Class Element

Empty data container.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, name='element', desc='container object')
Initialise some class variables.

__repr__(self)
repr(x)

from_xml(self, super_node)
Recreate the element data structure from the XML element node.

bool is_empty(self)
Method for testing if the Element container is empty.

to_xml(self, doc, element)
Create an XML element for the container.

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Properties

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

__init__(self, name='element', desc='container object')
(Constructor)

Initialise some class variables.

Parameters:

• name (str) - The name of the object.
• desc (str) - The description of the object.

Overrides: object.__init__

__repr__(self)
(Representation operator)

repr(x)

Overrides: object.__repr__

(inherited documentation)

from_xml(self, super_node)

Recreate the element data structure from the XML element node.

Parameters:

• super_node (xml.dom.minicompat.Element instance) - The element XML node.

is_empty(self)

Method for testing if the Element container is empty.

Returns: bool

True if the Element container is empty, False otherwise.

to_xml(self, doc, element)

Create an XML element for the container.

Parameters:

• doc (xml.dom.minidom.Document instance) - The XML document object.
• element (XML element object) - The element to add the data container XML element to.