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

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: A convenience method which returns the String value of the <em>first</em> child text element, if one exists, and <tt>nil</tt> otherwise.
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: <em>Note that an element may have multiple Text elements, perhaps separated by other children</em>. Be aware that this method only returns the first Text node.
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: This method returns the <tt>value</tt> of the first text child node, which ignores the <tt>raw</tt> setting, so always returns normalized text. See the Text::value documentation.
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::VERB 
  :body: " doc = Document.new &quot;&lt;p&gt;some text <b>this is bold!</b> more text&lt;/p&gt;&quot;\n # The element 'p' has two text elements, &quot;some text &quot; and &quot; more text&quot;.\n doc.root.text              #-&gt; &quot;some text &quot;\n"
full_name: REXML::Element#text
is_singleton: false
name: text
params: ( path = nil )
visibility: public
