app/django/utils/xmlutils.py
author Todd Larsen <tlarsen@google.com>
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:27:07 +0000
changeset 349 bb82a1a3339c
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
A quick-and-dirty way to create non-link sub-menu dividers, plus a TODO on how this should be formalizes to not be so hacky. This change was inspired by the ever-growing "Site" sidebar menu. Patch by: Todd larsen 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)