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+require 'rexml/document'
+require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+
+describe "REXML::Element#new" do
+
+  it "creates element from tag name" do
+    REXML::Element.new("foo").name.should == "foo"
+  end
+
+  it "creates element with default attributes" do
+    e = REXML::Element.new
+    e.name.should == REXML::Element::UNDEFINED
+    e.context.should == nil
+    e.parent.should == nil
+  end
+
+  it "creates element from another element" do
+    e = REXML::Element.new "foo"
+    f = REXML::Element.new e
+    e.name.should == f.name
+    e.context.should == f.context
+    e.parent.should == f.parent
+  end
+
+  it "takes parent as second argument" do
+    parent = REXML::Element.new "foo"
+    child = REXML::Element.new "bar", parent
+    child.parent.should == parent
+  end
+
+  it "takes context as third argument" do
+    context = {"some_key" => "some_value"}
+    REXML::Element.new("foo", nil, context).context.should == context
+  end
+end