class Nokogiri::XML::Document

Nokogiri::XML::Document wraps an xml document.

Nokogiri::XML::Document is the main entry point for dealing with XML documents. The Document is created by parsing an XML document. See Nokogiri::XML::Document.parse for more information on parsing.

For searching a Document, see Nokogiri::XML::Searchable#css and Nokogiri::XML::Searchable#xpath

Constants

NCNAME_CHAR
NCNAME_RE
NCNAME_START_CHAR: See www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#ns-decl for more details. Note that we’re not attempting to handle unicode characters partly because libxml2 doesn’t handle unicode characters in NCNAMEs.

Attributes

errors [RW]

The errors found while parsing a document.

Returns: Array<Nokogiri::XML::SyntaxError>

namespace_inheritance [RW]

When ‘true`, reparented elements without a namespace will inherit their new parent’s namespace (if one exists). Defaults to ‘false`.

Returns: Boolean

Example: Default behavior of namespace inheritance

xml = <<~EOF
        <root xmlns:foo="http://nokogiri.org/default_ns/test/foo">
          <foo:parent>
          </foo:parent>
        </root>
      EOF
doc = Nokogiri::XML(xml)
parent = doc.at_xpath("//foo:parent", "foo" => "http://nokogiri.org/default_ns/test/foo")
parent.add_child("<child></child>")
doc.to_xml
# => <?xml version="1.0"?>
#    <root xmlns:foo="http://nokogiri.org/default_ns/test/foo">
#      <foo:parent>
#        <child/>
#      </foo:parent>
#    </root>

Example: Setting namespace inheritance to ‘true`

xml = <<~EOF
        <root xmlns:foo="http://nokogiri.org/default_ns/test/foo">
          <foo:parent>
          </foo:parent>
        </root>
      EOF
doc = Nokogiri::XML(xml)
doc.namespace_inheritance = true
parent = doc.at_xpath("//foo:parent", "foo" => "http://nokogiri.org/default_ns/test/foo")
parent.add_child("<child></child>")
doc.to_xml
# => <?xml version="1.0"?>
#    <root xmlns:foo="http://nokogiri.org/default_ns/test/foo">
#      <foo:parent>
#        <foo:child/>
#      </foo:parent>
#    </root>

Since v1.12.4

Public Class Methods

new(version = default)

Source

static VALUE
new (int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
  xmlDocPtr doc;
  VALUE version, rest, rb_doc ;

  rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "0*", &rest);
  version = rb_ary_entry(rest, (long)0);
  if (NIL_P(version)) { version = rb_str_new2("1.0"); }

  doc = xmlNewDoc((xmlChar *)StringValueCStr(version));
  rb_doc = noko_xml_document_wrap_with_init_args(klass, doc, argc, argv);
  return rb_doc ;
}

Create a new document with version (defaults to “1.0”)

parse (string_or_io, url = nil, encoding = nil, options = ParseOptions::DEFAULT_XML) { |options| ... }

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 48
def parse(string_or_io, url = nil, encoding = nil, options = ParseOptions::DEFAULT_XML)
  options = Nokogiri::XML::ParseOptions.new(options) if Integer === options
  yield options if block_given?

  url ||= string_or_io.respond_to?(:path) ? string_or_io.path : nil

  if empty_doc?(string_or_io)
    if options.strict?
      raise Nokogiri::XML::SyntaxError, "Empty document"
    else
      return encoding ? new.tap { |i| i.encoding = encoding } : new
    end
  end

  doc = if string_or_io.respond_to?(:read)
    if string_or_io.is_a?(Pathname)
      # resolve the Pathname to the file and open it as an IO object, see #2110
      string_or_io = string_or_io.expand_path.open
      url ||= string_or_io.path
    end

    read_io(string_or_io, url, encoding, options.to_i)
  else
    # read_memory pukes on empty docs
    read_memory(string_or_io, url, encoding, options.to_i)
  end

  # do xinclude processing
  doc.do_xinclude(options) if options.xinclude?

  doc
end

Parse an XML file.

string_or_io may be a String, or any object that responds to read and close such as an IO, or StringIO.

url (optional) is the URI where this document is located.

encoding (optional) is the encoding that should be used when processing the document.

options (optional) is a configuration object that sets options during parsing, such as Nokogiri::XML::ParseOptions::RECOVER. See the Nokogiri::XML::ParseOptions for more information.

block (optional) is passed a configuration object on which parse options may be set.

