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authorFlorent Xicluna <florent.xicluna@gmail.com>2010-03-13 17:56:19 (GMT)
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Update some parts of the xml.etree documentation.
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--- a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
.. versionadded:: 2.5
-The Element type is a flexible container object, designed to store hierarchical
-data structures in memory. The type can be described as a cross between a list
-and a dictionary.
+The :class:`Element` type is a flexible container object, designed to store
+hierarchical data structures in memory. The type can be described as a cross
+between a list and a dictionary.
Each element has a number of properties associated with it:
@@ -35,8 +35,14 @@ convert it from and to XML.
A C implementation of this API is available as :mod:`xml.etree.cElementTree`.
See http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm for tutorials and links to other
-docs. Fredrik Lundh's page is also the location of the development version of the
-xml.etree.ElementTree.
+docs. Fredrik Lundh's page is also the location of the development version of
+the xml.etree.ElementTree.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 2.7
+ The ElementTree API is updated to 1.3. For more information, see
+ `Introducing ElementTree 1.3
+ <http://effbot.org/zone/elementtree-13-intro.htm>`_.
+
.. _elementtree-functions:
@@ -46,17 +52,17 @@ Functions
.. function:: Comment([text])
- Comment element factory. This factory function creates a special element that
- will be serialized as an XML comment by the standard serializer. The comment
- string can be either an 8-bit ASCII string or a Unicode string. *text* is a
- string containing the comment string. Returns an element instance representing
- a comment.
+ Comment element factory. This factory function creates a special element
+ that will be serialized as an XML comment by the standard serializer. The
+ comment string can be either a bytestring or a Unicode string. *text* is a
+ string containing the comment string. Returns an element instance
+ representing a comment.
.. function:: dump(elem)
- Writes an element tree or element structure to sys.stdout. This function should
- be used for debugging only.
+ Writes an element tree or element structure to sys.stdout. This function
+ should be used for debugging only.
The exact output format is implementation dependent. In this version, it's
written as an ordinary XML file.
@@ -66,34 +72,34 @@ Functions
.. function:: fromstring(text)
- Parses an XML section from a string constant. Same as XML. *text* is a string
- containing XML data. Returns an Element instance.
+ Parses an XML section from a string constant. Same as XML. *text* is a
+ string containing XML data. Returns an :class:`Element` instance.
.. function:: fromstringlist(sequence[, parser])
- Parses an XML document from a sequence of string fragments. *sequence* is a list
- or other sequence containing XML data fragments. *parser* is an optional parser
- instance. If not given, the standard :class:`XMLParser` parser is used.
- Returns an Element instance.
+ Parses an XML document from a sequence of string fragments. *sequence* is a
+ list or other sequence containing XML data fragments. *parser* is an
+ optional parser instance. If not given, the standard :class:`XMLParser`
+ parser is used. Returns an :class:`Element` instance.
.. versionadded:: 2.7
.. function:: iselement(element)
- Checks if an object appears to be a valid element object. *element* is an
- element instance. Returns a true value if this is an element object.
+ Checks if an object appears to be a valid element object. *element* is an
+ element instance. Returns a true value if this is an element object.
.. function:: iterparse(source[, events[, parser]])
Parses an XML section into an element tree incrementally, and reports what's
- going on to the user. *source* is a filename or file object containing XML data.
- *events* is a list of events to report back. If omitted, only "end" events are
- reported. *parser* is an optional parser instance. If not given, the standard
- :class:`XMLParser` parser is used. Returns an :term:`iterator`
- providing ``(event, elem)`` pairs.
+ going on to the user. *source* is a filename or file object containing XML
+ data. *events* is a list of events to report back. If omitted, only "end"
+ events are reported. *parser* is an optional parser instance. If not
+ given, the standard :class:`XMLParser` parser is used. Returns an
+ :term:`iterator` providing ``(event, elem)`` pairs.
.. note::
@@ -108,54 +114,57 @@ Functions
.. function:: parse(source[, parser])
- Parses an XML section into an element tree. *source* is a filename or file
- object containing XML data. *parser* is an optional parser instance. If not
- given, the standard :class:`XMLParser` parser is used. Returns an
+ Parses an XML section into an element tree. *source* is a filename or file
+ object containing XML data. *parser* is an optional parser instance. If
+ not given, the standard :class:`XMLParser` parser is used. Returns an
:class:`ElementTree` instance.
