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+require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require 'rexml/document'
+
+describe "REXML::Document#new" do
+
+  it "initializes context of {} unless specified" do
+    d = REXML::Document.new("<foo />")
+    d.context.should == {}
+  end
+
+  it "has empty attributes if source is nil" do
+    d = REXML::Document.new(nil)
+    d.elements.should be_empty
+  end
+
+  it "can use other document context" do
+    s = REXML::Document.new("")
+    d = REXML::Document.new(s)
+    d.context.should == s.context
+  end
+
+  it "clones source attributes" do
+    s = REXML::Document.new("<root />")
+    s.attributes["some_attr"] = "some_val"
+    d = REXML::Document.new(s)
+    d.attributes.should == s.attributes
+  end
+
+  it "raises an error if source is not a Document, String or IO" do
+    lambda {REXML::Document.new(3)}.should raise_error(RuntimeError)
+  end
+
+  it "does not perform XML validation" do
+    REXML::Document.new("Invalid document").should be_kind_of(REXML::Document)
+  end
+end