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+require 'stringio'
+
+module Psych
+  module Nodes
+    ###
+    # The base class for any Node in a YAML parse tree.  This class should
+    # never be instantiated.
+    class Node
+      # The children of this node
+      attr_reader :children
+
+      # An associated tag
+      attr_reader :tag
+
+      # Create a new Psych::Nodes::Node
+      def initialize
+        @children = []
+      end
+
+      ###
+      # Convert this node to Ruby.
+      #
+      # See also Psych::Visitors::ToRuby
+      def to_ruby
+        Visitors::ToRuby.new.accept self
+      end
+      alias :transform :to_ruby
+
+      ###
+      # Convert this node to YAML.
+      #
+      # See also Psych::Visitors::Emitter
+      def to_yaml
+        io = StringIO.new
+        Visitors::Emitter.new(io).accept self
+        io.string
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end