Adding an XML declaration to a REXML document

Sunday, 14 March 2010 15:26

Source: REXML Tutorial - Home [germane-software.com]

REXML will not, by default, write out the XML declaration unless you specifically ask for them. If a document is read that contains an XML declaration, that declaration will be written faithfully. The other way you can tell REXML to write the declaration is to specifically add the declaration:
Adding an XML Declaration to a Document



doc = Document.new 

doc.add_element 'foo'

doc.to_s   #-> 

doc << XMLDecl.new

doc.to_s   #->