Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: pyToXml
Version: 0.7
Summary: Simple Python to XML library.
Home-page: https://github.com/skimhub/pyToXml.git
Author: Skimlinks
Author-email: dev@skimlinks.com
License: UNKNOWN
Description: # Synopsis
        
            from pytoxml import PyToXml
        
            person_details = {
                "name": "Bob",
                "occupation": "Builder",
                "arrests": [
                    "Assault / Battery",
                    "Indecent Exposure"
                ]
            }
        
            p2x = PyToXml("doc", person_details)
            print p2x.encode()
        
        Yields:
        
            <doc>
              <arrests>
                <item>Assault / Battery</item>
                <item>Indecent Exposure</item>
              </arrests>
              <name>Bob</name>
              <occupation>Builder</occupation>
            </doc>
        
        # Introduction
        
        pytoxml gives you a simple way of converting a python structure to
        XML.
        
        # Tests
        
        Run the test suite with `nosetests` (`pip install nose`) from the root
        of the project.
        
        # Pluralisation of lists
        
        By default pytoxml will use the element name `item` which is probably
        not what you want. Here's a simple example of how you might use a map
        to determine the best phrase for a list element:
        
            class BetterListsDemo(PyToXml):
                def pluralisation(self, plural):
                    pluralisation_map = {
                        "arrests": "arrest"
                    }
        
                    return pluralisation_map.get(plural) or "item"
        
            p2x = BetterListsDemo("doc", person_details)
            print p2x.encode()
        
        Which gives:
        
            <doc>
              <arrests>
                <arrest>Assault / Battery</arrest>
                <arrest>Indecent Exposure</arrest>
              </arrests>
              <name>Bob</name>
              <occupation>Builder</occupation>
            </doc>
        
        The `pluralisation` function takes `plural` as an argument which is
        the name of the direct parent element to the one you'll be creating.
        
        # Custom Handlers
        
        By default pytoxml will only encode a few types, if you want to
        encode, for example, exceptions, you might do the following:
        
            def temp_convertor(structure, document, name):
                document.text = str(structure)
        
            p2x = PyToXml("a", { "b": Exception("Should now serialise") })
            p2x.add_type_handler(Exception, temp_convertor)
            self.assertEqual(str(p2x.encode()), "<a><b>Should now serialise</b></a>")
        
        Another example use might be for adding CDATA functionality:
        
            class CData(object):
                def __init__(self, string):
                    self.string = string
        
                def __str__(self):
                    return self.string
        
            def cdata_to_xml(structure, document, name):
                document.text = etree.CDATA(str(structure))
        
            cdata = CData("<xml>is pretty</horrible>")
        
            p2x = PyToXml("a", { "b": cdata } )
            p2x.add_type_handler(CData, cdata_to_xml)
        
            self.assertEqual(str(p2x.encode()),
                             "<a><b><![CDATA[<xml>is pretty</horrible>]]></b></a>")
        
        You could do a similar thing to support attributes too, if you fancied
        it.
        
        # Constructor Options
        
        ## xml_declaration
        
        Output the XML declaration. Defaults to `False`.
        
            p2x = PyToXml("doc", "hello", encoding="latin1", xml_declaration=True)
            print p2x.encode()
        
        Yields:
        
            <?xml version='1.0' encoding='latin1'?>
            <doc>hello</doc>
        
        ## encoding
        
        Which encoding system should be used to build Defaults to `UTF-8`.
        
        # Licence
        
        Copyright (C) 2012 Skimbit LTD.
        
        Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
        a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
        "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
        without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
        distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
        permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
        the following conditions:
        
        The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
        included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
        
        THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
        EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
        MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
        NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
        LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
        OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
        WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
        
Keywords: python skimlinks xml dict array
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