def save(self,file=None):
if file == None:
file = self.file
e = ET.Element(self.name)
for key, value in self.items():
if isinstance(value, (dict,list)):
e.append(value.to_element())
else:
s = ET.SubElement(e,key)
if isinstance(value, basestring):
s.text = value
else:
s.text = str(value)
indent(e)
db = ET.ElementTree(e)
db.write(file, encoding='utf-8')
def tostring(self):
root = ConvertDictToXml(self.db,self.element2attr_mappings)
tree = ElementTree.ElementTree(root).getroot()
indent(tree,0)
xml = self.preamble + ElementTree.tostring(tree, encoding='utf-8')
return xml
