xml - XML related utility classes

XML related utility classes.

util - Various utilities

XML utility classes and functions.

Requires at least Python 2.6. Simple import breaks on Python 2.5

class ContainerElementMixin(parent, root_tag, namespace='')

Mixin class for container workalikes backed by a DOM.

__init__(parent, root_tag, namespace='')

x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

__len__()

class MappingElement(parent, root_tag, namespace='')

Provide a tag/text map for the children of the ‘root_tag’ descendent of ‘parent’. Given:

<parent>
    <root_tag>
        <key1>value1</key1>
        <key2>value2</key2>
    </root_tag>
</parent>

One could write:

mappingElement["key1"] == "value1"

__abstractmethods__ = frozenset([])

__delitem__(key)

__getitem__(key)

__init__(parent, root_tag, namespace='')

x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

__iter__()

__setitem__(key, value)

class MappingElementIterator(element)

Iterator over a ‘MappingElement’.

__abstractmethods__ = frozenset(['next'])

__init__(element)

x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

__next__()

class Namespace(url='', element=None)

Represent an XML namespace and provide several utility functions that help handle a document without namespace tags.

Element(tag, attrib={}, **extra)

SubElement(parent, tag, attrib={}, **extra)

__init__(url='', element=None)

x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

find(element, tag)

findall(element, tag)

findtext(element, tag, default=None)

get_tag(element)

class QName(tag)

Represent a qualified name

__init__(tag)

x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

__str__() <==> str(x)

text

class SequenceElement(parent, root_tag, element_tag, namespace='', indent=' ')

Provide a sequence of the values of the children tagged ‘element_tag’ of the ‘root_tag’ descendent of ‘parent’. Given:

<parent>
    <root_tag>
        <tag>value1</tag>
        <tag>value2</tag>
    </root_tag>
</parent>

One could write:

sequenceElement[1] == "value2"

__abstractmethods__ = frozenset([])

__delitem__(index)

__getitem__(index)

__init__(parent, root_tag, element_tag, namespace='', indent=' ')

x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

__len__()

__setitem__(index, value)

insert(index, value)

S.insert(index, object) – insert object before index

class Writer(root_tag, attributes=None, tab_size=0)

Pretty-print an XML tree.

__init__(root_tag, attributes=None, tab_size=0)

x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

marshal(node)

write(node, where)

make_property(elem, key=None)

Create a property on the text of element ‘elem’ or, if the ‘key’ argument is given, on its ‘key’ attribute.

parse(src)

parse the ‘src’ XML file and return a DOM.