Package nltk :: Module internals :: Class ElementWrapper

type ElementWrapper

object --+
         |
        ElementWrapper

A wrapper around ElementTree Element objects whose main purpose is to provide nicer __repr__ and __str__ methods. In addition, any of the wrapped Element's methods that return other Element objects are overridden to wrap those values before returning them.

This makes Elements more convenient to work with in interactive sessions and doctests, at the expense of some efficiency.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, etree)
Initialize a new Element wrapper for etree. source code

unwrap(self)
Return the Element object wrapped by this wrapper.

source code

String Representation

__repr__(self)

source code

__str__(self)
Returns: the result of applying ElementTree.tostring() to the wrapped Element object. source code

Element interface Delegation (pass-through)

__getattr__(self, attrib)

source code

__setattr__(self, attr, value)

source code

__delattr__(self, attr)

source code

__setitem__(self, index, element)

source code

__delitem__(self, index)

source code

__setslice__(self, start, stop, elements)

source code

__delslice__(self, start, stop)

source code

__len__(self)

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Element interface Delegation (wrap result)

__getitem__(self, index)

source code

__getslice__(self, start, stop)

source code

getchildren(self)

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getiterator(self, tag=None)

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makeelement(self, tag, attrib)

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find(self, path)

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findall(self, path)

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Static Methods

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__new__(cls, etree)
Create and return a wrapper around a given Element object.

source code

Method Details

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new(cls, etree)
Static Method

source code

Create and return a wrapper around a given Element object. If etree is an ElementWrapper, then etree is returned as-is.

Overrides: object.__new__

init(self, etree)
(Constructor)

source code

Initialize a new Element wrapper for etree. If etree is a string, then it will be converted to an Element object using ElementTree.fromstring() first.

Overrides: object.__init__

repr(self)
(Representation operator)

source code

Overrides: object.__repr__: (inherited documentation)

str(self)
(Informal representation operator)

source code

Returns:: the result of applying ElementTree.tostring() to the wrapped Element object.
Overrides: object.__str__

setattr(self, attr, value)

source code

Overrides: object.__setattr__: (inherited documentation)

delattr(self, attr)

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Overrides: object.__delattr__: (inherited documentation)

type ElementWrapper

__new__(cls, etree) Static Method

__init__(self, etree) (Constructor)

__repr__(self) (Representation operator)

__str__(self) (Informal representation operator)

__setattr__(self, attr, value)

__delattr__(self, attr)

new(cls, etree)
Static Method

init(self, etree)
(Constructor)

repr(self)
(Representation operator)

str(self)
(Informal representation operator)

setattr(self, attr, value)

delattr(self, attr)