XML

class compas.files.XML(reader)[source]

Bases: object

Read XML files.

This class simplifies reading XML files and strings across different Python implementations.

Attributes

reader (XMLReader) – Reader used to process the XML file or string.

Examples

>>> from compas.files import XML
>>> xml = XML.from_string("<Main><Title>Test</Title></Main>")
>>> xml.root.tag
'Main'

Methods

__init__(reader)	Initialize self.
from_file(source)	Read XML from a file path or file-like object.
from_string(text)	Read XML from a string.
to_string([encoding])	Generate a string representation of this XML instance, including all sub-elements.