = Element.new_with_options_as_tr(:cells => ["a", "b", "c"])                                                                                                                                                                                                               
#=> element with name=="tr" and children elements with name "td" and text "a", "b", "c"