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@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ Functions
.. function:: tostring(element, encoding="us-ascii", method="xml", *, \
+ xml_declaration=None, default_namespace=None,
short_empty_elements=True)
Generates a string representation of an XML element, including all
@@ -601,14 +602,19 @@ Functions
the output encoding (default is US-ASCII). Use ``encoding="unicode"`` to
generate a Unicode string (otherwise, a bytestring is generated). *method*
is either ``"xml"``, ``"html"`` or ``"text"`` (default is ``"xml"``).
- *short_empty_elements* has the same meaning as in :meth:`ElementTree.write`.
- Returns an (optionally) encoded string containing the XML data.
+ *xml_declaration*, *default_namespace* and *short_empty_elements* has the same
+ meaning as in :meth:`ElementTree.write`. Returns an (optionally) encoded string
+ containing the XML data.
.. versionadded:: 3.4
The *short_empty_elements* parameter.
+ .. versionadded:: 3.8
+ The *xml_declaration* and *default_namespace* parameters.
+
.. function:: tostringlist(element, encoding="us-ascii", method="xml", *, \
+ xml_declaration=None, default_namespace=None,
short_empty_elements=True)
Generates a string representation of an XML element, including all
@@ -616,16 +622,19 @@ Functions
the output encoding (default is US-ASCII). Use ``encoding="unicode"`` to
generate a Unicode string (otherwise, a bytestring is generated). *method*
is either ``"xml"``, ``"html"`` or ``"text"`` (default is ``"xml"``).
- *short_empty_elements* has the same meaning as in :meth:`ElementTree.write`.
- Returns a list of (optionally) encoded strings containing the XML data.
- It does not guarantee any specific sequence, except that
- ``b"".join(tostringlist(element)) == tostring(element)``.
+ *xml_declaration*, *default_namespace* and *short_empty_elements* has the same
+ meaning as in :meth:`ElementTree.write`. Returns a list of (optionally) encoded
+ strings containing the XML data. It does not guarantee any specific sequence,
+ except that ``b"".join(tostringlist(element)) == tostring(element)``.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
.. versionadded:: 3.4
The *short_empty_elements* parameter.
+ .. versionadded:: 3.8
+ The *xml_declaration* and *default_namespace* parameters.
+
.. function:: XML(text, parser=None)