By default, Nokogiri treats documents as untrusted, and so does not attempt to load DTDs or access the network. See Nokogiri::XML::ParseOptions for a complete list of options; and that module’s DEFAULT_XML constant for what’s set (and not set) by default.

Nokogiri.XML() is a convenience method which will call this method.

read_io(io, url, encoding, options)

Source

static VALUE
read_io(VALUE klass,
        VALUE io,
        VALUE url,
        VALUE encoding,
        VALUE options)
{
  const char *c_url    = NIL_P(url)      ? NULL : StringValueCStr(url);
  const char *c_enc    = NIL_P(encoding) ? NULL : StringValueCStr(encoding);
  VALUE error_list      = rb_ary_new();
  VALUE document;
  xmlDocPtr doc;

  xmlResetLastError();
  xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc((void *)error_list, Nokogiri_error_array_pusher);

  doc = xmlReadIO(
          (xmlInputReadCallback)noko_io_read,
          (xmlInputCloseCallback)noko_io_close,
          (void *)io,
          c_url,
          c_enc,
          (int)NUM2INT(options)
        );
  xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc(NULL, NULL);

  if (doc == NULL) {
    xmlErrorConstPtr error;

    xmlFreeDoc(doc);

    error = xmlGetLastError();
    if (error) {
      rb_exc_raise(Nokogiri_wrap_xml_syntax_error(error));
    } else {
      rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Could not parse document");
    }

    return Qnil;
  }

  document = noko_xml_document_wrap(klass, doc);
  rb_iv_set(document, "@errors", error_list);
  return document;
}

Create a new document from an IO object

read_memory(string, url, encoding, options)

Source

static VALUE
read_memory(VALUE klass,
            VALUE string,
            VALUE url,
            VALUE encoding,
            VALUE options)
{
  const char *c_buffer = StringValuePtr(string);
  const char *c_url    = NIL_P(url)      ? NULL : StringValueCStr(url);
  const char *c_enc    = NIL_P(encoding) ? NULL : StringValueCStr(encoding);
  int len               = (int)RSTRING_LEN(string);
  VALUE error_list      = rb_ary_new();
  VALUE document;
  xmlDocPtr doc;

  xmlResetLastError();
  xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc((void *)error_list, Nokogiri_error_array_pusher);
  doc = xmlReadMemory(c_buffer, len, c_url, c_enc, (int)NUM2INT(options));
  xmlSetStructuredErrorFunc(NULL, NULL);

  if (doc == NULL) {
    xmlErrorConstPtr error;

    xmlFreeDoc(doc);

    error = xmlGetLastError();
    if (error) {
      rb_exc_raise(Nokogiri_wrap_xml_syntax_error(error));
    } else {
      rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Could not parse document");
    }

    return Qnil;
  }

  document = noko_xml_document_wrap(klass, doc);
  rb_iv_set(document, "@errors", error_list);
  return document;
}

Create a new document from a String

wrap(java_document) → Nokogiri::XML::Document

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 91

⚠ This method is only available when running JRuby.

Create a Document using an existing Java DOM document object.

The returned Document shares the same underlying data structure as the Java object, so changes in one are reflected in the other.

Parameters

‘java_document` (Java::OrgW3cDom::Document) (The class `Java::OrgW3cDom::Document` is also accessible as `org.w3c.dom.Document`.)

Returns: Nokogiri::XML::Document

Public Instance Methods

<< (node_or_tags)

Alias for: add_child

add_child (node_or_tags)

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 393
def add_child(node_or_tags)
  raise "A document may not have multiple root nodes." if (root && root.name != "nokogiri_text_wrapper") && !(node_or_tags.comment? || node_or_tags.processing_instruction?)

  node_or_tags = coerce(node_or_tags)
  if node_or_tags.is_a?(XML::NodeSet)
    raise "A document may not have multiple root nodes." if node_or_tags.size > 1

    super(node_or_tags.first)
  else
    super
  end
end

Calls superclass method

Also aliased as: <<

canonicalize(mode=XML_C14N_1_0,inclusive_namespaces=nil,with_comments=false)

canonicalize { |obj, parent| ... }

Source

static VALUE
rb_xml_document_canonicalize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  VALUE rb_mode;
  VALUE rb_namespaces;
  VALUE rb_comments_p;
  int c_mode = 0;
  xmlChar **c_namespaces;

  xmlDocPtr c_doc;
  xmlOutputBufferPtr c_obuf;
  xmlC14NIsVisibleCallback c_callback_wrapper = NULL;
  void *rb_callback = NULL;

  VALUE rb_cStringIO;
  VALUE rb_io;

  rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "03", &rb_mode, &rb_namespaces, &rb_comments_p);
  if (!NIL_P(rb_mode)) {
    Check_Type(rb_mode, T_FIXNUM);
    c_mode = NUM2INT(rb_mode);
  }
  if (!NIL_P(rb_namespaces)) {
    Check_Type(rb_namespaces, T_ARRAY);
    if (c_mode == XML_C14N_1_0 || c_mode == XML_C14N_1_1) {
      rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "This canonicalizer does not support this operation");
    }
  }

  c_doc = noko_xml_document_unwrap(self);

  rb_cStringIO = rb_const_get_at(rb_cObject, rb_intern("StringIO"));
  rb_io = rb_class_new_instance(0, 0, rb_cStringIO);
  c_obuf = xmlAllocOutputBuffer(NULL);

  c_obuf->writecallback = (xmlOutputWriteCallback)noko_io_write;
  c_obuf->closecallback = (xmlOutputCloseCallback)noko_io_close;
  c_obuf->context = (void *)rb_io;

  if (rb_block_given_p()) {
    c_callback_wrapper = block_caller;
    rb_callback = (void *)rb_block_proc();
  }

  if (NIL_P(rb_namespaces)) {
    c_namespaces = NULL;
  } else {
    long ns_len = RARRAY_LEN(rb_namespaces);
    c_namespaces = ruby_xcalloc((size_t)ns_len + 1, sizeof(xmlChar *));
    for (int j = 0 ; j < ns_len ; j++) {
      VALUE entry = rb_ary_entry(rb_namespaces, j);
      c_namespaces[j] = (xmlChar *)StringValueCStr(entry);
    }
  }

  xmlC14NExecute(c_doc, c_callback_wrapper, rb_callback,
                 c_mode,
                 c_namespaces,
                 (int)RTEST(rb_comments_p),
                 c_obuf);

  ruby_xfree(c_namespaces);
  xmlOutputBufferClose(c_obuf);

  return rb_funcall(rb_io, rb_intern("string"), 0);
}

Canonicalize a document and return the results. Takes an optional block that takes two parameters: the obj and that node’s parent. The obj will be either a Nokogiri::XML::Node, or a Nokogiri::XML::Namespace The block must return a non-nil, non-false value if the obj passed in should be included in the canonicalized document.

dup

Alias for: dup

collect_namespaces() → Hash<String(Namespace#prefix) ⇒ String(Namespace#href)>

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 316
def collect_namespaces
  xpath("//namespace::*").each_with_object({}) do |ns, hash|
    hash[["xmlns", ns.prefix].compact.join(":")] = ns.href if ns.prefix != "xml"
  end
end

Recursively get all namespaces from this node and its subtree and return them as a hash.

⚠ This method will not handle duplicate namespace prefixes, since the return value is a hash.

Note that this method does an xpath lookup for nodes with namespaces, and as a result the order (and which duplicate prefix “wins”) may be dependent on the implementation of the underlying XML library.

Example: Basic usage

Given this document:

<root xmlns="default" xmlns:foo="bar">
  <bar xmlns:hello="world" />
</root>

This method will return:

{"xmlns:foo"=>"bar", "xmlns"=>"default", "xmlns:hello"=>"world"}

Example: Duplicate prefixes

Given this document:

<root xmlns:foo="bar">
  <bar xmlns:foo="baz" />
</root>

The hash returned will be something like:

{"xmlns:foo" => "baz"}

create_cdata (string, &block)

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 261
def create_cdata(string, &block)
  Nokogiri::XML::CDATA.new(self, string.to_s, &block)
end

Create a CDATA Node containing string

create_comment (string, &block)

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 266
def create_comment(string, &block)
  Nokogiri::XML::Comment.new(self, string.to_s, &block)
end

Create a Comment Node containing string

create_element(name, *contents_or_attrs, &block) → Nokogiri::XML::Element

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 231
def create_element(name, *contents_or_attrs, &block)
  elm = Nokogiri::XML::Element.new(name, self, &block)
  contents_or_attrs.each do |arg|
    case arg
    when Hash
      arg.each do |k, v|
        key = k.to_s
        if key =~ NCNAME_RE
          ns_name = Regexp.last_match(1)
          elm.add_namespace_definition(ns_name, v)
        else
          elm[k.to_s] = v.to_s
        end
      end
    else
      elm.content = arg
    end
  end
  if (ns = elm.namespace_definitions.find { |n| n.prefix.nil? || (n.prefix == "") })
    elm.namespace = ns
  end
  elm
end

Create a new Element with ‘name` belonging to this document, optionally setting contents or attributes.

This method is not the most user-friendly option if your intention is to add a node to the document tree. Prefer one of the Nokogiri::XML::Node methods like Node#add_child, Node#add_next_sibling, Node#replace, etc. which will both create an element (or subtree) and place it in the document tree.

Arguments may be passed to initialize the element:

a Hash argument will be used to set attributes
a non-Hash object that responds to #to_s will be used to set the new node’s contents

A block may be passed to mutate the node.

Parameters

‘name` (String)
‘contents_or_attrs` (#to_s, Hash)

Yields: ‘node` (Nokogiri::XML::Element)
Returns: Nokogiri::XML::Element

Example: An empty element without attributes

doc.create_element("div")
# => <div></div>

Example: An element with contents

doc.create_element("div", "contents")
# => <div>contents</div>

Example: An element with attributes

doc.create_element("div", {"class" => "container"})
# => <div class='container'></div>

Example: An element with contents and attributes

doc.create_element("div", "contents", {"class" => "container"})
# => <div class='container'>contents</div>

Example: Passing a block to mutate the element

doc.create_element("div") { |node| node["class"] = "blue" if before_noon? }

create_entity(name, type, external_id, system_id, content)

Source

static VALUE
create_entity(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  VALUE name;
  VALUE type;
  VALUE external_id;
  VALUE system_id;
  VALUE content;
  xmlEntityPtr ptr;
  xmlDocPtr doc ;

  doc = noko_xml_document_unwrap(self);

  rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "14", &name, &type, &external_id, &system_id,
               &content);

  xmlResetLastError();
  ptr = xmlAddDocEntity(
          doc,
          (xmlChar *)(NIL_P(name)        ? NULL                        : StringValueCStr(name)),
          (int)(NIL_P(type)        ? XML_INTERNAL_GENERAL_ENTITY : NUM2INT(type)),
          (xmlChar *)(NIL_P(external_id) ? NULL                        : StringValueCStr(external_id)),
          (xmlChar *)(NIL_P(system_id)   ? NULL                        : StringValueCStr(system_id)),
          (xmlChar *)(NIL_P(content)     ? NULL                        : StringValueCStr(content))
        );

  if (NULL == ptr) {
    xmlErrorConstPtr error = xmlGetLastError();
    if (error) {
      rb_exc_raise(Nokogiri_wrap_xml_syntax_error(error));
    } else {
      rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Could not create entity");
    }

    return Qnil;
  }

  return noko_xml_node_wrap(cNokogiriXmlEntityDecl, (xmlNodePtr)ptr);
}

Create a new entity named name.

type is an integer representing the type of entity to be created, and it defaults to Nokogiri::XML::EntityDecl::INTERNAL_GENERAL. See the constants on Nokogiri::XML::EntityDecl for more information.

external_id, system_id, and content set the External ID, System ID, and content respectively. All of these parameters are optional.

create_text_node (string, &block)

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 256
def create_text_node(string, &block)
  Nokogiri::XML::Text.new(string.to_s, self, &block)
end

Create a Text Node with string

deconstruct_keys(array_of_names) → Hash

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 457
def deconstruct_keys(keys)
  { root: root }
end

Returns a hash describing the Document, to use in pattern matching.

