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  <div class="section" id="xmlwriter">
<h1>XMLWriter<a class="headerlink" href="#xmlwriter" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter">
<em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">astropy.utils.xml.writer.</tt><tt class="descname">XMLWriter</tt><big>(</big><em>file</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/utils/xml/writer.py#L34" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link">&nbsp;[edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/utils/xml/writer.html#XMLWriter"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A class to write well-formed and nicely indented XML.</p>
<p>Use like this:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">w</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">XMLWriter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fh</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">w</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">tag</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;html&#39;</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">w</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">tag</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;body&#39;</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="n">w</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;This is the content&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Which produces:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>&lt;html&gt;
 &lt;body&gt;
  This is the content
 &lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;</pre>
</div>
<p class="rubric">Methods Summary</p>
<table border="1" class="longtable docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="10%" />
<col width="90%" />
</colgroup>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.close" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.close"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">close</span></tt></a>(id)</td>
<td>Closes open elements, up to (and including) the element identified by the given identifier.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.comment" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.comment"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">comment</span></tt></a>(comment)</td>
<td>Adds a comment to the output stream.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.data" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.data"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">data</span></tt></a>(text)</td>
<td>Adds character data to the output stream.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.element" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.element"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">element</span></tt></a>(tag[,&nbsp;text,&nbsp;wrap,&nbsp;attrib])</td>
<td>Adds an entire element.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.end" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.end"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">end</span></tt></a>([tag,&nbsp;indent,&nbsp;wrap])</td>
<td>Closes the current element (opened by the most recent call to <a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">start</span></tt></a>).</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.flush" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.flush"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">flush</span></tt></a>()</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.get_indentation" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.get_indentation"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_indentation</span></tt></a>()</td>
<td>Returns the number of indentation levels the file is currently in.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.get_indentation_spaces" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.get_indentation_spaces"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_indentation_spaces</span></tt></a>([offset])</td>
<td>Returns a string of spaces that matches the current indentation level.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.object_attrs" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.object_attrs"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">object_attrs</span></tt></a>(obj,&nbsp;attrs)</td>
<td>Converts an object with a bunch of attributes on an object into a dictionary for use by the <a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">XMLWriter</span></tt></a>.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">start</span></tt></a>(tag[,&nbsp;attrib])</td>
<td>Opens a new element.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.tag" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.tag"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">tag</span></tt></a>(*args,&nbsp;**kwds)</td>
<td>A convenience method for use with the <tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">with</span></tt> statement::      with writer.tag(&#8216;foo&#8217;):         writer.element(&#8216;bar&#8217;)     # &lt;/foo&gt; is implicitly closed here  Parameters are the same as to <a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">start</span></tt></a>.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="rubric">Methods Documentation</p>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.close">
<tt class="descname">close</tt><big>(</big><em>id</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/utils/xml/writer.py#L213" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link">&nbsp;[edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/utils/xml/writer.html#XMLWriter.close"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.close" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Closes open elements, up to (and including) the element identified
by the given identifier.</p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>id</strong> : int</p>
<blockquote class="last">
<div><p>Element identifier, as returned by the <a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">start</span></tt></a> method.</p>
</div></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.comment">
<tt class="descname">comment</tt><big>(</big><em>comment</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/utils/xml/writer.py#L161" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link">&nbsp;[edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/utils/xml/writer.html#XMLWriter.comment"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.comment" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Adds a comment to the output stream.</p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>comment</strong> : str</p>
<blockquote class="last">
<div><p>Comment text, as a Unicode string.</p>
</div></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.data">
<tt class="descname">data</tt><big>(</big><em>text</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/utils/xml/writer.py#L174" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link">&nbsp;[edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/utils/xml/writer.html#XMLWriter.data"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.data" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Adds character data to the output stream.</p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>text</strong> : str</p>
<blockquote class="last">
<div><p>Character data, as a Unicode string.</p>
</div></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.element">
<tt class="descname">element</tt><big>(</big><em>tag</em>, <em>text=None</em>, <em>wrap=False</em>, <em>attrib={}</em>, <em>**extra</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/utils/xml/writer.py#L226" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link">&nbsp;[edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/utils/xml/writer.html#XMLWriter.element"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.element" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Adds an entire element.  This is the same as calling <a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">start</span></tt></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.data" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.data"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">data</span></tt></a>, and <a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.end" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.end"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">end</span></tt></a> in sequence. The <tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt> argument
can be omitted.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.end">
<tt class="descname">end</tt><big>(</big><em>tag=None</em>, <em>indent=True</em>, <em>wrap=False</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/utils/xml/writer.py#L185" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link">&nbsp;[edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/utils/xml/writer.html#XMLWriter.end"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.end" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Closes the current element (opened by the most recent call to
<a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">start</span></tt></a>).</p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>tag</strong> : str</p>
<blockquote class="last">
<div><p>Element name.  If given, the tag must match the start tag.
