From: "James Britt (rubydev)" <james@...>
Date: 2001-11-14T10:51:31+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25125] Re: REXML inserting an element

Er, can we have both?

The "insert where the XPath points" method looks nice.


James

> 
> BTW, I've always thought the way REXML does inserts now was rather tedious. 
> Any suggestions on better ways of doing this?  How about:
> 
>    c_element = Element.new("c")
>    doc.elements["a/b[position()=1]"].insert_after_me( c_element )
> 
> or perhaps
> 
>    ...
>    b_element.next_sibling = c_element
> 
> I'm partial to the last.  Vote now or forever hold your peace. :-)
> 
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