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+require "rexml/child"
+
+module REXML
+	##
+	# Represents an XML comment; that is, text between \<!-- ... -->
+	class Comment < Child
+		include Comparable
+		START = "<!--"
+		STOP = "-->"
+
+		# The content text
+
+		attr_accessor :string
+
+		##
+		# Constructor.  The first argument can be one of three types:
+		# @param first If String, the contents of this comment are set to the 
+		# argument.  If Comment, the argument is duplicated.  If
+		# Source, the argument is scanned for a comment.
+		# @param second If the first argument is a Source, this argument 
+		# should be nil, not supplied, or a Parent to be set as the parent 
+		# of this object
+		def initialize( first, second = nil )
+			#puts "IN COMMENT CONSTRUCTOR; SECOND IS #{second.type}"
+			super(second)
+			if first.kind_of? String
+				@string = first
+			elsif first.kind_of? Comment
+				@string = first.string
+			end
+		end
+
+		def clone
+			Comment.new self
+		end
+
+    # == DEPRECATED
+    # See REXML::Formatters
+    #
+		# output::
+		#	 Where to write the string
+		# indent::
+		#	 An integer.	If -1, no indenting will be used; otherwise, the
+		#	 indentation will be this number of spaces, and children will be
+		#	 indented an additional amount.
+		# transitive::
+		#	 Ignored by this class.	The contents of comments are never modified.
+		# ie_hack::
+		#	 Needed for conformity to the child API, but not used by this class.
+		def write( output, indent=-1, transitive=false, ie_hack=false )
+      Kernel.warn("Comment.write is deprecated.  See REXML::Formatters")
+			indent( output, indent )
+			output << START
+			output << @string
+			output << STOP
+		end
+
+		alias :to_s :string
+
+		##
+		# Compares this Comment to another; the contents of the comment are used
+		# in the comparison.
+		def <=>(other)
+			other.to_s <=> @string
+		end
+
+		##
+		# Compares this Comment to another; the contents of the comment are used
+		# in the comparison.
+		def ==( other )
+			other.kind_of? Comment and
+			(other <=> self) == 0
+		end
+
+    def node_type
+      :comment
+    end
+	end
+end
+#vim:ts=2 sw=2 noexpandtab: