require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__) require 'rexml/document' describe "REXML::Element#root" do before :each do @doc = REXML::Document.new @root = REXML::Element.new "root" @node = REXML::Element.new "node" @doc << @root << @node end it "returns first child on documents" do @doc.root.should == @root end it "returns self on root nodes" do @root.root.should == @root end it "returns parent's root on child nodes" do @node.root.should == @root end it "returns self on standalone nodes" do e = REXML::Element.new "Elem" # Note that it doesn't have a parent node e.root.should == e end end