How to install z3c.etree
- Download and install ActivePython
- Open Command Prompt
- Type
pypm install z3c.etree
Dependencies
- distribute
- [test] cElementTree
- [test] elementtree
- [test] lxml
- [test] zope.component
- [test] zope.testing
Lastest release
z3c.etree
z3c.etree provides some mechanisms (a common interface) for integrating any ElementTree engine with the Zope component architecture. This allows applications to look up a engine against this interface. As such this package does not implement the ElementTree API.
z3c.etree also provides a set of utilities that can be used to make testing XML output in doctests easier. This functionality can also be called from a python based unit test via the assertXMLEqual method.
Developers
>>> import z3c.etree >>> import z3c.etree.testing >>> engine = z3c.etree.testing.etreeSetup()
Here are some examples for how to use z3c.etree with your own code.
To generate a Element object with the tag DAV:getcontenttype all we have to do is:
>>> etree = z3c.etree.getEngine() >>> elem = etree.Element("{DAV:}getcontenttype") >>> elem #doctest:+ELLIPSIS <Element ...> >>> z3c.etree.testing.assertXMLEqual(etree.tostring(elem), """ ... <getcontenttype xmlns="DAV:"/>""")
Now to add a value this element use just use the elem variable has the API suggests.
>>> elem.text = "text/plain" >>> z3c.etree.testing.assertXMLEqual(etree.tostring(elem), """ ... <getcontenttype xmlns="DAV:">text/plain</getcontenttype>""")
Tear-down
>>> z3c.etree.testing.etreeTearDown()
Changes in z3c.etree
0.9.2
- Bug: Fix Python 2.5 support.
- Bug: Declared z3c as a namespace.
- Implemented a way of comparing two XML fragments while ignoring the
ordering of elements at the same level.
- Allow the use of NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE with tag contents.
0.9.1
- fix bug in getting access to the elementree engine
0.9
- Start registering the elmenttree modules directly instead of using some
proxy objects.