cont = temp[0]['containers'][0]
# replace the id in the container to make it use another plateID
cont['id'] = psr
# replace the list of containers by a list that contains only the first element (could be more)
temp[0]['containers'] = [cont]
# make a deep copy of the three step template and add it to the momentum script. Deepcopy is necessary, otherwise the changes in the template
# would be present in all templates. This might be a desired feature in another case but here it is not
psr['process/steps'].extend(copy.deepcopy(temp))
# create an if cascade that assignes different strings to the varible 'PlateType' in iterations 1 to 8 like Muniz explained
# NOTE : Momentum does not allow more than 8 iterations!!!
# psr['process/steps'].insert(0, flow_iteration_assign('PlateType', [1,8], ['"A"', '"B"', '"C"', '"D"', '"E"', '"F"', '"G"', '"H"']))
# finally write the modified script to a file for Momentum to import
#psr.toMomentumFile("example_momentum_worklist.txt")
# Read a momentum process .mpr file and convert it into xmlutil
psr = Momentum.readMomentum("components/momentum/templates/process/plAnalysis.mpr")
xml = psr.asXML()
xml = etree.tostring(objectify.fromstring(xml), pretty_print=True)
print xml
psr = Momentum.fromXML(xml)
print psr.asMomentum()
