require 'rexml/document'
include REXML

puts "Using rexml's version: #{REXML::VERSION} at date: #{REXML::DATE}\n"

#- create
xmldoc = Document.new "<booh/>"
xmldoc << XMLDecl.new(XMLDecl::DEFAULT_VERSION, 'UTF-8')

elem = xmldoc.root.add_element('elem')
elem.add_text('text')

ios = File.open('/tmp/rexmltry', 'w')
xmldoc.write(ios, 0)
ios.close


#- display doc
puts "Contents:\n#{IO.readlines('/tmp/rexmltry').collect { |l| "\t#{l}" }}\n"


#- read
puts "Read document:\n"
xmldoc = Document.new(File.new('/tmp/rexmltry'))
xmldoc.root.elements.each { |element|
    puts "\tElement name: '#{element.name}' associated to text value '#{element.get_text.value}'"
}