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<h1 class="epydoc">Module objectify</h1><p class="nomargin-top"></p>
The <tt class="rst-rst-rst-docutils literal rst-rst-docutils literal rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">lxml.objectify</span></tt> module implements a Python object API for
XML. It is based on <a href="lxml.etree-module.html" class="link">lxml.etree</a>.
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2.0.10-60473
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<a href="lxml.objectify.BoolElement-class.html" class="summary-name">BoolElement</a><br />
Boolean type base on string values: 'true' or 'false'.
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ElementMaker(self, namespace=None, nsmap=None, annotate=True, makeelement=None)
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ObjectPath(path)
Immutable object that represents a compiled object path.
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This is the base class for all data type Elements.
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<a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html" class="summary-name">ObjectifiedElement</a><br />
Main XML Element class.
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ObjectifyElementClassLookup(self, tree_class=None, empty_data_class=None)
Element class lookup method that uses the objectify classes.
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PyType(self, name, type_check, type_class, stringify=None)
User defined type.
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String data class.
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify-module.html#DataElement" class="summary-sig-name">DataElement</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">_value</span>,
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Create a new element from a Python value and XML attributes taken from
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Objectify specific version of the lxml.etree Element() factory that
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify-module.html#XML" class="summary-sig-name">XML</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">xml</span>,
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Objectify specific version of the lxml.etree fromstring() function
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify-module.html#annotate" class="summary-sig-name">annotate</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">element_or_tree</span>,
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<span class="summary-sig-arg">ignore_xsi</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">False</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">empty_pytype</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">empty_type</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>,
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<span class="summary-sig-arg">annotate_pytype</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">1</span>)</span><br />
Recursively annotates the elements of an XML tree with 'xsi:type'
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Recursively de-annotate the elements of an XML tree by removing 'pytype'
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify-module.html#dump" class="summary-sig-name">dump</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">...</span>)</span><br />
dump(_Element element not None)</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="enableRecursiveStr"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">enableRecursiveStr</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">on</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">True</span>)</span><br />
Enable a recursively generated tree representation for str(element),
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify-module.html#fromstring" class="summary-sig-name">fromstring</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">xml</span>,
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Objectify specific version of the lxml.etree fromstring() function
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Returns a list of the currently registered PyType objects.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify-module.html#makeparser" class="summary-sig-name">makeparser</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">remove_blank_text</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">True</span>,
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Create a new XML parser for objectify trees.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify-module.html#parse" class="summary-sig-name">parse</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">f</span>,
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Parse a file or file-like object with the objectify parser.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify-module.html#pyannotate" class="summary-sig-name">pyannotate</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">element_or_tree</span>,
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Recursively annotates the elements of an XML tree with 'pytype'
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Find the name of the corresponding PyType for a Python object.</td>
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Replace the default parser used by objectify's Element() and
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Change name and namespace of the XML attribute that holds Python type
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Recursively annotates the elements of an XML tree with 'xsi:type'
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<a name="E"></a><span class="summary-name">E</span> = <code title="<lxml.objectify.ElementMaker object at 0x87d9a54>"><lxml.objectify.ElementMaker object at 0x87d9a54></code>
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<p>Create a new element from a Python value and XML attributes taken from
keyword arguments or a dictionary passed as second argument.</p>
<p>Automatically adds a 'pytype' attribute for the Python type of the value,
if the type can be identified. If '_pytype' or '_xsi' are among the
keyword arguments, they will be used instead.</p>
<p>If the _value argument is an ObjectifiedDataElement instance, its py:pytype,
xsi:type and other attributes and nsmap are reused unless they are redefined
in attrib and/or keyword arguments.</p>
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<p>Objectify specific version of the lxml.etree Element() factory that
always creates a structural (tree) element.</p>
<p>NOTE: requires parser based element class lookup activated in lxml.etree!</p>
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<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top"><td>
<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">XML</span>(<span class="sig-arg">xml</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Objectify specific version of the lxml.etree fromstring() function
that uses the objectify parser.</p>
<p>You can pass a different parser as second argument.</p>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="annotate"></a>
<div>
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cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
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<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top"><td>
<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">annotate</span>(<span class="sig-arg">element_or_tree</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">ignore_old</span>=<span class="sig-default">True</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">ignore_xsi</span>=<span class="sig-default">False</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">empty_pytype</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">empty_type</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">annotate_xsi</span>=<span class="sig-default">0</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">annotate_pytype</span>=<span class="sig-default">1</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Recursively annotates the elements of an XML tree with 'xsi:type'
and/or 'py:pytype' attributes.</p>
<p>If the 'ignore_old' keyword argument is True (the default), current
'py:pytype' attributes will be ignored for the type annotation. Set to False
if you want reuse existing 'py:pytype' information (iff appropriate for the
element text value).</p>
<p>If the 'ignore_xsi' keyword argument is False (the default), existing
'xsi:type' attributes will be used for the type annotation, if they fit the
element text values.</p>
<p>Note that the mapping from Python types to XSI types is usually ambiguous.