.. function:: ProcessingInstruction(target[, text])
- PI element factory. This factory function creates a special element that will
- be serialized as an XML processing instruction. *target* is a string containing
- the PI target. *text* is a string containing the PI contents, if given. Returns
- an element instance, representing a processing instruction.
+ PI element factory. This factory function creates a special element that
+ will be serialized as an XML processing instruction. *target* is a string
+ containing the PI target. *text* is a string containing the PI contents, if
+ given. Returns an element instance, representing a processing instruction.
.. function:: register_namespace(prefix, uri)
- Registers a namespace prefix. The registry is global, and any existing mapping
- for either the given prefix or the namespace URI will be removed. *prefix* is a
- namespace prefix. *uri* is a namespace uri. Tags and attributes in this namespace
- will be serialized with the given prefix, if at all possible.
+ Registers a namespace prefix. The registry is global, and any existing
+ mapping for either the given prefix or the namespace URI will be removed.
+ *prefix* is a namespace prefix. *uri* is a namespace uri. Tags and
+ attributes in this namespace will be serialized with the given prefix, if at
+ all possible.
.. versionadded:: 2.7
.. function:: SubElement(parent, tag[, attrib[, **extra]])
- Subelement factory. This function creates an element instance, and appends it
- to an existing element.
+ Subelement factory. This function creates an element instance, and appends
+ it to an existing element.
- The element name, attribute names, and attribute values can be either 8-bit
- ASCII strings or Unicode strings. *parent* is the parent element. *tag* is the
- subelement name. *attrib* is an optional dictionary, containing element
- attributes. *extra* contains additional attributes, given as keyword arguments.
- Returns an element instance.
+ The element name, attribute names, and attribute values can be either
+ bytestrings or Unicode strings. *parent* is the parent element. *tag* is
+ the subelement name. *attrib* is an optional dictionary, containing element
+ attributes. *extra* contains additional attributes, given as keyword
+ arguments. Returns an element instance.
.. function:: tostring(element[, encoding])
- Generates a string representation of an XML element, including all subelements.
- *element* is an Element instance. *encoding* is the output encoding (default is
- US-ASCII). Returns an encoded string containing the XML data.
+ Generates a string representation of an XML element, including all
+ subelements. *element* is an :class:`Element` instance. *encoding* is the
+ output encoding (default is US-ASCII). Returns an encoded string containing
+ the XML data.
.. function:: tostringlist(element[, encoding])
- Generates a string representation of an XML element, including all subelements.
- *element* is an Element instance. *encoding* is the output encoding (default is
- US-ASCII). Returns a sequence object containing the XML data.
+ Generates a string representation of an XML element, including all
+ subelements. *element* is an :class:`Element` instance. *encoding* is the
+ output encoding (default is US-ASCII). Returns a sequence object containing
+ the XML data.
.. versionadded:: 2.7
@@ -163,18 +172,18 @@ Functions
.. function:: XML(text[, parser])
Parses an XML section from a string constant. This function can be used to
- embed "XML literals" in Python code. *text* is a string containing XML data.
- *parser* is an optional parser instance. If not given, the standard
- :class:`XMLParser` parser is used. Returns an Element instance.
+ embed "XML literals" in Python code. *text* is a string containing XML
+ data. *parser* is an optional parser instance. If not given, the standard
+ :class:`XMLParser` parser is used. Returns an :class:`Element` instance.
.. function:: XMLID(text[, parser])
Parses an XML section from a string constant, and also returns a dictionary
- which maps from element id:s to elements. *text* is a string containing XML
- data. *parser* is an optional parser instance. If not given, the standard
- :class:`XMLParser` parser is used. Returns a tuple containing an Element
- instance and a dictionary.
+ which maps from element id:s to elements. *text* is a string containing XML
+ data. *parser* is an optional parser instance. If not given, the standard
+ :class:`XMLParser` parser is used. Returns a tuple containing an
+ :class:`Element` instance and a dictionary.
.. _elementtree-element-objects:
@@ -185,45 +194,46 @@ Element Objects
.. class:: Element(tag[, attrib[, **extra]])
- Element class. This class defines the Element interface, and provides a
+ Element class. This class defines the Element interface, and provides a
reference implementation of this interface.
