Package lxml :: Module objectify :: Class ElementMaker |
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# Class ElementMaker

    object --+
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            ElementMaker

ElementMaker(self, namespace=None, nsmap=None, annotate=True, makeelement=None)

An ElementMaker that can be used for constructing trees.

Example:

    >>> M = ElementMaker(annotate=False)
    >>> attributes = {'class': 'par'}
    >>> html = M.html( M.body( M.p('hello', attributes, M.br, 'objectify', style="font-weight: bold") ) )

    >>> from lxml.etree import tostring
    >>> print(tostring(html, method='html').decode('ascii'))
    <html><body><p style="font-weight: bold" class="par">hello<br>objectify</p></body></html>

To create tags that are not valid Python identifiers, call the factory directly and pass the tag name as first argument:

    >>> root = M('tricky-tag', 'some text')
    >>> print(root.tag)
    tricky-tag
    >>> print(root.text)
    some text

Note that this module has a predefined ElementMaker instance called `E`.

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__call__(x, ...) x(...) |
__getattr__(...) |
__getattribute__(...) x.__getattribute__('name') <==> x.name |
__init__(self, namespace=None, nsmap=None, annotate=True, makeelement=None) x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature |
a new object with type S, a subtype of T |
__new__(T, S, ...) |
Inherited from `object`: `__delattr__`, `__format__`, `__hash__`, `__reduce__`, `__reduce_ex__`, `__repr__`, `__setattr__`, `__sizeof__`, `__str__`, `__subclasshook__`

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Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

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### __getattribute__(...) |
x.__getattribute__('name') <==> x.name Overrides: object.__getattribute__

### __init__(self, namespace=None, nsmap=None, annotate=True, makeelement=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__