def test_manualSortOrders(self): xml = XmlMaker("books") xml.sort_order_iterator = 1000 xml.addContent("test") xml.addChild(XmlMaker("author").addContent("Robert Hindland"), 500) xml.addContent("hope", 250) expected_xml = "<books>hope<author>Robert Hindland</author>test</books>" self.assertEqual(xml.__str__(), expected_xml)