<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ascii"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title>lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="epydoc.css" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="epydoc.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="blue" vlink="#204080" alink="#204080"> <!-- ==================== NAVIGATION BAR ==================== --> <table class="navbar" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#a0c0ff" cellspacing="0"> <tr valign="middle"> <!-- Home link --> <th> <a href="lxml-module.html">Home</a> </th> <!-- Tree link --> <th> <a href="module-tree.html">Trees</a> </th> <!-- Index link --> <th> <a href="identifier-index.html">Indices</a> </th> <!-- Help link --> <th> <a href="help.html">Help</a> </th> <!-- Project homepage --> <th class="navbar" align="right" width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr><th class="navbar" align="center" ><a class="navbar" target="_top" href="/">lxml API</a></th> </tr></table></th> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100%"> <span class="breadcrumbs"> <a href="lxml-module.html">Package lxml</a> :: <a href="lxml.objectify-module.html">Module objectify</a> :: Class ObjectifiedElement </span> </td> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <!-- hide/show private --> <tr><td align="right"><span class="options">[<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();">hide private</a>]</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="right"><span class="options" >[<a href="frames.html" target="_top">frames</a >] | <a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html" target="_top">no frames</a>]</span></td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ==================== CLASS DESCRIPTION ==================== --> <h1 class="epydoc">Class ObjectifiedElement</h1><p class="nomargin-top"></p> <pre class="base-tree"> object --+ | <a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html" onclick="show_private();">etree._Element</a> --+ | <a href="lxml.etree.ElementBase-class.html">etree.ElementBase</a> --+ | <strong class="uidshort">ObjectifiedElement</strong> </pre> <dl><dt>Known Subclasses:</dt> <dd> <ul class="subclass-list"> <li><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedDataElement-class.html">ObjectifiedDataElement</a></li> </ul> </dd></dl> <hr /> <p>Main XML Element class.</p> <p>Element children are accessed as object attributes. Multiple children with the same name are available through a list index. Example:</p> <pre class="rst-literal-block"> >>> root = XML("<root><c1><c2>0</c2><c2>1</c2></c1></root>") >>> second_c2 = root.c1.c2[1] >>> print(second_c2.text) 1 </pre> <p>Note that you cannot (and must not) instantiate this class or its subclasses.</p> <!-- ==================== INSTANCE METHODS ==================== --> <a name="section-InstanceMethods"></a> <table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header"> <td colspan="2" class="table-header"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Instance Methods</span></td> <td align="right" valign="top" ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-InstanceMethods" class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();" >hide private</a>]</span></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#__delattr__" class="summary-sig-name">__delattr__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">...</span>)</span><br /> x.__delattr__('name') <==> del x.name</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#__delitem__" class="summary-sig-name">__delitem__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">x</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">y</span>)</span><br /> del x[y]</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="__getattr__"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">__getattr__</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">...</span>)</span><br /> Return the (first) child with the given tag name. If no namespace is provided, the child will be looked up in the same one as self.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#__getattribute__" class="summary-sig-name">__getattribute__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">...</span>)</span><br /> x.__getattribute__('name') <==> x.name</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#__getitem__" class="summary-sig-name">__getitem__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">...</span>)</span><br /> Return a sibling, counting from the first child of the parent. The method behaves like both a dict and a sequence.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#__iter__" class="summary-sig-name">__iter__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">...</span>)</span><br /> Iterate over self and all siblings with the same tag.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#__len__" class="summary-sig-name">__len__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">...</span>)</span><br /> Count self and siblings with the same tag.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type">a new object with type S, a subtype of T</span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#__new__" class="summary-sig-name">__new__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">T</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">S</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">...</span>)</span></td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#__reduce__" class="summary-sig-name">__reduce__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">...</span>)</span><br /> helper for pickle</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#__setattr__" class="summary-sig-name">__setattr__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">...</span>)</span><br /> Set the value of the (first) child with the given tag name. If no namespace is provided, the child will be looked up in the same one as self.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#__setitem__" class="summary-sig-name">__setitem__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">...</span>)</span><br /> Set the value of a sibling, counting from the first child of the parent. Implements key assignment, item assignment and slice assignment.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#__str__" class="summary-sig-name">__str__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">x</span>)</span><br /> str(x)</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#addattr" class="summary-sig-name">addattr</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">tag</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">value</span>)</span><br /> Add a child value to the element.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="countchildren"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">countchildren</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br /> Return the number of children of this element, regardless of their name.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="descendantpaths"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">descendantpaths</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">prefix</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span><br /> Returns a list of object path expressions for all descendants.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.objectify.ObjectifiedElement-class.html#getchildren" class="summary-sig-name">getchildren</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br /> Returns a sequence of all direct children. The elements are returned in document order.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="summary"> <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="lxml.etree.ElementBase-class.html">etree.ElementBase</a></code></b>: <code><a href="lxml.etree.ElementBase-class.html#__init__">__init__</a></code> </p> <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html" onclick="show_private();">etree._Element</a></code></b>: <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__contains__">__contains__</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__copy__">__copy__</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__deepcopy__">__deepcopy__</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__nonzero__">__nonzero__</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__repr__">__repr__</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__reversed__">__reversed__</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#addnext">addnext</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#addprevious">addprevious</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#append">append</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#clear">clear</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#cssselect">cssselect</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#extend">extend</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#find">find</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#findall">findall</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#findtext">findtext</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#get">get</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#getiterator">getiterator</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#getnext">getnext</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#getparent">getparent</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#getprevious">getprevious</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#getroottree">getroottree</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#index">index</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#insert">insert</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#items">items</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#iter">iter</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#iterancestors">iterancestors</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#iterchildren">iterchildren</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#iterdescendants">iterdescendants</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#iterfind">iterfind</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#itersiblings">itersiblings</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#itertext">itertext</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#keys">keys</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#makeelement">makeelement</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#remove">remove</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#replace">replace</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#set">set</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#values">values</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#xpath">xpath</a></code> </p> <div