xmlobject.XMLNode

Module xmlobject :: Class XMLNode

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Class XMLNode

This is the workhorse for the xml object interface

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Method Summary
	`__init__(self, parent, node)` You shouldn't need to instantiate this directly
	`__getattr__(self, attr)` Fetches an attribute or child node of this tag
	`__getitem__(self, idx)` if given key is numeric, return the nth child, otherwise try to return the child tag (or list of child tags) having the key as the tag name
	`__len__(self)` returns number of child nodes
	`__repr__(self)`
	`__setattr__(self, attr, val)` Change the value of an attribute of this tag

Method Details

You shouldn't need to instantiate this directly

Fetches an attribute or child node of this tag

If it's an attribute, then returns the attribute value as a string.

If a child node, then:

if there is only one child node of that name, return it
if there is more than one child node of that name, return a list of child nodes of that tag name

if given key is numeric, return the nth child, otherwise try to return the child tag (or list of child tags) having the key as the tag name

returns number of child nodes

Change the value of an attribute of this tag

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