r6527 - /1.3/data/relax_xml.py -- June 28, 2008 - 20:49

Author: bugman
Date: Sat Jun 28 20:36:59 2008
New Revision: 6527

URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax?rev=6527&view=rev
Log:
Created xml_to_object() to place the contents of an XML element into a python 
container.


Modified:
    1.3/data/relax_xml.py

Modified: 1.3/data/relax_xml.py
URL: 
http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax/1.3/data/relax_xml.py?rev=6527&r1=6526&r2=6527&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- 1.3/data/relax_xml.py (original)
+++ 1.3/data/relax_xml.py Sat Jun 28 20:36:59 2008
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 # Python module imports.
 from re import search
+from string import strip
 
 
 def fill_object_contents(doc, elem, object=None, blacklist=None):
@@ -61,3 +62,30 @@
         # Add the text value to the sub element.
         text_val = doc.createTextNode(`getattr(object, name)`)
         sub_elem.appendChild(text_val)
+
+
+def xml_to_object(elem, base_object=None):
+    """Convert the XML elements into python objects, and place these into 
the base object.
+
+    @param elem:        The element to extract all python objects from.
+    @type elem:         xml.dom.minidom.Element instance
+    @param base_object: The python class instance to place the objects into.
+    @type  base_bject:  instance
+    """
+
+    # Loop over the nodes of the element
+    for node in elem.childNodes:
+        # Skip empty nodes.
+        if node.localName == None:
+            continue
+
+        # The name of the python object to recreate.
+        name = str(node.localName)
+
+        # Get the node contents.
+        val = eval(strip(node.childNodes[0].nodeValue))
+
+        # Set the value.
+        setattr(base_object, name, val)
+
+