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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\DomCrawler\Field;
+
+/**
+ * TextareaFormField represents a textarea form field (an HTML textarea tag).
+ *
+ * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ */
+class TextareaFormField extends FormField
+{
+ /**
+ * Initializes the form field.
+ *
+ * @throws \LogicException When node type is incorrect
+ */
+ protected function initialize()
+ {
+ if ('textarea' !== $this->node->nodeName) {
+ throw new \LogicException(sprintf('A TextareaFormField can only be created from a textarea tag (%s given).', $this->node->nodeName));
+ }
+
+ $this->value = '';
+ foreach ($this->node->childNodes as $node) {
+ $this->value .= $node->wholeText;
+ }
+ }
+}