def _set_code(self, _xpath_result, language, code, *class_name): u"./{%(DEFAULT_NAMESPACE)s}code[@language = $language]" if _xpath_result: code_tag = _xpath_result[0] else: code_tag = SubElement(self, "{%s}code" % EDSM_NAMESPACE_URI, language=language) code_tag.code = code if class_name and class_name[0]: code_tag.class_name = class_name[0]