- The element name, attribute names, and attribute values can be either 8-bit
- ASCII strings or Unicode strings. *tag* is the element name. *attrib* is an
- optional dictionary, containing element attributes. *extra* contains additional
- attributes, given as keyword arguments.
+ The element name, attribute names, and attribute values can be either
+ bytestrings or Unicode strings. *tag* is the element name. *attrib* is
+ an optional dictionary, containing element attributes. *extra* contains
+ additional attributes, given as keyword arguments.
.. attribute:: tag
- A string identifying what kind of data this element represents (the element
- type, in other words).
+ A string identifying what kind of data this element represents (the
+ element type, in other words).
.. attribute:: text
- The *text* attribute can be used to hold additional data associated with the
- element. As the name implies this attribute is usually a string but may be
- any application-specific object. If the element is created from an XML file
- the attribute will contain any text found between the element tags.
+ The *text* attribute can be used to hold additional data associated with
+ the element. As the name implies this attribute is usually a string but
+ may be any application-specific object. If the element is created from
+ an XML file the attribute will contain any text found between the element
+ tags.
.. attribute:: tail
- The *tail* attribute can be used to hold additional data associated with the
- element. This attribute is usually a string but may be any
- application-specific object. If the element is created from an XML file the
- attribute will contain any text found after the element's end tag and before
- the next tag.
+ The *tail* attribute can be used to hold additional data associated with
+ the element. This attribute is usually a string but may be any
+ application-specific object. If the element is created from an XML file
+ the attribute will contain any text found after the element's end tag and
+ before the next tag.
.. attribute:: attrib
- A dictionary containing the element's attributes. Note that while the
+ A dictionary containing the element's attributes. Note that while the
*attrib* value is always a real mutable Python dictionary, an ElementTree
- implementation may choose to use another internal representation, and create
- the dictionary only if someone asks for it. To take advantage of such
- implementations, use the dictionary methods below whenever possible.
+ implementation may choose to use another internal representation, and
+ create the dictionary only if someone asks for it. To take advantage of
+ such implementations, use the dictionary methods below whenever possible.
The following dictionary-like methods work on the element attributes.
@@ -243,14 +253,14 @@ Element Objects
.. method:: items()
- Returns the element attributes as a sequence of (name, value) pairs. The
+ Returns the element attributes as a sequence of (name, value) pairs. The
attributes are returned in an arbitrary order.
.. method:: keys()
- Returns the elements attribute names as a list. The names are returned in an
- arbitrary order.
+ Returns the elements attribute names as a list. The names are returned
+ in an arbitrary order.
.. method:: set(key, value)
@@ -262,8 +272,8 @@ Element Objects
.. method:: append(subelement)
- Adds the element *subelement* to the end of this elements internal list of
- subelements.
+ Adds the element *subelement* to the end of this elements internal list
+ of subelements.
.. method:: extend(subelements)
@@ -276,22 +286,22 @@ Element Objects
.. method:: find(match)
- Finds the first subelement matching *match*. *match* may be a tag name or path.
- Returns an element instance or ``None``.
+ Finds the first subelement matching *match*. *match* may be a tag name
+ or path. Returns an element instance or ``None``.
.. method:: findall(match)
- Finds all subelements matching *match*. *match* may be a tag name or path.
- Returns an iterable yielding all matching elements in document order.
+ Finds all matching subelements, by tag name or path. Returns a list
+ containing all matching elements in document order.
- .. method:: findtext(condition[, default])
+ .. method:: findtext(match[, default])
- Finds text for the first subelement matching *condition*. *condition* may be
- a tag name or path. Returns the text content of the first matching element,
- or *default* if no element was found. Note that if the matching element has
- no text content an empty string is returned.
+ Finds text for the first subelement matching *match*. *match* may be
+ a tag name or path. Returns the text content of the first matching
+ element, or *default* if no element was found. Note that if the matching
+ element has no text content an empty string is returned.
.. method:: getchildren()
@@ -313,31 +323,48 @@ Element Objects
.. method:: iter([tag])
- Creates a tree iterator with the current element as the root. The iterator
- iterates over this element and all elements below it, in document (depth
- first) order. If *tag* is not ``None`` or ``'*'``, only elements whose tag
- equals *tag* are returned from the iterator. If the tree structure is
- modified during iteration, the result is undefined.
