1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb b/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
index cb33a64908..c898ba0b60 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ module REXML
           @source = source
         elsif defined? StringIO and source.kind_of? StringIO
           @source = IOSource.new(source)
+        elsif defined? Tempfile and source.kind_of? Tempfile
+          @source = IOSource.new(source)
         else
           raise "#{source.class} is not a valid input stream.  It must be \n"+
           "either a String, IO, StringIO or Source."
@@ -139,6 +141,15 @@ module REXML
         @entities = []
       end
 
+      def position
+        if @source.respond_to? :position
+          @source.position
+        else
+          # FIXME
+          0
+        end
+      end
+
       # Returns true if there are no more events
       def empty?
         #puts "@source.empty? = #{@source.empty?}"