#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# This code comes from http://ruby-it.org/pages/Generare+XML+con+DOM
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   element = document.createElement("pippo")
   current_element.appendChild(element)

mentre con @REXML@ bastera' scrivere:

   current_element.add_element("pippo")

 >> require 'rexml/document'
 => true

 >> doc=REXML::Document.new
 => #<REXML::Document:22522284

 >> book=doc.add_element 'book'
 => #<REXML::Element:0x2ae65e0 @name="book", @elements=#<REXML::Elements:0x2ae64
 0 @element=#<REXML::Element:0x2ae65e0 ...>>, @namespace="", @context={}, @paren
 =#<REXML::Document:22495716, @expanded_name="book", @prefix="", @attributes={},
 @children=[]>

 title=book.add_element 'title'
 title.text= 'la mia paginetta del wiki'
 title.attributes['cover']='soft'

 >> doc.to_s
 => "<book><title cover='soft'>la mia 
paginetta del wiki</title></book>

 (book.add_element 'title', {'cover'=>'soft','isbn'=>'0123456789'}).to_s
 "<title isbn='0123456789' cover='soft'/>"

 aut=book.add_element 'author'
 aut.text='gabriele'
 aut2=book.add_element 'author'
 aut2.text='nicola'

 doc.write un_output,livello_indentazione

  doc.write STDOUT, 2

  <book>
    <title cover='soft'>la mia paginetta del wiki</title>
    <author>gabriele</author>
    <author>nicola</author>
  </book>