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+require 'rexml/document'
+require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+
+
+describe "REXML::Element#add_element" do
+  before :each do
+    @root = REXML::Element.new("root")
+  end
+
+  it "adds a child without attributes" do
+    name = REXML::Element.new("name")
+    @root.add_element name
+    @root.elements["name"].name.should == name.name
+    @root.elements["name"].attributes.should == name.attributes
+    @root.elements["name"].context.should == name.context
+  end
+
+  it "adds a child with attributes" do
+    person = REXML::Element.new("person")
+    @root.add_element(person, {"name" => "Madonna"})
+    @root.elements["person"].name.should == person.name
+    @root.elements["person"].attributes.should == person.attributes
+    @root.elements["person"].context.should == person.context
+  end
+
+  it "adds a child with name" do
+    @root.add_element "name"
+    @root.elements["name"].name.should == "name"
+    @root.elements["name"].attributes.should == {}
+    @root.elements["name"].context.should == nil
+  end
+
+  it "returns the added child" do
+    name = @root.add_element "name"
+    @root.elements["name"].name.should == name.name
+    @root.elements["name"].attributes.should == name.attributes
+    @root.elements["name"].context.should == name.context
+  end
+end