Class: REXML::Formatters::Pretty

Inherits:
Default show all
Defined in:
lib/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb

Overview

Pretty-prints an XML document. This destroys whitespace in text nodes and will insert carriage returns and indentations.

TODO: Add an option to print attributes on new lines

Instance Attribute Summary (collapse)

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

Methods inherited from Default

#write

Constructor Details

- (Pretty) initialize(indentation = 2, ie_hack = false)

Create a new pretty printer.

output

An object implementing '<<(String)', to which the output will be written.

indentation

An integer greater than 0. The indentation of each level will be this number of spaces. If this is < 1, the behavior of this object is undefined. Defaults to 2.

ie_hack

If true, the printer will insert whitespace before closing empty tags, thereby allowing Internet Explorer's feeble XML parser to function. Defaults to false.



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# File 'lib/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb', line 29

def initialize( indentation=2, ie_hack=false )
  @indentation = indentation
  @level = 0
  @ie_hack = ie_hack
  @width = 80
  @compact = false
end

Instance Attribute Details

- (Object) compact

If compact is set to true, then the formatter will attempt to use as little space as possible



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# File 'lib/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb', line 13

def compact
  @compact
end

- (Object) width

The width of a page. Used for formatting text



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# File 'lib/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb', line 15

def width
  @width
end