class="private"> <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html" onclick="show_private();">etree._Element</a></code></b> (private): <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#_init" onclick="show_private();">_init</a></code> </p></div> <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>: <code>__format__</code>, <code>__hash__</code>, <code>__reduce_ex__</code>, <code>__sizeof__</code>, <code>__subclasshook__</code> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ==================== PROPERTIES ==================== --> <a name="section-Properties"></a> <table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header"> <td colspan="2" class="table-header"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Properties</span></td> <td align="right" valign="top" ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-Properties" class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();" >hide private</a>]</span></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="text"></a><span class="summary-name">text</span><br /> Text before the first subelement. This is either a string or the value None, if there was no text. </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="summary"> <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html" onclick="show_private();">etree._Element</a></code></b>: <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#attrib">attrib</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#base">base</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#nsmap">nsmap</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#prefix">prefix</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#sourceline">sourceline</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#tag">tag</a></code>, <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#tail">tail</a></code> </p> <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>: <code>__class__</code> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ==================== METHOD DETAILS ==================== --> <a name="section-MethodDetails"></a> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header"> <td colspan="2" class="table-header"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr valign="top"> <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Method Details</span></td> <td align="right" valign="top" ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-MethodDetails" class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();" >hide private</a>]</span></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <a name="__delattr__"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__delattr__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">...</span>)</span> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> x.__delattr__('name') <==> del x.name <dl class="fields"> <dt>Overrides: object.__delattr__ </dt> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="__delitem__"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__delitem__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">x</span>, <span class="sig-arg">y</span>)</span> <br /><em class="fname">(Index deletion operator)</em> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> del x[y] <dl class="fields"> <dt>Overrides: <a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__delitem__">etree._Element.__delitem__</a> </dt> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="__getattribute__"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__getattribute__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">...</span>)</span> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> x.__getattribute__('name') <==> x.name <dl class="fields"> <dt>Overrides: object.__getattribute__ </dt> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="__getitem__"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__getitem__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">...</span>)</span> <br /><em class="fname">(Indexing operator)</em> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> <p>Return a sibling, counting from the first child of the parent. The method behaves like both a dict and a sequence.</p> <ul class="rst-simple"> <li>If argument is an integer, returns the sibling at that position.</li> <li>If argument is a string, does the same as getattr(). This can be used to provide namespaces for element lookup, or to look up children with special names (<tt class="rst-docutils literal">text</tt> etc.).</li> <li>If argument is a slice object, returns the matching slice.</li> </ul> <dl class="fields"> <dt>Overrides: <a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__getitem__">etree._Element.__getitem__</a> </dt> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="__iter__"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__iter__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">...</span>)</span> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> Iterate over self and all siblings with the same tag. <dl class="fields"> <dt>Overrides: <a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__iter__">etree._Element.__iter__</a> </dt> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="__len__"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__len__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">...</span>)</span> <br /><em class="fname">(Length operator)</em> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> Count self and siblings with the same tag. <dl class="fields"> <dt>Overrides: <a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__len__">etree._Element.__len__</a> </dt> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="__new__"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__new__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">T</span>, <span class="sig-arg">S</span>, <span class="sig-arg">...</span>)</span> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> <dl class="fields"> <dt>Returns: a new object with type S, a subtype of T</dt> <dt>Overrides: object.__new__ </dt> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="__reduce__"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__reduce__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">...</span>)</span> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> helper for pickle <dl class="fields"> <dt>Overrides: object.__reduce__ <dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd> </dt> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="__setattr__"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__setattr__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">...</span>)</span> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> Set the value of the (first) child with the given tag name. If no namespace is provided, the child will be looked up in the same one as self. <dl class="fields"> <dt>Overrides: object.__setattr__ </dt> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="__setitem__"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__setitem__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">...</span>)</span> <br /><em class="fname">(Index assignment operator)</em> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> <p>Set the value of a sibling, counting from the first child of the parent. Implements key assignment, item assignment and slice assignment.</p> <ul class="rst-simple"> <li>If argument is an integer, sets the sibling at that position.</li> <li>If argument is a string, does the same as setattr(). This is used to provide namespaces for element lookup.</li> <li>If argument is a sequence (list, tuple, etc.), assign the contained items to the siblings.</li> </ul> <dl class="fields"> <dt>Overrides: <a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__setitem__">etree._Element.__setitem__</a> </dt> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="__str__"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__str__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">x</span>)</span> <br /><em class="fname">(Informal representation operator)</em> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> str(x) <dl class="fields"> <dt>Overrides: object.__str__ </dt> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="addattr"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">addattr</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>, <span class="sig-arg">tag</span>, <span class="sig-arg">value</span>)</span> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> <p>Add a child value to the element.</p> <p>As opposed to append(), it sets a data value, not an element.</p> <dl class="fields"> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="getchildren"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">getchildren</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>)</span> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" > </td> </tr></table> Returns a sequence of all direct children. 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