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63 <!-- ==================== MODULE DESCRIPTION ==================== -->
64 <h1 class="epydoc">Module ElementTree</h1><p class="nomargin-top"><span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html">source&nbsp;code</a></span></p>
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67 <!-- ==================== CLASSES ==================== -->
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69 <table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3"
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74       <tr valign="top">
75         <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Classes</span></td>
76         <td align="right" valign="top"
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85     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
86       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
87     </td><td class="summary">
88         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree.Element-class.html" class="summary-name">Element</a>
89     </td>
90   </tr>
91 <tr>
92     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
93       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
94     </td><td class="summary">
95         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree.ElementTree-class.html" class="summary-name">ElementTree</a>
96     </td>
97   </tr>
98 <tr>
99     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
100       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
101     </td><td class="summary">
102         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree.ParseError-class.html" class="summary-name">ParseError</a>
103     </td>
104   </tr>
105 <tr>
106     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
107       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
108     </td><td class="summary">
109         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree.QName-class.html" class="summary-name">QName</a>
110     </td>
111   </tr>
112 <tr>
113     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
114       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
115     </td><td class="summary">
116         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree.TreeBuilder-class.html" class="summary-name">TreeBuilder</a>
117     </td>
118   </tr>
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120     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
121       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
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123         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser-class.html" class="summary-name">XMLParser</a>
124     </td>
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127     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
128       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
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130         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser-class.html" class="summary-name">XMLTreeBuilder</a>
131     </td>
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134     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
135       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
136     </td><td class="summary">
137         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree.Element-class.html" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">_Element</a>
138     </td>
139   </tr>
140 <tr class="private">
141     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
142       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
143     </td><td class="summary">
144         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree.Element-class.html" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">_ElementInterface</a>
145     </td>
146   </tr>
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148     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
149       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
150     </td><td class="summary">
151         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree._IterParseIterator-class.html" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">_IterParseIterator</a>
152     </td>
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156       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
157     </td><td class="summary">
158         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree._SimpleElementPath-class.html" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">_SimpleElementPath</a>
159     </td>
160   </tr>
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162 <!-- ==================== FUNCTIONS ==================== -->
163 <a name="section-Functions"></a>
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170         <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Functions</span></td>
171         <td align="right" valign="top"
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185           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="Comment"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">Comment</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
186           <td align="right" valign="top">
187             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#Comment">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
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192       
193     </td>
194   </tr>
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202         <span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
203           <td align="right" valign="top">
204             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#ProcessingInstruction">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
205             
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211   </tr>
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218           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="ProcessingInstruction"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">ProcessingInstruction</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">target</span>,
219         <span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
220           <td align="right" valign="top">
221             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#ProcessingInstruction">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
222             
223           </td>
224         </tr>
225       </table>
226       
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228   </tr>
229 <tr>
230     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
231       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
232     </td><td class="summary">
233       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
234         <tr>
235           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="SubElement"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">SubElement</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">parent</span>,
236         <span class="summary-sig-arg">tag</span>,
237         <span class="summary-sig-arg">attrib</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default"><code class="variable-group">{</code><code class="variable-group">}</code></span>,
238         <span class="summary-sig-arg">**extra</span>)</span></td>
239           <td align="right" valign="top">
240             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#SubElement">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
241             
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243         </tr>
244       </table>
245       
246     </td>
247   </tr>
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249     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
250       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
251     </td><td class="summary">
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253         <tr>
254           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="XML"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">XML</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
255         <span class="summary-sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
256           <td align="right" valign="top">
257             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#XML">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
258             
259           </td>
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262       
263     </td>
264   </tr>
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266     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
267       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
268     </td><td class="summary">
269       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
270         <tr>
271           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="XMLID"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">XMLID</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
272         <span class="summary-sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
273           <td align="right" valign="top">
274             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#XMLID">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
275             
276           </td>
277         </tr>
278       </table>
279       
280     </td>
281   </tr>
282 <tr class="private">
283     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
284       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
285     </td><td class="summary">
286       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
287         <tr>
288           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_encode"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_encode</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
289         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>)</span></td>
290           <td align="right" valign="top">
