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--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: Constructor
- !ruby/object:SM::Flow::LIST 
  contents: 
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "arg:"
    body: if not supplied, will be set to the default value. If a String, the name of this object will be set to the argument. If an Element, the object will be shallowly cloned; name, attributes, and namespaces will be copied. Children will <tt>not</tt> be copied.
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "parent:"
    body: if supplied, must be a Parent, and will be used as the parent of this object.
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "context:"
    body: "If supplied, must be a hash containing context items. Context items include:"
  type: :NOTE
- !ruby/object:SM::Flow::LIST 
  contents: 
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "*"
    body: <tt>:respect_whitespace</tt> the value of this is :<tt>all</tt> or an array of strings being the names of the elements to respect whitespace for. Defaults to :<tt>all</tt>.
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "*"
    body: <tt>:compress_whitespace</tt> the value can be :<tt>all</tt> or an array of strings being the names of the elements to ignore whitespace on. Overrides :<tt>respect_whitespace</tt>.
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "*"
    body: <tt>:ignore_whitespace_nodes</tt> the value can be :<tt>all</tt> or an array of strings being the names of the elements in which to ignore whitespace-only nodes. If this is set, Text nodes which contain only whitespace will not be added to the document tree.
  - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI 
    label: "*"
    body: <tt>:raw</tt> can be :<tt>all</tt>, or an array of strings being the names of the elements to process in raw mode. In raw mode, special characters in text is not converted to or from entities.
  type: :BULLET
full_name: REXML::Element::new
is_singleton: true
name: new
params: ( arg = UNDEFINED, parent=nil, context=nil )
visibility: public