def getChildElementWithSpecificXpath(start, xpath):
"""
This method takes a xml file or parent element as input and finds the first child
containing specified xpath
Returns the child element.
Arguments:
start = xml file or parent element
xpath = a valid xml path value as supported by python, refer https://docs.python.org/2/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html
"""
node = False
if isinstance(start, (file, str)):
# check if file exist here
if file_Utils.fileExists(start):
node = ElementTree.parse(start).getroot()
else:
print_warning('The file={0} is not found.'.format(start))
elif isinstance(start, ElementTree.Element):
node = start
if node is not False or node is not None:
element = node.find(xpath)
else:
element = False
return element
def get_tree_from_file(filepath):
""" Get the tree from the xml file"""
if file_Utils.fileExists(filepath):
tree = ElementTree.parse(filepath)
else:
print_error("xml file does not exist in provided path {0}".format(filepath))
tree = False
return tree
def getElementWithTagAttribValueMatch(start, tag, attrib, value):
"""
When start is an xml datafile, it finds the root and first element with:
tag, attrib, value.
Or when it's an xml element, it finds the first child element with:
tag, attrib, value.
If there is not a match, it returns False.
"""
node = False
if isinstance(start, (file, str)):
# check if file exist here
if file_Utils.fileExists(start):
node = ElementTree.parse(start).getroot()
else:
print_warning('The file={0} is not found.'.format(start))
elif isinstance(start, ElementTree.Element):
node = start
if node is not False and node is not None:
elementName = ".//%s[@%s='%s']" % (tag, attrib, value)
element = node.find(elementName)
else:
element = node
return element