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Introducing XML helper functions
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Klaus Thoden committed Nov 21, 2018
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Expand Up @@ -256,3 +256,129 @@ def debug_xml_here(xml_tree, xml_filename):
xml_tree.write(xml_path, pretty_print=True, xml_declaration=True,encoding="utf-8")
logging.info("Wrote %s." % xml_path)
# def debug_xml_here ends here

def wrap_into_element(wrapper, wrappee):
"""Wrap an existing element into a new one"""

old_tail = wrappee.tail
wrappee.tail = ""
wrappee.addprevious(wrapper)
wrapper.insert(0, wrappee)
wrapper.tail = old_tail

return
# def wrap_into_element ends here

def remove_wrapping_element(wrapper):
"""Put child elements one level up and delete surrounding element"""

wrappees = wrapper.getchildren()
wrapper_parent = wrapper.getparent()

wrapper_text = wrapper.text
if wrapper_text is not None:
wrapper_text = wrapper_text.strip()
if len(wrapper_text) > 0:
logging.warning("Wrapping element contains text: %s", wrapper_text)
wrapper_tail = wrapper.tail
if wrapper_tail is not None:
wrapper_tail = wrapper_tail.strip()
if len(wrapper_tail) > 0:
logging.warning("Wrapping element contains has tail: %s", wrapper_tail)

wrapper_pos = wrapper_parent.index(wrapper)
insert_position = wrapper_parent.index(wrapper)
insertioncounter = insert_position
for child in wrappees:
wrapper_parent.insert(insertioncounter, child)
insertioncounter += 1

wrapper.clear()
wrapper_parent.remove(wrapper)

return
# def remove_wrapping_element ends here

def change_attribute_name(element, attribute, newname, add_hash=False):
"""Change name of an XML attribute, but retain value"""

attribute_value = element.get(attribute)
if attribute_value is not None:
if add_hash is True:
attribute_value = "#" + attribute_value
else:
pass
element.set(newname, attribute_value)
del element.attrib[attribute]
else:
# logging.warning("No attribute %s found.", attribute)
pass

return
# def change_attribute_name ends here

def transfer_xml_attributes(old_element_attributes, new_element):
"""Transfer the attributes of one element to another element.
Expects the old elements in dictionary form"""

for attrib in old_element_attributes:
new_element.attrib[attrib] = old_element_attributes[attrib]

return
# def transfer_xml_attributes ends here

def split_with_milestone_element(element, milestone, splitter):
"""Split the text of an element by inserting milestone tags."""

element_text = element.text
textparts = element_text.split(splitter)

element_attributes = element.attrib
element.clear()

element.text = textparts[0] + splitter

for part in textparts[1:-1]:
lb_element = etree.Element(milestone)
lb_element.tail = part + splitter
element.append(lb_element)

lb_element = etree.Element(milestone)
lb_element.tail = textparts[-1]
element.append(lb_element)
transfer_xml_attributes(element_attributes, element)

return
# def split_with_milestone_element ends here

def get_place_in_xml_tree(element, tree):
"""Find out the position of an element in a tree.
Return the index. Example: how to insert an element after a specific
element
"""

xml_children = tree.getchildren()
position = xml_children.index(element)

return position
# def get_place_in_xml_tree ends here

def insert_after(new_element, preceding, before=False):
"""Insert an element after another
Optional keyword argument inserts element before
"""

parent_element = preceding.getparent()
context_children = parent_element.getchildren()
preceding_position = context_children.index(preceding)
if before:
insertion_point = preceding_position
else:
insertion_point = preceding_position + 1
parent_element.insert(insertion_point, new_element)

return
# def insert_after ends here

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