def __createTemplateFromXML(xml):
"""
Parses an xml string converting it to an easily parse-able python template representation:
xml - a string containing an xml representation of the interface
"""
if isinstance(xml, minidom.Text):
return xml.nodeValue.strip()
(create, attributes, children) = (xml.tagName, xml.attributes, xml.childNodes)
accessor = attributes.get('accessor', "")
id = attributes.get('id', "")
name = attributes.get('name', "")
if accessor:
accessor = accessor.value
attributes.removeNamedItem('accessor')
if id:
id = id.value
attributes.removeNamedItem('id')
if name:
name = name.value
attributes.removeNamedItem('name')
properties = tuple(((attribute[0], interpretFromString(attribute[1])) for attribute in attributes.items()))
if children:
childNodes = (__createTemplateFromXML(node) for node in children if
node.__class__ in (minidom.Element, minidom.Text))
childElements = tuple(child for child in childNodes if child)
else:
childElements = None
return Template(create, accessor, id, name, childElements, properties)
def __createDictionaryFromXML(xml):
"""
Parses an xml string converting it to an easily parseble dictionary representation:
xml - a string containing an xml representation of the interface
"""
(name, attributes, children) = (xml.tagName, xml.attributes, xml.childNodes)
dictionary = {'create':name}
for key, value in attributes.items():
dictionary[key] = interpretFromString(value)
if children:
dictionary['childElements'] = []
for childElement in children:
if childElement.__class__ == minidom.Element:
dictionary['childElements'].append(__createDictionaryFromXML(childElement))
return dictionary
def __createDictionaryFromXML(xml):
"""
Parses an xml string converting it to an easily parseble dictionary representation:
xml - a string containing an xml representation of the interface
"""
(name, attributes, children) = (xml.tagName, xml.attributes,
xml.childNodes)
dictionary = {'create': name}
for key, value in attributes.items():
dictionary[key] = interpretFromString(value)
if children:
dictionary['childElements'] = []
for childElement in children:
if childElement.__class__ == minidom.Element:
dictionary['childElements'].append(
__createDictionaryFromXML(childElement))
return dictionary
