def element_to_string(self, source, xpath="."):
"""Returns the string representation of the specified element.
The element to convert to a string is specified using `source` and
`xpath`. They have exactly the same semantics as with `Get Element`
keyword.
The returned string is in Unicode format and it does not contain any
XML declaration.
See also `Log Element`.
"""
string = ET.tostring(self.get_element(source, xpath), encoding="UTF-8")
return self._xml_declaration.sub("", string.decode("UTF-8")).strip()
def element_to_string(self, source, xpath='.'):
"""Returns the string representation of the specified element.
The element to convert to a string is specified using `source` and
`xpath`. They have exactly the same semantics as with `Get Element`
keyword.
The returned string is in Unicode format and it does not contain any
XML declaration.
See also `Log Element`.
"""
string = ET.tostring(self.get_element(source, xpath), encoding='UTF-8')
return self._xml_declaration.sub('', string.decode('UTF-8')).strip()
