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+require "rexml/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
+			encoding = document.encoding
+
+			to_s
+		end
+	end
+end