Package lxml :: Module etree :: Class QName
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Class QName

object --+
         |
        QName

QName(text_or_uri_or_element, tag=None)

QName wrapper for qualified XML names.

Pass a tag name by itself or a namespace URI and a tag name to create a qualified name. Alternatively, pass an Element to extract its tag name. None as first argument is ignored in order to allow for generic 2-argument usage.

The text property holds the qualified name in {namespace}tagname notation. The namespace and localname properties hold the respective parts of the tag name.

You can pass QName objects wherever a tag name is expected. Also, setting Element text from a QName will resolve the namespace prefix on assignment and set a qualified text value. This is helpful in XML languages like SOAP or XML-Schema that use prefixed tag names in their text content.

Instance Methods [hide private]
 
__eq__(x, y)
x==y
 
__ge__(x, y)
x>=y
 
__gt__(x, y)
x>y
 
__hash__(x)
hash(x)
 
__init__(text_or_uri_or_element, tag=None)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature
 
__le__(x, y)
x<=y
 
__lt__(x, y)
x<y
 
__ne__(x, y)
x!=y
a new object with type S, a subtype of T
__new__(T, S, ...)
 
__str__(x)
str(x)

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __subclasshook__

Properties [hide private]
  localname
  namespace
  text

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details [hide private]

__hash__(x)
(Hashing function)

 
hash(x)
Overrides: object.__hash__

__init__(text_or_uri_or_element, tag=None)
(Constructor)

 
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature
Overrides: object.__init__

__new__(T, S, ...)

 
Returns: a new object with type S, a subtype of T
Overrides: object.__new__

__str__(x)
(Informal representation operator)

 
str(x)
Overrides: object.__str__