class REXML::Attributes

def namespaces


d.root.attributes.namespaces # => {"xmlns"=>"foo", "x"=>"bar", "y"=>"twee"}
d = REXML::Document.new(xml_string)
xml_string = ''

Returns a hash of name/value pairs for the namespaces:

namespaces
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def namespaces
  namespaces = {}
  each_attribute do |attribute|
    namespaces[attribute.name] = attribute.value if attribute.prefix == 'xmlns' or attribute.name == 'xmlns'
  end
  if @element.document and @element.document.doctype
    expn = @element.expanded_name
    expn = @element.document.doctype.name if expn.size == 0
    @element.document.doctype.attributes_of(expn).each {
      |attribute|
      namespaces[attribute.name] = attribute.value if attribute.prefix == 'xmlns' or attribute.name == 'xmlns'
    }
  end
  namespaces
end