Utilities
Algorithms
XmlBuilder
XML generator.
Requires: ElementTree
>>> from xmlbuilder import XmlFragment
>>> xml = XmlFragment()
>>> root = xml.div()
>>> print root
<_XmlElement div>
>>> print xml
<div />
>>> firstchild = root.p("Some text", id="1")
>>> print xml
<div><p id="1">Some text</p></div>
>>> firstchild.br()
<_XmlElement br>
>>> print xml
<div><p id="1">Some text<br /></p></div>
>>> firstchild.add_text("more text, ")
<_XmlText>
>>> print xml
<div><p id="1">Some text<br />more text, </p></div>
>>> firstchild.add_text("and more.").br()
<_XmlElement br>
>>> print xml
<div><p id="1">Some text<br />more text, and more.<br /></p></div>
>>> root.add_comment("COMMENT")
<_XmlComment>
>>> print xml
<div><p id="1">Some text<br />more text, and more.<br /></p><!-- COMMENT -->
</div>
>>> from xmlbuilder import XmlDocument
>>> xml = XmlDocument("us-ascii")
>>> print xml
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
MissingDocumentRootException
>>> root = xml.items(catalog="R&D")
>>> print xml
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<items catalog="R&D" />
>>> root.item("Item 1", id="1")
<_XmlElement item>
>>> root.item("Item 2", id="2")
<_XmlElement item>
>>> print xml
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<items catalog="R&D"><item id="1">Item 1</item><item id="2">Item 2</item></items>