Currently, only the first XSI type name in the corresponding PyType
definition will be used for annotation. Thus, you should consider naming
the widest type first if you define additional types.</p>
<p>The default 'py:pytype' annotation of empty elements can be set with the
<tt class="rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">empty_pytype</span></tt> keyword argument. Pass 'str', for example, to make
string values the default.</p>
<p>The default 'xsi:type' annotation of empty elements can be set with the
<tt class="rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">empty_type</span></tt> keyword argument. The default is not to annotate empty
elements. Pass 'string', for example, to make string values the default.</p>
<p>The keyword arguments 'annotate_xsi' (default: 0) and 'annotate_pytype'
(default: 1) control which kind(s) of annotation to use.</p>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
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<a name="deannotate"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">deannotate</span>(<span class="sig-arg">element_or_tree</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">pytype</span>=<span class="sig-default">True</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">xsi</span>=<span class="sig-default">True</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Recursively de-annotate the elements of an XML tree by removing 'pytype'
and/or 'type' attributes.</p>
<p>If the 'pytype' keyword argument is True (the default), 'pytype' attributes
will be removed. If the 'xsi' keyword argument is True (the default),
'xsi:type' attributes will be removed.</p>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
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<a name="dump"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">dump</span>(<span class="sig-arg">...</span>)</span>
</h3>
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>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>dump(_Element element not None)</p>
<p>Return a recursively generated string representation of an element.</p>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="fromstring"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">fromstring</span>(<span class="sig-arg">xml</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Objectify specific version of the lxml.etree fromstring() function
that uses the objectify parser.</p>
<p>You can pass a different parser as second argument.</p>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="getRegisteredTypes"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">getRegisteredTypes</span>()</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Returns a list of the currently registered PyType objects.</p>
<p>To add a new type, retrieve this list and call unregister() for all
entries. Then add the new type at a suitable position (possibly replacing
an existing one) and call register() for all entries.</p>
<p>This is necessary if the new type interferes with the type check functions
of existing ones (normally only int/float/bool) and must the tried before
other types. To add a type that is not yet parsable by the current type
check functions, you can simply register() it, which will append it to the
end of the type list.</p>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="makeparser"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">makeparser</span>(<span class="sig-arg">remove_blank_text</span>=<span class="sig-default">True</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">**kw</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Create a new XML parser for objectify trees.</p>
<p>You can pass all keyword arguments that are supported by
<tt class="rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">etree.XMLParser()</span></tt>. Note that this parser defaults to removing
blank text. You can disable this by passing the
<tt class="rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">remove_blank_text</span></tt> boolean keyword option yourself.</p>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
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<a name="parse"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">parse</span>(<span class="sig-arg">f</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Parse a file or file-like object with the objectify parser.</p>
<p>You can pass a different parser as second argument.</p>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="pyannotate"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">pyannotate</span>(<span class="sig-arg">element_or_tree</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">ignore_old</span>=<span class="sig-default">False</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">ignore_xsi</span>=<span class="sig-default">False</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">empty_pytype</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Recursively annotates the elements of an XML tree with 'pytype'
attributes.</p>
<p>If the 'ignore_old' keyword argument is True (the default), current 'pytype'
attributes will be ignored and replaced. Otherwise, they will be checked
and only replaced if they no longer fit the current text value.</p>
<p>Setting the keyword argument <tt class="rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">ignore_xsi</span></tt> to True makes the function
additionally ignore existing <tt class="rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">xsi:type</span></tt> annotations. The default is to
use them as a type hint.</p>
<p>The default annotation of empty elements can be set with the
<tt class="rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">empty_pytype</span></tt> keyword argument. The default is not to annotate empty
elements. Pass 'str', for example, to make string values the default.</p>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="setDefaultParser"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">setDefaultParser</span>(<span class="sig-arg">...</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
<div class="fields"> <p><strong>Deprecated:</strong>
use <tt class="rst-rst-docutils literal rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">set_default_parser()</span></tt> instead.
</p>
</div></td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="setPytypeAttributeTag"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">setPytypeAttributeTag</span>(<span class="sig-arg">...</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
<div class="fields"> <p><strong>Deprecated:</strong>
use <tt class="rst-rst-docutils literal rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">set_pytype_attribute_tag()</span></tt> instead.
</p>
</div></td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="set_default_parser"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">set_default_parser</span>(<span class="sig-arg">new_parser</span>=<span class="sig-default"> None</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Replace the default parser used by objectify's Element() and
fromstring() functions.</p>
<p>The new parser must be an etree.XMLParser.</p>
<p>Call without arguments to reset to the original parser.</p>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="set_pytype_attribute_tag"></a>
<div>
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cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
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<tr valign="top"><td>
<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">set_pytype_attribute_tag</span>(<span class="sig-arg">attribute_tag</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Change name and namespace of the XML attribute that holds Python type
information.</p>
<p>Do not use this unless you know what you are doing.</p>
<p>Reset by calling without argument.</p>
<p>Default: "{<a class="rst-reference" href="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" target="_top">http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype</a>}pytype"</p>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="xsiannotate"></a>
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<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top"><td>
<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">xsiannotate</span>(<span class="sig-arg">element_or_tree</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">ignore_old</span>=<span class="sig-default">False</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">ignore_pytype</span>=<span class="sig-default">False</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">empty_type</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Recursively annotates the elements of an XML tree with 'xsi:type'
attributes.</p>
<p>If the 'ignore_old' keyword argument is True (the default), current
'xsi:type' attributes will be ignored and replaced. Otherwise, they will be
checked and only replaced if they no longer fit the current text value.</p>
<p>Note that the mapping from Python types to XSI types is usually ambiguous.
Currently, only the first XSI type name in the corresponding PyType
definition will be used for annotation. Thus, you should consider naming
the widest type first if you define additional types.</p>
<p>Setting the keyword argument <tt class="rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">ignore_pytype</span></tt> to True makes the function
additionally ignore existing <tt class="rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">pytype</span></tt> annotations. The default is to
use them as a type hint.</p>
<p>The default annotation of empty elements can be set with the
<tt class="rst-docutils literal"><span class="pre">empty_type</span></tt> keyword argument. The default is not to annotate empty
elements. Pass 'string', for example, to make string values the default.</p>
<dl class="fields">
</dl>
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<dt>Value:</dt>
<dd><table><tr><td><pre class="variable">
<code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">{http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype}pytype</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code>
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