Package lxml :: Module objectify :: Class ObjectPath

Class ObjectPath

object --+
         |
        ObjectPath

ObjectPath(path) Immutable object that represents a compiled object path.

Example for a path: 'root.child[1].{other}child[25]'

Instance Methods

__call__(...)
Follow the attribute path in the object structure and return the target attribute value.

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

a new object with type S, a subtype of T

__new__(T, S, ...)

__str__(...)
str(x)

addattr(self, root, value)
Append a value to the target element in a subtree.

hasattr(self, root)

setattr(self, root, value)
Set the value of the target element in a subtree.

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

Method Details

Follow the attribute path in the object structure and return the target attribute value.

If it it not found, either returns a default value (if one was passed as second argument) or raises AttributeError.

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

str(x)

Append a value to the target element in a subtree.

If any of the children on the path does not exist, it is created.

Set the value of the target element in a subtree.

If any of the children on the path does not exist, it is created.