Package lxml :: Module etree :: Class TreeBuilder

Class TreeBuilder

      object --+    
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_SaxParserTarget --+
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                  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

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__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. The value should be either an 8-bit string containing ASCII text, or a Unicode string.

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__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, element_factory=None, parser=None)
(Constructor)

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

Overrides: object.__init__

new(T, S, ...)

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

Class TreeBuilder

__init__(self, element_factory=None, parser=None) (Constructor)

__new__(T, S, ...)

init(self, element_factory=None, parser=None)
(Constructor)

new(T, S, ...)