BDB::XML::Document

A Document is the unit of storage within a Container.

A Document contains a stream of bytes.

Document supports annotation attributes.

Class Methods

allocate

Allocate a new object

Methods

self[attr]

Return the value of an attribute

self[attr] = val

Set the value of an attribute

content

Return the content of the document

content=(val)

Set the content of the document

get(uri = "", attr [, class])

Return the value of an attribute. uri specify the namespace where reside the attribute.

the optional class argument give the type (String, Numeric, ...)

id

Return the ID

initialize(content = "")

Initialize the document with the content specified

modify(mod)

Modifies the document contents based on the information contained in the BDB::XML::Modify object

name

Return the name of the document

name=(val)

Set the name of the document

prefix

Return the default prefix for the namespace

prefix=(val)

Set the default prefix used by set

query(xpath, context = nil)

Execute the XPath expression xpath against the document Return an BDB::XML::Results

set(uri = "", prefix = "", attr, value)

Set an attribute in the namespace uri. prefix is the prefix for the namespace

to_s

to_str

Return the document as a String object

uri

Return the default namespace

uri=(val)

Set the default namespace used by set and get