[XML-SIG] Re: [4suite] Attribute none object

[Uche Ogbuji]

S=E9bastien Pierre wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> This may be a PyXML related issued, but as it is from 4DOM I
> post it on 4Suite also...
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> Using PyXML 0.66, 4Suite 0.11, I do the following:
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> a =3D node.getAttributeNS('','src'))
> print a
> a =3D node.attributes.getNamedItem('src')
> print a
> print a.nodeValue
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> The first print does nothing (blank line), so obviously a is None
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> The second print is:
> <Attribute Node at c62c8c: Name=3D"src",
> Value=3D"../Schemas/Planning-Preliminary.png">
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> The third one generates an exception:
> AttributeError: 'None' object has no attribute 'nodeValue'
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> So in this case a is an Attr at the second print and then
> becomes None at the following one... I'm puzzled.

It's an FAQ, but don't feel bad because no one has bothered to keep an
updated FAQ with answers  :-)

You need to use

getNamedItem('', 'src')

Remember that in PyXML 0.7 and 4Suite in CVS, you would have to use None
rather than '', or better yet, EMPTY_PREFIX


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