If omitted, the current element is closed.</p>
</div></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.flush">
<tt class="descname">flush</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/utils/xml/writer.py#L237" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link">&nbsp;[edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/utils/xml/writer.html#XMLWriter.flush"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.flush" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.get_indentation">
<tt class="descname">get_indentation</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/utils/xml/writer.py#L240" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link">&nbsp;[edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/utils/xml/writer.html#XMLWriter.get_indentation"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.get_indentation" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the number of indentation levels the file is currently
in.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.get_indentation_spaces">
<tt class="descname">get_indentation_spaces</tt><big>(</big><em>offset=0</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/utils/xml/writer.py#L247" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link">&nbsp;[edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/utils/xml/writer.html#XMLWriter.get_indentation_spaces"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.get_indentation_spaces" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a string of spaces that matches the current
indentation level.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="staticmethod">
<dt id="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.object_attrs">
<em class="property">static </em><tt class="descname">object_attrs</tt><big>(</big><em>obj</em>, <em>attrs</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/utils/xml/writer.py#L254" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link">&nbsp;[edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/utils/xml/writer.html#XMLWriter.object_attrs"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.object_attrs" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Converts an object with a bunch of attributes on an object
into a dictionary for use by the <a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">XMLWriter</span></tt></a>.</p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>obj</strong> : object</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>Any Python object</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p><strong>attrs</strong> : sequence of str</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>Attribute names to pull from the object</p>
</div></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>attrs</strong> : dict</p>
<blockquote class="last">
<div><p>Maps attribute names to the values retrieved from
<tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">obj.attr</span></tt>.  If any of the attributes is <tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>, it will
not appear in the output dictionary.</p>
</div></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start">
<tt class="descname">start</tt><big>(</big><em>tag</em>, <em>attrib={}</em>, <em>**extra</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/utils/xml/writer.py#L102" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link">&nbsp;[edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/utils/xml/writer.html#XMLWriter.start"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Opens a new element.  Attributes can be given as keyword
arguments, or as a string/string dictionary.  The method
returns an opaque identifier that can be passed to the
<a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.close" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.close"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">close()</span></tt></a> method, to close all open elements up to and
including this one.</p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>tag</strong> : str</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>The element name</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p><strong>attrib</strong> : dict of str -&gt; str</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>Attribute dictionary.  Alternatively, attributes can
be given as keyword arguments.</p>
</div></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>id</strong> : int</p>
<blockquote class="last">
<div><p>Returns an element identifier.</p>
</div></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="method">
<dt id="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.tag">
<tt class="descname">tag</tt><big>(</big><em>*args</em>, <em>**kwds</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/utils/xml/writer.py#L82" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link">&nbsp;[edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/utils/xml/writer.html#XMLWriter.tag"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.tag" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A convenience method for use with the <tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">with</span></tt> statement:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">writer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">tag</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;foo&#39;</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">writer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">element</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;bar&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c"># &lt;/foo&gt; is implicitly closed here</span>
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<p>Parameters are the same as to <a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start" title="astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter.start"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">start</span></tt></a>.</p>
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