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-# frozen_string_literal: false
-require_relative "node"
-
-module REXML
-  ##
-  # A Child object is something contained by a parent, and this class
-  # contains methods to support that.  Most user code will not use this
-  # class directly.
-  class Child
-    include Node
-    attr_reader :parent         # The Parent of this object
-
-    # Constructor.  Any inheritors of this class should call super to make
-    # sure this method is called.
-    # parent::
-    #   if supplied, the parent of this child will be set to the
-    #   supplied value, and self will be added to the parent
-    def initialize( parent = nil )
-      @parent = nil
-      # Declare @parent, but don't define it.  The next line sets the
-      # parent.
-      parent.add( self ) if parent
-    end
-
-    # Replaces this object with another object.  Basically, calls
-    # Parent.replace_child
-    #
-    # Returns:: self
-    def replace_with( child )
-      @parent.replace_child( self, child )
-      self
-    end
-
-    # Removes this child from the parent.
-    #
-    # Returns:: self
-    def remove
-      unless @parent.nil?
-        @parent.delete self
-      end
-      self
-    end
-
-    # Sets the parent of this child to the supplied argument.
-    #
-    # other::
-    #   Must be a Parent object.  If this object is the same object as the
-    #   existing parent of this child, no action is taken. Otherwise, this
-    #   child is removed from the current parent (if one exists), and is added
-    #   to the new parent.
-    # Returns:: The parent added
-    def parent=( other )
-      return @parent if @parent == other
-      @parent.delete self if defined? @parent and @parent
-      @parent = other
-    end
-
-    alias :next_sibling :next_sibling_node
-    alias :previous_sibling :previous_sibling_node
-
-    # Sets the next sibling of this child.  This can be used to insert a child
-    # after some other child.
-    #  a = Element.new("a")
-    #  b = a.add_element("b")
-    #  c = Element.new("c")
-    #  b.next_sibling = c
-    #  # => <a><b/><c/></a>
-    def next_sibling=( other )
-      parent.insert_after self, other
-    end
-
-    # Sets the previous sibling of this child.  This can be used to insert a
-    # child before some other child.
-    #  a = Element.new("a")
-    #  b = a.add_element("b")
-    #  c = Element.new("c")
-    #  b.previous_sibling = c
-    #  # => <a><b/><c/></a>
-    def previous_sibling=(other)
-      parent.insert_before self, other
-    end
-
-    # Returns:: the document this child belongs to, or nil if this child
-    # belongs to no document
-    def document
-      return parent.document unless parent.nil?
-      nil
-    end
-
-    # This doesn't yet handle encodings
-    def bytes
-      document.encoding
-
-      to_s
-    end
-  end
-end