# File lib/xml/dom2/dombuilder.rb, line 90
      def parse(xml, parse_ext = false)
        if @external
          @tree = @document.createDocumentFragment
        else
          @tree = @document
        end
        @parse_ext = parse_ext
        @current = @tree
        @inDocDecl = 0
        @decl = ""
        @inDecl = 0
        @idRest = 0
        @extID = nil
        @cdata_f = false
        @cdata_buf = ''
        @nsdecl = []
        super(xml)
        @tree
      end