+ Creates a tree :term:`iterator` with the current element as the root.
+ The iterator iterates over this element and all elements below it, in
+ document (depth first) order. If *tag* is not ``None`` or ``'*'``, only
+ elements whose tag equals *tag* are returned from the iterator. If the
+ tree structure is modified during iteration, the result is undefined.
+
+
+ .. method:: iterfind(match)
+
+ Finds all matching subelements, by tag name or path. Returns an iterable
+ yielding all matching elements in document order.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.7
+
+
+ .. method:: itertext()
+
+ Creates a text iterator. The iterator loops over this element and all
+ subelements, in document order, and returns all inner text.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.7
.. method:: makeelement(tag, attrib)
- Creates a new element object of the same type as this element. Do not call
- this method, use the SubElement factory function instead.
+ Creates a new element object of the same type as this element. Do not
+ call this method, use the :func:`SubElement` factory function instead.
.. method:: remove(subelement)
- Removes *subelement* from the element. Unlike the findXYZ methods this
- method compares elements based on the instance identity, not on tag value
+ Removes *subelement* from the element. Unlike the find\* methods this
+ method compares elements based on the instance identity, not on tag value
or contents.
- Element objects also support the following sequence type methods for working
- with subelements: :meth:`__delitem__`, :meth:`__getitem__`, :meth:`__setitem__`,
- :meth:`__len__`.
+ :class:`Element` objects also support the following sequence type methods
+ for working with subelements: :meth:`__delitem__`, :meth:`__getitem__`,
+ :meth:`__setitem__`, :meth:`__len__`.
- Caution: Because Element objects do not define a :meth:`__nonzero__` method,
- elements with no subelements will test as ``False``. ::
+ Caution: Elements with no subelements will test as ``False``. This behavior
+ will change in future versions. Use specific ``len(elem)`` or ``elem is
+ None`` test instead. ::
element = root.find('foo')
@@ -356,43 +383,43 @@ ElementTree Objects
.. class:: ElementTree([element,] [file])
- ElementTree wrapper class. This class represents an entire element hierarchy,
- and adds some extra support for serialization to and from standard XML.
+ ElementTree wrapper class. This class represents an entire element
+ hierarchy, and adds some extra support for serialization to and from
+ standard XML.
- *element* is the root element. The tree is initialized with the contents of the
- XML *file* if given.
+ *element* is the root element. The tree is initialized with the contents
+ of the XML *file* if given.
.. method:: _setroot(element)
Replaces the root element for this tree. This discards the current
contents of the tree, and replaces it with the given element. Use with
- care. *element* is an element instance.
+ care. *element* is an element instance.
- .. method:: find(path)
+ .. method:: find(match)
- Finds the first toplevel element with given tag. Same as
- getroot().find(path). *path* is the element to look for. Returns the
- first matching element, or ``None`` if no element was found.
+ Finds the first toplevel element matching *match*. *match* may be a tag
+ name or path. Same as getroot().find(match). Returns the first matching
+ element, or ``None`` if no element was found.
- .. method:: findall(path)
+ .. method:: findall(match)
- Finds all toplevel elements with the given tag. Same as
- getroot().findall(path). *path* is the element to look for. Returns a
- list or :term:`iterator` containing all matching elements, in document
- order.
+ Finds all matching subelements, by tag name or path. Same as
+ getroot().findall(match). *match* may be a tag name or path. Returns a
+ list containing all matching elements, in document order.
- .. method:: findtext(path[, default])
+ .. method:: findtext(match[, default])
Finds the element text for the first toplevel element with given tag.
- Same as getroot().findtext(path). *path* is the toplevel element to look
- for. *default* is the value to return if the element was not
- found. Returns the text content of the first matching element, or the
- default value no element was found. Note that if the element has is
- found, but has no text content, this method returns an empty string.
+ Same as getroot().findtext(match). *match* may be a tag name or path.
+ *default* is the value to return if the element was not found. Returns
+ the text content of the first matching element, or the default value no
+ element was found. Note that if the element is found, but has no text
+ content, this method returns an empty string.
