EasyXML is an easy and concise way to generate XML output in Python. It uses a
custom attribute getter so element names can be specified directly in the code:
books = EasyXML('books')
books.book(title='Example A')
books.book.author(name='John Smith', age=57)
books.book.publisher(name='Publisher A')
books.book(title='Example B')
books.book.author(name='Jane Doe', age=30)
books.book.author(name='James Cutter', age=45)
books.book.publisher(name='Publisher B')
print str(books)
The above code produces the following XML:
<books>
<book title="Example A">
<author age="57" name="John Smith"/>
<publisher name="Publisher A"/>
</book>
<book title="Example B">
<author age="30" name="Jane Doe"/>
<author age="45" name="James Cutter"/>
<publisher name="Publisher B"/>
</book>
</books>
You don't actually need to create every parent element, allowing the following
code to work:
root = EasyXML('root')
root.a.b.c()
root.a.b.c()
root.a()
root.a.b.c()
root.a.b.c()
print str(root)
The above code produces the following XML:
<root>
<a>
<b>
<c/>
<c/>
</b>
</a>
<a>
<b>
<c/>
<c/>
</b>
</a>
</root>
Creating an element returns that element, which can then be passed to helper
methods:
def material(primitive, ambient, diffuse):
primitive.ambient(r=ambient[0], g=ambient[1], b=ambient[2])
primitive.diffuse(r=diffuse[0], g=diffuse[1], b=diffuse[2])
root = EasyXML('root')
material(root.primitive(type='sphere'), (64, 0, 0), (192, 0, 0))
material(root.primitive(type='cube'), (0, 64, 0), (0, 192, 0))
print str(root)
The above code produces the following XML:
<root>
<primitive type="sphere">
<ambient b="0" g="0" r="64"/>
<diffuse b="0" g="0" r="192"/>
</primitive>
<primitive type="cube">
<ambient b="0" g="64" r="0"/>
<diffuse b="0" g="192" r="0"/>
</primitive>
</root>