def test_insert_xml_element(self):
"""Check we can't insert custom nested elements"""
root = ElementTree.Element('root')
b = ElementTree.SubElement(root, 'b')
ElementTree.SubElement(b, 'c')
new_element_path = 'd/e/f'
expected_xml = '<root><b><c /></b><d><e><f>TESTtext</f></e></d></root>'
element = insert_xml_element(root, new_element_path)
element.text = 'TESTtext'
result_xml = ElementTree.tostring(root)
self.assertEquals(expected_xml, result_xml)
def xml(self):
"""
xml representation of the metadata.
:return: xml representation of the metadata
:rtype: ElementTree.Element
"""
tree = ElementTree.parse(METADATA_XML_TEMPLATE)
root = tree.getroot()
for name, prop in self.properties.iteritems():
path = prop.xml_path
elem = root.find(path, XML_NS)
if elem is None:
# create elem
elem = insert_xml_element(root, path)
elem.text = self.get_xml_value(name)
return root