Hi,
I'm working on creating an xml structure like the following, as
effiecienty and elegantly as possible using minidom preferably:
#<region>
# <population>
# <total>
# 0
# </total>
# <R>
# 0
# </R>
# <C>
# 0
# </C>
# <I>
# 0
# </I>
# </population>
# <cities>
# <city1>
# <cityname/>
# <mayor/>
# <morelater/>
# <citypopulation >
# <R>
# 0
# </R>
# <C>
# 0
# </C>
# <I>
# 0
# </I>
# </citypopulation>
# </city1>
# <city2>
# <cityname/>
# <mayor/>
# <morelater/>
# <citypopulation >
# <R>
# 0
# </R>
# <C>
# 0
# </C>
# <I>
# 0
# </I>
# </citypopulation>
# </city2>
# <city3 and so on>
# <cityname/>
# <mayor/>
# <morelater/>
# <citypopulation >
# <R>
# 0
# </R>
# <C>
# 0
# </C>
# <I>
# 0
# </I>
# </citypopulation>
# </city3 and so on>
# </cities>
#</region>
(left out)
The following code accomplishes that, but being a newb to xml..I'm not
sure if this can be done a better (I'd like to stick with dom due to
the nature of this app):
(left textnode parts like mayor, cityname out to keep code concise for
now)
# from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
# #create a new document
# scoreXML = parseString(u'< region/>'.encode('UT F-8'))
# art = scoreXML.docume ntElement
#
# #create a total population, cities and some city elements
# population = scoreXML.create ElementNS(None, u'population')
# cities = scoreXML.create ElementNS(None, u'cities')
# city1 = scoreXML.create ElementNS(None, u'city1')
# city2 = scoreXML.create ElementNS(None, u'city2')
# city3 = scoreXML.create ElementNS(None, u'city3 and so on')
#
# #add it under the region element
# art.appendChild (population)
# art.appendChild (cities)
#
# # create a total element with a population number inside
# # and do this for all RCI numbers
# population.appe ndChild(scoreXM L.createElement NS(None,u'total '))
# total = scoreXML.create TextNode(u'0')
# population.firs tChild.appendCh ild(total)
# #will get RCI with seperate function
# RCI = [scoreXML.create TextNode(u'0'),
# scoreXML.create TextNode(u'0'),
# scoreXML.create TextNode(u'0')] #[r,c,i]
# for populationEleme nt in [u'R',u'C',u'I']:
#
population.appe ndChild(scoreXM L.createElement NS(None,populat ionElement))
# population.last Child.appendChi ld(RCI[0])
# RCI.pop(0)
#
# #add the elements underneath city
# allcities = [city1,city2,cit y3]
# for city in allcities:
# cities.appendCh ild(city)
#
# for cityattribute in [u'cityname',u'm ayor',u'morelat er']:
# city.appendChil d(scoreXML.crea teElementNS(Non e,cityattribute ))
#
# citypopulation = scoreXML.create ElementNS(None, u'citypopulatio n')
# city.appendChil d(citypopulatio n)
# #will get RCI with seperate function
# RCI = [scoreXML.create TextNode(u'0'),
# scoreXML.create TextNode(u'0'),
# scoreXML.create TextNode(u'0')] #[r,c,i]
#
# for populationEleme nt in [u'R',u'C',u'I']:
#>>>>>>>>>>city population.appe ndChild(scoreXM L.createElement NS(None,populat ionElement))
# citypopulation. lastChild.appen dChild(RCI[0])
# RCI.pop(0)
# #write the result
# print scoreXML.topret tyxml()
Any ideas?
-thanks in advance
