# frozen_string_literal: false
require "rexml/child"
module REXML
##
# Represents an XML comment; that is, text between \<!-- ... -->
class Comment < Child
include Comparable
START = "<!--"
STOP = "-->"
# The content text
attr_accessor :string
##
# Constructor. The first argument can be one of three types:
# @param first If String, the contents of this comment are set to the
# argument. If Comment, the argument is duplicated. If
# Source, the argument is scanned for a comment.
# @param second If the first argument is a Source, this argument
# should be nil, not supplied, or a Parent to be set as the parent
# of this object
def initialize( first, second = nil )
super(second)
if first.kind_of? String
@string = first
elsif first.kind_of? Comment
@string = first.string
end
end
def clone
Comment.new self
end
# == DEPRECATED
# See REXML::Formatters
#
# output::
# Where to write the string
# indent::
# An integer. If -1, no indenting will be used; otherwise, the
# indentation will be this number of spaces, and children will be
# indented an additional amount.
# transitive::
# Ignored by this class. The contents of comments are never modified.
# ie_hack::
# Needed for conformity to the child API, but not used by this class.
def write( output, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false )
Kernel.warn("Comment.write is deprecated. See REXML::Formatters")
indent( output, indent )
output << START
output << @string
output << STOP
end
alias :to_s :string
##
# Compares this Comment to another; the contents of the comment are used
# in the comparison.
def <=>(other)
other.to_s <=> @string
end
##
# Compares this Comment to another; the contents of the comment are used
# in the comparison.
def ==( other )
other.kind_of? Comment and
(other <=> self) == 0
end
def node_type
:comment
end
end
end
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