class Psych::Nodes::Mapping - psych-2.0.6 Documentation

# class Psych::Nodes::Mapping

This class represents a YAML Mapping.

A Psych::Nodes::Mapping node may have 0 or more children, but must have an even number of children. Here are the valid children a Psych::Nodes::Mapping node may have:

- Psych::Nodes::Sequence

- Psych::Nodes::Mapping

- Psych::Nodes::Scalar

- Psych::Nodes::Alias

### Constants

ANY

  Any Map Style

BLOCK

  Block Map Style

FLOW

  Flow Map Style

### Attributes

anchor[RW]

The optional anchor for this mapping

implicit[RW]

Is this an implicit mapping?

style[RW]

The style of this mapping

tag[RW]

The optional tag for this mapping

### Public Class Methods

new(anchor = nil, tag = nil, implicit = true, style = BLOCK) click to toggle source

Create a new Psych::Nodes::Mapping object.

`anchor` is the anchor associated with the map or `nil`. `tag` is the tag associated with the map or `nil`. `implicit` is a boolean indicating whether or not the map was implicitly started. `style` is an integer indicating the mapping style.

## See Also¶ ↑

See also Psych::Handler#start_mapping

Calls superclass method Psych::Nodes::Node.new

    # File lib/psych/nodes/mapping.rb, line 47
    def initialize anchor = nil, tag = nil, implicit = true, style = BLOCK
      super()
      @anchor   = anchor
      @tag      = tag
      @implicit = implicit
      @style    = style
    end