Make toDict "dereference" the 'name' property if it is present
This makes it possible to turn 'name' into a consistent alias that
can be used to represent an entity.
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
"""
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)