from xml.dom.minidom import Document
import copy
class dict2xml(object):
doc = Document()
def __init__(self, structure):
if len(structure) == 1:
rootName = str(structure.keys()[0])
self.root = self.doc.createElement(rootName)
self.doc.appendChild(self.root)
self.build(self.root, structure[rootName])
def build(self, father, structure):
if type(structure) == dict:
for k in structure:
tag = self.doc.createElement(k)
father.appendChild(tag)
self.build(tag, structure[k])
elif type(structure) == list:
grandFather = father.parentNode
tagName = father.tagName
grandFather.removeChild(father)
for l in structure:
tag = self.doc.createElement(tagName)
self.build(tag, l)
grandFather.appendChild(tag)
else:
data = str(structure)
tag = self.doc.createTextNode(data)
father.appendChild(tag)
def display(self):
print self.doc.toprettyxml(indent=" ")
if __name__ == '__main__':
example = {'sibbling':{'couple':{'mother':'mom','father':'dad','children':[{'child':'foo'},
{'child':'bar'}]}}}
xml = dict2xml(example)
xml.display()
Diff to Previous Revision
--- revision 3 2011-06-07 15:42:14
+++ revision 4 2011-07-19 12:32:57
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
grandFather.removeChild(father)
for l in structure:
tag = self.doc.createElement(tagName)
- self.__build(tag, l)
+ self.build(tag, l)
grandFather.appendChild(tag)
else:
@@ -37,31 +37,8 @@
print self.doc.toprettyxml(indent=" ")
if __name__ == '__main__':
+
example = {'sibbling':{'couple':{'mother':'mom','father':'dad','children':[{'child':'foo'},
{'child':'bar'}]}}}
+ xml = dict2xml(example)
xml.display()
-
-'''
->>>
-<?xml version="1.0" ?>
-<sibbling>
- <couple>
- <father>
- dad
- </father>
- <children>
- <child>
- foo
- </child>
- </children>
- <children>
- <child>
- bar
- </child>
- </children>
- <mother>
- mom
- </mother>
- </couple>
-</sibbling>
-'''
