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)
    >>> html = M.html( M.body( M.p('hello', M.br, 'objectify') ) )

    >>> from lxml.etree import tostring
    >>> print(tostring(html, method='html').decode('ascii'))
    <html><body><p>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__