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-# frozen_string_literal: false
-
-require_relative "child"
-require_relative "source"
-
-module REXML
-  # Represents an XML Instruction; IE, <? ... ?>
-  # TODO: Add parent arg (3rd arg) to constructor
-  class Instruction < Child
-    START = "<?"
-    STOP = "?>"
-
-    # target is the "name" of the Instruction; IE, the "tag" in <?tag ...?>
-    # content is everything else.
-    attr_accessor :target, :content
-
-    # Constructs a new Instruction
-    # @param target can be one of a number of things.  If String, then
-    # the target of this instruction is set to this.  If an Instruction,
-    # then the Instruction is shallowly cloned (target and content are
-    # copied).
-    # @param content Must be either a String, or a Parent.  Can only
-    # be a Parent if the target argument is a Source.  Otherwise, this
-    # String is set as the content of this instruction.
-    def initialize(target, content=nil)
-      case target
-      when String
-        super()
-        @target = target
-        @content = content
-      when Instruction
-        super(content)
-        @target = target.target
-        @content = target.content
-      else
-        message =
-          "processing instruction target must be String or REXML::Instruction: "
-        message << "<#{target.inspect}>"
-        raise ArgumentError, message
-      end
-      @content.strip! if @content
-    end
-
-    def clone
-      Instruction.new self
-    end
-
-    # == DEPRECATED
-    # See the rexml/formatters package
-    #
-    def write writer, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false
-      Kernel.warn( "#{self.class.name}.write is deprecated", uplevel: 1)
-      indent(writer, indent)
-      writer << START
-      writer << @target
-      if @content
-        writer << ' '
-        writer << @content
-      end
-      writer << STOP
-    end
-
-    # @return true if other is an Instruction, and the content and target
-    # of the other matches the target and content of this object.
-    def ==( other )
-      other.kind_of? Instruction and
-      other.target == @target and
-      other.content == @content
-    end
-
-    def node_type
-      :processing_instruction
-    end
-
-    def inspect
-      "<?p-i #{target} ...?>"
-    end
-  end
-end