def readXMLFile(self, xmlfile):
# check, if the filename is valid
if not FileHandling.filename_is_valid(xmlfile, "xml"):
raise ValueError("file name not valid")
try:
xml = ElementTree.parse(xmlfile)
self.root = xml.getroot()
except ElementTree.ParseError:
return False
return True
def writeXMLFile(self, project, items, xmlfile):
# check, if the filename is valid
if not FileHandling.filename_is_valid(xmlfile, "xml"):
raise ValueError("file name not valid")
newfile = xmlfile.strip()
# temporarily add _tmp to the filename, if the file already exists
exists = os.path.isfile(newfile)
if exists:
newfile = newfile.replace(".xml", "_tmp.xml", 1)
# write all XML data to the file
try:
xml = self.createXMLData(project, items)
xml.write(newfile, xml_declaration=True, encoding="utf-8")
if exists:
os.remove(xmlfile.strip())
os.rename(newfile, xmlfile.strip())
except OSError:
return False
return True