Valid keys and their values:

root → (Node, nil) The root node of the Document, or nil if the document is empty.

In the future, other keys may allow accessing things like doctype and processing instructions. If you have a use case and would like this functionality, please let us know by opening an issue or a discussion on the github project.

Example

doc = Nokogiri::XML.parse(<<~XML)
  <?xml version="1.0"?>
  <root>
    <child>
  </root>
XML

doc.deconstruct_keys([:root])
# => {:root=>
#      #(Element:0x35c {
#        name = "root",
#        children = [
#          #(Text "\n" + "  "),
#          #(Element:0x370 { name = "child", children = [ #(Text "\n")] }),
#          #(Text "\n")]
#        })}

Example of an empty document

doc = Nokogiri::XML::Document.new

doc.deconstruct_keys([:root])
# => {:root=>nil}

Since v1.14.0

decorate (node)

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 364
def decorate(node)
  return unless @decorators

  @decorators.each do |klass, list|
    next unless node.is_a?(klass)

    list.each { |moodule| node.extend(moodule) }
  end
end

Apply any decorators to node

decorators (key)

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 323
def decorators(key)
  @decorators ||= {}
  @decorators[key] ||= []
end

Get the list of decorators given key

document ()

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 276
def document
  self
end

A reference to self

dup

Source

static VALUE
duplicate_document(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
  xmlDocPtr doc, dup;
  VALUE copy;
  VALUE level;

  if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &level) == 0) {
    level = INT2NUM((long)1);
  }

  doc = noko_xml_document_unwrap(self);

  dup = xmlCopyDoc(doc, (int)NUM2INT(level));

  if (dup == NULL) { return Qnil; }

  dup->type = doc->type;
  copy = noko_xml_document_wrap(rb_obj_class(self), dup);
  rb_iv_set(copy, "@errors", rb_iv_get(self, "@errors"));
  return copy ;
}

Copy this Document. An optional depth may be passed in, but it defaults to a deep copy. 0 is a shallow copy, 1 is a deep copy.

Also aliased as: clone

encoding

Source

static VALUE
encoding(VALUE self)
{
  xmlDocPtr doc = noko_xml_document_unwrap(self);

  if (!doc->encoding) { return Qnil; }
  return NOKOGIRI_STR_NEW2(doc->encoding);
}

Get the encoding for this Document

encoding= encoding

Source

static VALUE
set_encoding(VALUE self, VALUE encoding)
{
  xmlDocPtr doc = noko_xml_document_unwrap(self);

  if (doc->encoding) {
    xmlFree(DISCARD_CONST_QUAL_XMLCHAR(doc->encoding));
  }

  doc->encoding = xmlStrdup((xmlChar *)StringValueCStr(encoding));

  return encoding;
}

Set the encoding string for this Document

fragment (tags = nil)

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 385
def fragment(tags = nil)
  DocumentFragment.new(self, tags, root)
end

Create a Nokogiri::XML::DocumentFragment from tags Returns an empty fragment if tags is nil.

name ()

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 271
def name
  "document"
end

The name of this document. Always returns “document”

namespaces ()

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 378
def namespaces
  root ? root.namespaces : {}
end

Get the hash of namespaces on the root Nokogiri::XML::Node

remove_namespaces!

Source

static VALUE
remove_namespaces_bang(VALUE self)
{
  xmlDocPtr doc = noko_xml_document_unwrap(self);

  recursively_remove_namespaces_from_node((xmlNodePtr)doc);
  return self;
}

Remove all namespaces from all nodes in the document.

This could be useful for developers who either don’t understand namespaces or don’t care about them.

