# File lib/rgen/instantiator/nodebased_xml_instantiator.rb, line 33
    def initialize(ns, qtag, prefix, tag, parent, children, attributes)
      @namespace, @qtag, @prefix, @tag, @parent, @children, @attributes = 
        ns, qtag, prefix, tag, parent, children, attributes
      @parent.children << self if @parent
      @chardata = []
    end