Package gavo :: Package user :: Module rdmanipulator :: Class Element

Class Element

object --+    
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      list --+
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            Element

a sentinel for XML elements.

These are constructed with lists of the type [tag,...]; the opening (or empty) tag is always item 0.

Instance Methods

new empty list

__init__(self, t)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

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append(self, newChild)
append object to end

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getAttribute(self, name)
returns the Attribute element with name within self.

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findElement(self, name)
returns the first element called name somewhere within the xml grammar-parsed parseResult

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countElements(self, name)
returns the number of name elements that are direct children of self.

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Inherited from list: __add__, __contains__, __delitem__, __delslice__, __eq__, __ge__, __getattribute__, __getitem__, __getslice__, __gt__, __iadd__, __imul__, __iter__, __le__, __len__, __lt__, __mul__, __ne__, __new__, __repr__, __reversed__, __rmul__, __setitem__, __setslice__, __sizeof__, count, extend, index, insert, pop, remove, reverse, sort

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __setattr__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Class Variables
Inherited from `list`: `__hash__`

Properties
Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

Method Details

init(self, t)
(Constructor)

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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

Returns: new empty list
Overrides: object.__init__: (inherited documentation)

append(self, newChild)

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append object to end

Overrides: list.append: (inherited documentation)

getAttribute(self, name)

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returns the Attribute element with name within self.

If no such attribute exists, a KeyError is raised.

findElement(self, name)

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returns the first element called name somewhere within the xml grammar-parsed parseResult

This is a depth-first search, and it will return None if there is no such element.

Class Element

__init__(self, t) (Constructor)

append(self, newChild)

getAttribute(self, name)

findElement(self, name)

init(self, t)
(Constructor)