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+require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require 'rexml/document'
+
+describe "REXML::Element#root" do
+  before :each do
+    @doc  = REXML::Document.new
+    @root = REXML::Element.new "root"
+    @node = REXML::Element.new "node"
+    @doc << @root << @node
+  end
+
+  it "returns first child on documents" do
+    @doc.root.should == @root
+  end
+
+  it "returns self on root nodes" do
+    @root.root.should == @root
+  end
+
+  it "returns parent's root on child nodes" do
+    @node.root.should == @root
+  end
+
+  it "returns self on standalone nodes" do
+    e = REXML::Element.new "Elem"         # Note that it doesn't have a parent node
+    e.root.should == e
+  end
+end