A parent has children, and has methods for accessing them. The Parent class is never encountered except as the
superclass for some other object.
Enumerable
Constructor @param parent if supplied, will be set as the parent of this
object
This method is also aliased as
push
This method is also aliased as
<<
Fetches a child at a given index @param index the Integer index of the
child to fetch
Set an index entry. See Array.[]= @param index the index of the element to
set @param opt either the object to set, or an Integer length @param child
if opt is an Integer, this is the child to set @return the parent (self)
Inserts an child before another child @param child1 this is either an xpath
or an Element. If an Element, child2 will be inserted before child1 in
the child list of the parent. If an xpath, child2 will be inserted before
the first child to match the xpath. @param child2 the child to insert
@return the parent (self)
Inserts an child after another child @param child1 this is either an xpath
or an Element. If an Element, child2 will be inserted after child1 in
the child list of the parent. If an xpath, child2 will be inserted after
the first child to match the xpath. @param child2 the child to insert
@return the parent (self)
Fetches the index of a given child @param child the child to get the index
of @return the index of the child, or nil if the object is not a child of
this parent.
@return the number of children of this parent
Replaces one child with another, making sure the nodelist is correct @param
to_replace the child to replace (must be a Child)
@param replacement the child to insert into the nodelist (must be a Child)
Deeply clones this object. This creates a complete duplicate of this Parent, including all descendants.