--- !ruby/object:RDoc::RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: Adds a child to this element, optionally setting attributes in the element.
- !ruby/object:RDoc::Markup::Flow::LIST 
  contents: 
  - !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::LI 
    :label: "element:"
    :body: optional. If Element, the element is added. Otherwise, a new Element is constructed with the argument (see Element.initialize).
  - !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::LI 
    :label: "attrs:"
    :body: If supplied, must be a Hash containing String name,value pairs, which will be used to set the attributes of the new Element.
  - !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::LI 
    :label: "Returns:"
    :body: the Element that was added
  type: :NOTE
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::VERB 
  :body: " el = doc.add_element 'my-tag'\n el = doc.add_element 'my-tag', {'attr1'=&gt;'val1', 'attr2'=&gt;'val2'}\n el = Element.new 'my-tag'\n doc.add_element el\n"
full_name: REXML::Element#add_element
is_singleton: false
name: add_element
params: (element, attrs=nil)
visibility: public
