xml_save

Stores XML representation of a Jython variable or data structure in XML format in a file.

xml_save(filename,v,attswitch='on')

xml_save stores a Jython variable in plain text XML format into the file specified by the user.

The Jython variable v can be any of the types supported by xml_format.

filename full filename (including path and extension).

v Jython variable or data structure to store in file.

attswitch optional, 'on' stores XML type attributes

idx, size, type (default),

'off' doesn't store XML type attributes.

This example saves a Jython dictionary as XML in a file at a given location.

from gdxml import *

v = {}

v['name'] = 'Google'

v['url'] = 'http://www.google.com'

v['rating'] = 5

v['description'] = 'Great search functionality for the web'

xml_save('c:/data/myfavourite.xml', v)

xml_save uses xml_format and then stores the resulting XML string in the file with the given filename.