class Asciidoctor::Document

def authors

returns the authors of this document as an Array

This method is backed by the author-related attributes on the document.

Public: Convenience method to retrieve the authors of this document as an Array of Author objects. 
def authors
  if (attrs = @attributes).key? 'author'
    authors = [(Author.new attrs['author'], attrs['firstname'], attrs['middlename'], attrs['lastname'], attrs['authorinitials'], attrs['email'])]
    if (num_authors = attrs['authorcount'] || 0) > 1
      idx = 1
      while idx < num_authors
        idx += 1
        authors << (Author.new attrs[%(author_#{idx})], attrs[%(firstname_#{idx})], attrs[%(middlename_#{idx})], attrs[%(lastname_#{idx})], attrs[%(authorinitials_#{idx})], attrs[%(email_#{idx})])
      end
    end
    authors
  else
    []
  end
end