.. method:: getiterator([tag])
@@ -409,23 +436,32 @@ ElementTree Objects
.. method:: iter([tag])
Creates and returns a tree iterator for the root element. The iterator
- loops over all elements in this tree, in section order. *tag* is the tag
+ loops over all elements in this tree, in section order. *tag* is the tag
to look for (default is to return all elements)
+ .. method:: iterfind(match)
+
+ Finds all matching subelements, by tag name or path. Same as
+ getroot().iterfind(match). Returns an iterable yielding all matching
+ elements in document order.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.7
+
+
.. method:: parse(source[, parser])
- Loads an external XML section into this element tree. *source* is a file
- name or file object. *parser* is an optional parser instance. If not
- given, the standard XMLParser parser is used. Returns the section
+ Loads an external XML section into this element tree. *source* is a file
+ name or file object. *parser* is an optional parser instance. If not
+ given, the standard XMLParser parser is used. Returns the section
root element.
.. method:: write(file[, encoding[, xml_declaration]])
- Writes the element tree to a file, as XML. *file* is a file name, or a
- file object opened for writing. *encoding* [1]_ is the output encoding
- (default is US-ASCII). *xml_declaration* controls if an XML declaration
+ Writes the element tree to a file, as XML. *file* is a file name, or a
+ file object opened for writing. *encoding* [1]_ is the output encoding
+ (default is US-ASCII). *xml_declaration* controls if an XML declaration
should be added to the file. Use False for never, True for always, None
for only if not US-ASCII or UTF-8. None is default.
@@ -446,13 +482,13 @@ Example of changing the attribute "target" of every link in first paragraph::
>>> from xml.etree.ElementTree import ElementTree
>>> tree = ElementTree()
>>> tree.parse("index.xhtml")
- <Element 'html' at b7d3f1ec>
+ <Element 'html' at 0xb77e6fac>
>>> p = tree.find("body/p") # Finds first occurrence of tag p in body
>>> p
- <Element 'p' at 8416e0c>
+ <Element 'p' at 0xb77ec26c>
>>> links = list(p.iter("a")) # Returns list of all links
>>> links
- [<Element 'a' at b7d4f9ec>, <Element 'a' at b7d4fb0c>]
+ [<Element 'a' at 0xb77ec2ac>, <Element 'a' at 0xb77ec1cc>]
>>> for i in links: # Iterates through all found links
... i.attrib["target"] = "blank"
>>> tree.write("output.xhtml")
@@ -465,12 +501,12 @@ QName Objects
.. class:: QName(text_or_uri[, tag])
- QName wrapper. This can be used to wrap a QName attribute value, in order to
- get proper namespace handling on output. *text_or_uri* is a string containing
- the QName value, in the form {uri}local, or, if the tag argument is given, the
- URI part of a QName. If *tag* is given, the first argument is interpreted as an
- URI, and this argument is interpreted as a local name. :class:`QName` instances
- are opaque.
+ QName wrapper. This can be used to wrap a QName attribute value, in order
+ to get proper namespace handling on output. *text_or_uri* is a string
+ containing the QName value, in the form {uri}local, or, if the tag argument
+ is given, the URI part of a QName. If *tag* is given, the first argument is
+ interpreted as an URI, and this argument is interpreted as a local name.
+ :class:`QName` instances are opaque.
.. _elementtree-treebuilder-objects:
@@ -481,35 +517,35 @@ TreeBuilder Objects
.. class:: TreeBuilder([element_factory])
- Generic element structure builder. This builder converts a sequence of start,
- data, and end method calls to a well-formed element structure. You can use this
- class to build an element structure using a custom XML parser, or a parser for
- some other XML-like format. The *element_factory* is called to create new
- Element instances when given.
+ Generic element structure builder. This builder converts a sequence of
+ start, data, and end method calls to a well-formed element structure. You
+ can use this class to build an element structure using a custom XML parser,
+ or a parser for some other XML-like format. The *element_factory* is called
+ to create new :class:`Element` instances when given.
.. method:: close()
Flushes the builder buffers, and returns the toplevel document
- element. Returns an Element instance.
+ element. Returns an :class:`Element` instance.
.. method:: data(data)
- Adds text to the current element. *data* is a string. This should be
- either an 8-bit string containing ASCII text, or a Unicode string.