The following example shows a use case, and you can decide for yourself whether this is a good thing or not:

doc = Nokogiri::XML <<-EOXML
   <root>
     <car xmlns:part="http://general-motors.com/">
       <part:tire>Michelin Model XGV</part:tire>
     </car>
     <bicycle xmlns:part="http://schwinn.com/">
       <part:tire>I'm a bicycle tire!</part:tire>
     </bicycle>
   </root>
   EOXML

doc.xpath("//tire").to_s # => ""
doc.xpath("//part:tire", "part" => "http://general-motors.com/").to_s # => "<part:tire>Michelin Model XGV</part:tire>"
doc.xpath("//part:tire", "part" => "http://schwinn.com/").to_s # => "<part:tire>I'm a bicycle tire!</part:tire>"

doc.remove_namespaces!

doc.xpath("//tire").to_s # => "<tire>Michelin Model XGV</tire><tire>I'm a bicycle tire!</tire>"
doc.xpath("//part:tire", "part" => "http://general-motors.com/").to_s # => ""
doc.xpath("//part:tire", "part" => "http://schwinn.com/").to_s # => ""

For more information on why this probably is not a good thing in general, please direct your browser to tenderlovemaking.com/2009/04/23/namespaces-in-xml.html

root

Source

static VALUE
rb_xml_document_root(VALUE self)
{
  xmlDocPtr c_document;
  xmlNodePtr c_root;

  c_document = noko_xml_document_unwrap(self);

  c_root = xmlDocGetRootElement(c_document);
  if (!c_root) {
    return Qnil;
  }

  return noko_xml_node_wrap(Qnil, c_root) ;
}

Get the root node for this document.

root=

Source

static VALUE
rb_xml_document_root_set(VALUE self, VALUE rb_new_root)
{
  xmlDocPtr c_document;
  xmlNodePtr c_new_root = NULL, c_current_root;

  c_document = noko_xml_document_unwrap(self);

  c_current_root = xmlDocGetRootElement(c_document);
  if (c_current_root) {
    xmlUnlinkNode(c_current_root);
    noko_xml_document_pin_node(c_current_root);
  }

  if (!NIL_P(rb_new_root)) {
    if (!rb_obj_is_kind_of(rb_new_root, cNokogiriXmlNode)) {
      rb_raise(rb_eArgError,
               "expected Nokogiri::XML::Node but received %"PRIsVALUE,
               rb_obj_class(rb_new_root));
    }

    Noko_Node_Get_Struct(rb_new_root, xmlNode, c_new_root);

    /* If the new root's document is not the same as the current document,
     * then we need to dup the node in to this document. */
    if (c_new_root->doc != c_document) {
      c_new_root = xmlDocCopyNode(c_new_root, c_document, 1);
      if (!c_new_root) {
        rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Could not reparent node (xmlDocCopyNode)");
      }
    }
  }

  xmlDocSetRootElement(c_document, c_new_root);

  return rb_new_root;
}

Set the root element on this document

slop! ()

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 353
def slop!
  unless decorators(XML::Node).include?(Nokogiri::Decorators::Slop)
    decorators(XML::Node) << Nokogiri::Decorators::Slop
    decorate!
  end

  self
end

Explore a document with shortcut methods. See Nokogiri::Slop for details.

Note that any nodes that have been instantiated before #slop! is called will not be decorated with sloppy behavior. So, if you’re in irb, the preferred idiom is:

irb> doc = Nokogiri::Slop my_markup

and not

irb> doc = Nokogiri::HTML my_markup
... followed by irb's implicit inspect (and therefore instantiation of every node) ...
irb> doc.slop!
... which does absolutely nothing.

to_java() → Java::OrgW3cDom::Document

Source

# File lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb, line 109

⚠ This method is only available when running JRuby.

Returns the underlying Java DOM document object for this document.

The returned Java object shares the same underlying data structure as this document, so changes in one are reflected in the other.

Returns: Java::OrgW3cDom::Document (The class ‘Java::OrgW3cDom::Document` is also accessible as `org.w3c.dom.Document`.)