XML

class compas.files.XML(filepath=None)

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.

• writer (XMLWriter) – Writer used to process the XML object to a file or string.

• filepath (str)

Examples

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

Methods

from_file(source)	Read XML from a file path or file-like object.
from_string(text)	Read XML from a string.
read()	Read XML from a file path or file-like object, stored in the attribute filepath.
to_file([prettify])	Writes the string representation of this XML instance, including all sub-elements, to the file path in the associated XML object.
to_string([encoding, prettify])	Generate a string representation of this XML instance, including all sub-elements.
write([prettify])	Writes the string representation of this XML instance, including all sub-elements, to the file path in the associated XML object.