serialize a class to XML and back

[Chris Rebert]

On May 23, 2013 3:42 AM, "Schneider" <js at globe.de> wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> how can I serialize a python class to XML? Plus a way to get the class
back from the XML?

There's pyxser: http://pythonhosted.org/pyxser/

> My aim is to store instances of this class in a database.

Honestly, I would avoid XML if you can. Consider using JSON (Python
includes the `json` module in the std lib) or pickle instead. Compared to
XML: The former is more standardized (in the context of serializing
objects) and less verbose; the latter is more efficient (if you don't care
about cross-language accessibility); both have more convenient APIs.

Cheers,
Chris
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