NEEDS DOCUMENTATION
Only use this if you do not want the XML declaration to be written; this object is ignored by the XML writer.  Otherwise, instantiate your own XMLDecl and add it to the document.
Note that XML 1.1 documents must include an XML declaration
 
               # File rexml/xmldecl.rb, line 90
def XMLDecl.default
  rv = XMLDecl.new( "1.0" )
  rv.nowrite
  rv
end
             
             
               # File rexml/xmldecl.rb, line 19
def initialize(version=DEFAULT_VERSION, encoding=nil, standalone=nil)
  @writethis = true
  @writeencoding = !encoding.nil?
  if version.kind_of? XMLDecl
    super()
    @version = version.version
    self.encoding = version.encoding
    @writeencoding = version.writeencoding
    @standalone = version.standalone
  else
    super()
    @version = version
    self.encoding = encoding
    @standalone = standalone
  end
  @version = DEFAULT_VERSION if @version.nil?
end
             
             
               # File rexml/xmldecl.rb, line 54
def ==( other )
  other.kind_of?(XMLDecl) and
  other.version == @version and
  other.encoding == self.encoding and
  other.standalone == @standalone
end
             
             
               # File rexml/xmldecl.rb, line 100
def dowrite
  @writethis = true
end
             
             
               # File rexml/xmldecl.rb, line 74
def encoding=( enc )
  if enc.nil?
    self.old_enc = "UTF-8"
    @writeencoding = false
  else
    self.old_enc = enc
    @writeencoding = true
  end
  self.dowrite
end
             
             
               # File rexml/xmldecl.rb, line 104
def inspect
  START.sub(/\\/u, '') + " ... " + STOP.sub(/\\/u, '')
end
             
             
               # File rexml/xmldecl.rb, line 96
def nowrite
  @writethis = false
end
             
            Ignored. There must be no whitespace before an XML declaration
Ignored
Ignored
 
               # File rexml/xmldecl.rb, line 47
def write(writer, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false)
  return nil unless @writethis or writer.kind_of? Output
  writer << START.sub(/\\/u, '')
  writer << " #{content encoding}"
  writer << STOP.sub(/\\/u, '')
end