+ Adds text to the current element. *data* is a string. This should be
+ either a bytestring, or a Unicode string.
.. method:: end(tag)
- Closes the current element. *tag* is the element name. Returns the closed
- element.
+ Closes the current element. *tag* is the element name. Returns the
+ closed element.
.. method:: start(tag, attrs)
- Opens a new element. *tag* is the element name. *attrs* is a dictionary
- containing element attributes. Returns the opened element.
+ Opens a new element. *tag* is the element name. *attrs* is a dictionary
+ containing element attributes. Returns the opened element.
In addition, a custom :class:`TreeBuilder` object can provide the
@@ -517,9 +553,9 @@ TreeBuilder Objects
.. method:: doctype(name, pubid, system)
- Handles a doctype declaration. *name* is the doctype name. *pubid* is the
- public identifier. *system* is the system identifier. This method does not
- exist on the default :class:`TreeBuilder` class.
+ Handles a doctype declaration. *name* is the doctype name. *pubid* is
+ the public identifier. *system* is the system identifier. This method
+ does not exist on the default :class:`TreeBuilder` class.
.. versionadded:: 2.7
@@ -532,16 +568,17 @@ XMLParser Objects
.. class:: XMLParser([html [, target[, encoding]]])
- Element structure builder for XML source data, based on the expat parser. *html*
- are predefined HTML entities. This flag is not supported by the current
- implementation. *target* is the target object. If omitted, the builder uses an
- instance of the standard TreeBuilder class. *encoding* [1]_ is optional.
- If given, the value overrides the encoding specified in the XML file.
+ :class:`Element` structure builder for XML source data, based on the expat
+ parser. *html* are predefined HTML entities. This flag is not supported by
+ the current implementation. *target* is the target object. If omitted, the
+ builder uses an instance of the standard TreeBuilder class. *encoding* [1]_
+ is optional. If given, the value overrides the encoding specified in the
+ XML file.
.. method:: close()
- Finishes feeding data to the parser. Returns an element structure.
+ Finishes feeding data to the parser. Returns an element structure.
.. method:: doctype(name, pubid, system)
@@ -553,11 +590,11 @@ XMLParser Objects
.. method:: feed(data)
- Feeds data to the parser. *data* is encoded data.
+ Feeds data to the parser. *data* is encoded data.
:meth:`XMLParser.feed` calls *target*\'s :meth:`start` method
for each opening tag, its :meth:`end` method for each closing tag,
-and data is processed by method :meth:`data`. :meth:`XMLParser.close`
+and data is processed by method :meth:`data`. :meth:`XMLParser.close`
calls *target*\'s method :meth:`close`.
:class:`XMLParser` can be used not only for building a tree structure.
This is an example of counting the maximum depth of an XML file::
@@ -598,6 +635,6 @@ This is an example of counting the maximum depth of an XML file::
.. rubric:: Footnotes
.. [#] The encoding string included in XML output should conform to the
- appropriate standards. For example, "UTF-8" is valid, but "UTF8" is
- not. See http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml11-20060816/#NT-EncodingDecl
+ appropriate standards. For example, "UTF-8" is valid, but "UTF8" is
+ not. See http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml11-20060816/#NT-EncodingDecl
and http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets.
diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.etree.rst b/Doc/library/xml.etree.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f85b3b..0000000
--- a/Doc/library/xml.etree.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-:mod:`xml.etree` --- The ElementTree API for XML
-================================================
-
-.. module:: xml.etree
- :synopsis: Package containing common ElementTree modules.
-.. moduleauthor:: Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com>
-
-
-.. versionadded:: 2.5
-
-The ElementTree package is a simple, efficient, and quite popular library for
-XML manipulation in Python. The :mod:`xml.etree` package contains the most
-common components from the ElementTree API library. In the current release,
-this package contains the :mod:`ElementTree`, :mod:`ElementPath`, and
-:mod:`ElementInclude` modules from the full ElementTree distribution.
-
-.. XXX To be continued!
-
-
-.. seealso::
-
- `ElementTree Overview <http://effbot.org/tag/elementtree>`_
- The home page for :mod:`ElementTree`. This includes links to additional
- documentation, alternative implementations, and other add-ons.