As we all know there is a issue about generate and manipulate XML documents *https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/issues/124* IMO, lxml is a good choice. you can see this patch: $ git show 69edfe9 Mark use it to generate XML documents. And for manipulate XML documents, here is a example. /$ ipython -c 'from lxml import objectify root = objectify.fromstring("<root><a k=\"key\">24.12.2000<b>12.24.2000</b></a></root>") print root.a print root.a.b print root.a.get("k") ' / /re//sult//: // //24.12.2000 // //12.24.2000 // //key / more info: http://lxml.de/ -- Thanks and best regards! Sheldon Feng(???)&lt;shaohef(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt; IBM Linux Technology Center

I think it is nice to use a generic lxml library to generate XML documents. About the existing XML documents generation like vmTemplate._get_cdrom_xml(), networkxml.to_network_xml() &etc, do you have plane to convert them to use lxml library?

2014/1/14 12:57, Sheldon: > As we all know there is a issue about generate and manipulate XML > documents > *https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/issues/124* > > IMO, lxml is a good choice. > you can see this patch: > $ git show 69edfe9 > Mark use it to generate XML documents. > > And for manipulate XML documents, here is a example. > /$ ipython -c 'from lxml import objectify > root = objectify.fromstring("<root><a > k=\"key\">24.12.2000<b>12.24.2000</b></a></root>") > print root.a > print root.a.b > print root.a.get("k") > ' / > > /re//sult//: // > //24.12.2000 // > //12.24.2000 // > //key / > > more info: http://lxml.de/ > > -- > Thanks and best regards! > > Sheldon Feng(???)&lt;shaohef(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt; > IBM Linux Technology Center

I agree. lxml is a lot more friendly than libxml2, while it provides almost the same functionality. on 2014/01/14 12:57, Sheldon wrote: > As we all know there is a issue about generate and manipulate XML documents > *https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/issues/124* > > IMO, lxml is a good choice. > you can see this patch: > $ git show 69edfe9 > Mark use it to generate XML documents. > > And for manipulate XML documents, here is a example. > /$ ipython -c 'from lxml import objectify > root = objectify.fromstring("<root><a > k=\"key\">24.12.2000<b>12.24.2000</b></a></root>") > print root.a > print root.a.b > print root.a.get("k") > ' / > > /re//sult//: // > //24.12.2000 // > //12.24.2000 // > //key / > > more info: http://lxml.de/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kimchi-devel mailing list > Kimchi-devel(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/kimchi-devel >