Re: [xml] Getting Node content with markup

[Ben Gamari <ben milkyway0 dyndns org>]

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

On 2003.08.31 14:36, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 01:52:46PM -0400, Ben Gamari wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am implementing a python library to modify an XML-based
> documentation
> > format which must be able to handle XML such as this:
> >      <Function name="foo">
> >        <Description>The function <FuncName>foo</FuncName> modifies
> the
> > variable <VarName>bar</VarName> etc.</Description>
> >      </Function>
> > Instead of creating classes for the <FuncName> and <VarName>
> elements I
> > would like to pass the inner xml of the <Description> element
> directly
> > to the user. I'm using the tree API and haven't found a suitable
> > function. However, when I was looking at the XMLReader API I found
> the
> > xmlTextReaderReadInnerXml and xmlTextReaderReadOuterXml functions
> but
> > unfortunately they are unimplemented. If I have to I could write
> code
> > to reconstruct the tags from the tree but I would much rather not
> have
> > to undo the work of the parser. Does anyone know of a way to get the
>
> > inner xml of an element with the tree api or know if and when this
> will
> > be implemented. I might be able to donate an implementation if you
> are
> > interested in it.
>
>   have you tried node.serialize() ? see python/tests/serialize.py for
> a full set of examples. If operated at the reader level you will have
> to get it to Expand() first ...
>
> Daniel
>
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