app/django/utils/xmlutils.py
author Pawel Solyga <Pawel.Solyga@gmail.com>
Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:03:55 +0000
changeset 833 1b9604b95eeb
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Disable R0201 message in pylintrc since we allow for that kind of methods. R0201 tells us that method could be a function. Used when a method doesn't use its bound instance, and so could be written as a function. Patch by: Pawel Solyga Review by: to-be-reviewed

"""
Utilities for XML generation/parsing.
"""

from xml.sax.saxutils import XMLGenerator

class SimplerXMLGenerator(XMLGenerator):
    def addQuickElement(self, name, contents=None, attrs=None):
        "Convenience method for adding an element with no children"
        if attrs is None: attrs = {}
        self.startElement(name, attrs)
        if contents is not None:
            self.characters(contents)
        self.endElement(name)