from lxml import objectify
from converters import Converters
class LXMLConverter(object):
def marshal(self, dictionary):
'''from dictionary'''
output = ""
for key, value in dictionary.iteritems():
output += "<%s>" % key
if isinstance(value, dict):
output += self.marshal(value)
else:
output += str(value)
output += "</%s>" % key
return output
def unmarshal(self, xml_content):
'''to object'''
BlankSlate = type('object', (object,), {})
result = BlankSlate()
xml = objectify.fromstring(xml_content)
child_tag = xml.iterchildren().next().tag
setattr(result, xml.tag, getattr(xml, child_tag))
return result
Converters.register("application/xml", XmlConverter())
