How to save a xml file?

[yanhua]

when I use minidom to parse and edit an xml file, it is like this :

import xml.dom.minidom
doc = xml.dom.m
inidom.parse(XmlFile)

then all the editing is done to the object, 'doc'. Then how do I save 'doc' as an xml file?

Thanks

[lfd]

Hi yanhua,

Where is the documentation for minidom?

What do you get if your print doc? Is there a to_string, to_file...?? available on a minidom object?

LFD

[aaaaapo]

when I use minidom to parse and edit an xml file, it is like this :

import xml.dom.minidom

Are you using xml.dom.minidom in Pys60?
If the answer is yes, could you tell me how did you do it?

(I'm using sgmllib to do some basic xml-parsing, but xml.dom.minidom would be much more convenient.)

[yanhua]

How did i do it?

I just copy the xml library into the phone. and the console and find it automatically

Is this what you want to know?

[aaaaapo]

I just copy the xml library into the phone. and the console and find it automatically.
Is this what you want to know?

I thought xml.dom.minidom needs expat...

Could you name all the files you copied to the phone?

[yanhua]

o wait ,
i encountered such problem:

i did imported xml.dom.minidom in the phone, and when i run this :
f = xml.dom.minidom.parse('book.xml')
the console says:

ImportError: No module named pyexpat

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I'm sorry if i have misled u

btw, what module is usually used for xml processing in pys60?
could it be the elementTree or something?

[sam_tank]

Extension markup language is same as HTML some syntax are different
to save xml python u should work with xml.dom.minidom module find this module here.....docs.python.org/lib/module-xml.dom.minidom.html
When we save and load different xml tags we must keep the same xml tags

thx..

[tsharju]

btw, what module is usually used for xml processing in pys60?
could it be the elementTree or something?

You can use elementTree or even minidom if you install pyexpat. One good option is also to use xmllib.py, since it is pure Python implementation and does not require to install any 3rd party modules. xmllib.py comes with standard Python distribution.

- Teemu

[lfd]

True, but pure Python means slower when large documents need to be parsed. cElementTree is very fast once loaded! I've used it on few projects already.

LFD