Package lxml :: Module etree :: Class TreeBuilder

Class TreeBuilder

      object --+    
               |    
_SaxParserTarget --+
                   |
                  TreeBuilder

TreeBuilder(self, element_factory=None, parser=None) Parser target that builds a tree.

The final tree is returned by the close() method.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, element_factory=None, parser=None)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

a new object with type S, a subtype of T

__new__(T, S, ...)

close(self)
Flushes the builder buffers, and returns the toplevel document element.

comment(self, comment)

data(self, data)
Adds text to the current element.

end(self, tag)
Closes the current element.

pi(self, target, data)

start(self, tag, attrs, nsmap=None)
Opens a new element.

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __str__

Properties
Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

Method Details

x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

Adds text to the current element. The value should be either an 8-bit string containing ASCII text, or a Unicode string.