8.13.4 TreeBuilder Objects

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8.13.4 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.

`close`( | )

  Flushes the parser buffers, and returns the toplevel documen element.

  `Returns:`
    An Element instance.

`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.

`end`( | tag)

  Closes the current element. tag is the element name.

  `Returns:`
    The closed element.

`start`( | tag, attrs)

  Opens a new element. tag is the element name. attrs is a dictionary containing element attributes.

  `Returns:`
    The opened element.