XMLSerializer

The XMLSerializer class is accessible via the kid module.

Attributes

a decl

True

a encoding

'utf-8'

a doctype

None

a formatted

False

a src_encoding

'utf-8'

a namespaces

{'http://purl.org/atom/ns#': 'atom',
 'http://purl.org/rss/1.0/': 'rss',
 'http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#': 'rdf',
 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml': 'html',
 'http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace': 'xml'}

a format

Format(simple_newlines=True)

a inline

False

a entity_map

None

Methods

f __init__(self, encoding=None, decl=None, doctype=None, entity_map=None, namespaces=None, formatted=None, inline=None, format=None) ...

Initialize XMLSerializer.

You can change the following parameters:

encoding: the output encoding decl: add xml declaration at the beginning (True/False) doctype: add doctype (None, string, tuple) entity_map: use named entities for output (True/False or mapping) namespaces: mapping of namespaces formatted: whether all tags should be considered formatted inline: whether all tags should be considered inline format: format to be applied (string or instance of Format)

See the source for more information.