class REXML::Formatters::Transitive

results of formatting already formatted XML will be odd.
formatted. Since this formatter does not alter whitespace nodes, the
Note that this is only useful if the original XML is not already
with whitespace inserted into the metadata to introduce formatting.
preserved. Within these constraints, the document is pretty-printed,
whitespace nodes are inserted, and whitespace within text nodes is
identical document as the source document. This means that no extra
The Transitive formatter writes an XML document that parses to an

def initialize( indentation=2, ie_hack=false ) 

def initialize( indentation=2, ie_hack=false )
  @indentation = indentation
  @level = 0
  @ie_hack = ie_hack
end

def write_element( node, output ) 

def write_element( node, output )
  output << "<#{node.expanded_name}"
  node.attributes.each_attribute do |attr|
    output << " "
    attr.write( output )
  end unless node.attributes.empty?
  output << "\n"
  output << ' '*@level
  if node.children.empty?
    output << " " if @ie_hack
    output << "/"
  else
    output << ">"
    # If compact and all children are text, and if the formatted output
    # is less than the specified width, then try to print everything on
    # one line
    @level += @indentation
    node.children.each { |child|
      write( child, output )
    }
    @level -= @indentation
    output << "</#{node.expanded_name}"
    output << "\n"
    output << ' '*@level
  end
  output << ">"
end

def write_text( node, output ) 

def write_text( node, output )
  output << node.to_s()
end