recursive xml parsing

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Michele Lazzeri 2012-01-11 19:31:08 +01:00
parent ad7d921e86
commit ab83a2faae

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@ -189,11 +189,38 @@ class XMLParser(BaseParser):
"""
data = {}
tree = ET.parse(stream)
for child in tree.getroot().getchildren():
data[child.tag] = self._type_convert(child.text)
data = self._xml_convert(tree.getroot())
return (data, None)
def _xml_convert(self, element):
"""
convert the xml `element` into the corresponding python object
`data` The python object representation of xml `element`.
"""
children = element.getchildren()
if len(children) == 0:
return self._type_convert(element.text)
else:
if element.tag == "resource":
data = []
for child in children:
data.append(self._xml_convert(child))
else:
if children[0].tag == "resource":
data = []
for child in children:
data.append(self._xml_convert(child))
else:
data = {}
for child in children:
data[child.tag] = self._xml_convert(child)
return data
def _type_convert(self, value):
"""
Converts the value returned by the XMl parse into the equivalent