app/django/utils/xmlutils.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:41:54 +0000
changeset 459 2cfcedaf7c16
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Preparation for generic user views Added a getSuffixValues method that is meant to allow for having a non-public field as key_name. Also added support for a key-name field being embeded in the form so that if the key-fields change the old key_name is not lost.

"""
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)