Generating XML.

[Peter Hansen]

TuxedoKamen wrote:
> 
>         Hello.  I have a program that needs to do the following:
> 1. Reads an XML file using the minidom interface
> 2. Proceeds to present the information to the user for viewing
> 3. Allows the user to update the information if desired
> 4. If user made any changes, saves updated information to XML file.
> 
>         I'm familiar with how to do one, two, and three, but four has me a
> little confused.  I am assuming it is possible to manipulate the various
> nodes of the dom tree as necessary (this would certainly make editing the
> XML easy), but I don't see any mention of exporting the tree to an external
> textfile.  Is this possible?  If not, what's the best way to get a DOM tree
> out of an application and into a text file?

>>> from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
>>> d = parseString('<?xml version="1.0"?><root></root>')
>>> d.firstChild.appendChild(d.createTextNode('added text'))
<DOM Text node "added text">
>>> print d.toxml()
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<root>added text</root>

Is that a help?

-Peter