def string_to_description(self, value):
s = "<description>" + value + "</description>"
try:
dom = parseString(s)
except xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError:
raise NotValid
desc_element = dom.getElementsByTagName("description")[0]
# Here, I am assuming that the content of the description element
# is plain old XHTML; we have a namespace issue here; I need
# to discuss that on the Picfolio mailing list
# Setting the XHTML 1.0 namespace on all the elements
for e in xmlutils.get_all_child_elements(desc_element):
e.setAttribute("xmlns", "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml")
return desc_element
def get_description(self, nonone = 0):
desc_element = self.__get_description_element()
if desc_element == None:
value = None
else:
if not desc_element.hasChildNodes():
value = ""
else:
for e in xmlutils.get_all_child_elements(desc_element):
if e.hasAttribute("xmlns"):
e.removeAttribute("xmlns")
value = desc_element.toxml()
value = re.sub("^<description>|</description>$", "",
value)
if nonone and value == None:
value = ""
return value