291             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_encode">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
292             
293           </td>
294         </tr>
295       </table>
296       
297     </td>
298   </tr>
299 <tr class="private">
300     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
301       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
302     </td><td class="summary">
303       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
304         <tr>
305           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_escape_attrib"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_escape_attrib</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
306         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>)</span></td>
307           <td align="right" valign="top">
308             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_escape_attrib">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
309             
310           </td>
311         </tr>
312       </table>
313       
314     </td>
315   </tr>
316 <tr class="private">
317     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
318       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
319     </td><td class="summary">
320       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
321         <tr>
322           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_escape_attrib_html"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_escape_attrib_html</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
323         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>)</span></td>
324           <td align="right" valign="top">
325             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_escape_attrib_html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
326             
327           </td>
328         </tr>
329       </table>
330       
331     </td>
332   </tr>
333 <tr class="private">
334     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
335       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
336     </td><td class="summary">
337       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
338         <tr>
339           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_escape_cdata"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_escape_cdata</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
340         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>)</span></td>
341           <td align="right" valign="top">
342             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_escape_cdata">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
343             
344           </td>
345         </tr>
346       </table>
347       
348     </td>
349   </tr>
350 <tr class="private">
351     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
352       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
353     </td><td class="summary">
354       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
355         <tr>
356           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_namespaces"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_namespaces</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">elem</span>,
357         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>,
358         <span class="summary-sig-arg">default_namespace</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
359           <td align="right" valign="top">
360             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_namespaces">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
361             
362           </td>
363         </tr>
364       </table>
365       
366     </td>
367   </tr>
368 <tr class="private">
369     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
370       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
371     </td><td class="summary">
372       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
373         <tr>
374           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_raise_serialization_error"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_raise_serialization_error</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>)</span></td>
375           <td align="right" valign="top">
376             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_raise_serialization_error">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
377             
378           </td>
379         </tr>
380       </table>
381       
382     </td>
383   </tr>
384 <tr class="private">
385     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
386       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
387     </td><td class="summary">
388       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
389         <tr>
390           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_serialize_html"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_serialize_html</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">write</span>,
391         <span class="summary-sig-arg">elem</span>,
392         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>,
393         <span class="summary-sig-arg">qnames</span>,
394         <span class="summary-sig-arg">namespaces</span>)</span></td>
395           <td align="right" valign="top">
396             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_serialize_html">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
397             
398           </td>
399         </tr>
400       </table>
401       
402     </td>
403   </tr>
404 <tr class="private">
405     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
406       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
407     </td><td class="summary">
408       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
409         <tr>
410           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_serialize_text"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_serialize_text</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">write</span>,
411         <span class="summary-sig-arg">elem</span>,
412         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>)</span></td>
413           <td align="right" valign="top">
414             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_serialize_text">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
415             
416           </td>
417         </tr>
418       </table>
419       
420     </td>
421   </tr>
422 <tr class="private">
423     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
424       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
425     </td><td class="summary">
426       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
427         <tr>
428           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_serialize_xml"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_serialize_xml</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">write</span>,
429         <span class="summary-sig-arg">elem</span>,
430         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>,
431         <span class="summary-sig-arg">qnames</span>,
432         <span class="summary-sig-arg">namespaces</span>)</span></td>
433           <td align="right" valign="top">
434             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#_serialize_xml">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
435             
436           </td>
437         </tr>
438       </table>
439       
440     </td>
441   </tr>
442 <tr>
443     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
444       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
445     </td><td class="summary">
446       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
447         <tr>
448           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="dump"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">dump</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">elem</span>)</span></td>
449           <td align="right" valign="top">
450             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#dump">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
451             
452           </td>
453         </tr>
454       </table>
455       
456     </td>
457   </tr>
458 <tr>
459     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
460       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
461     </td><td class="summary">
462       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
463         <tr>
464           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="fromstring"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">fromstring</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">text</span>,
465         <span class="summary-sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
466           <td align="right" valign="top">
467             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#XML">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
468             
469           </td>
470         </tr>
471       </table>
472       
473     </td>
474   </tr>
475 <tr>
476     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
477       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
478     </td><td class="summary">
479       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
480         <tr>
481           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="fromstringlist"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">fromstringlist</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">sequence</span>,
482         <span class="summary-sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
483           <td align="right" valign="top">
484             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#fromstringlist">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
485             
486           </td>
487         </tr>
488       </table>
489       
490     </td>
491   </tr>
492 <tr>
493     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
494       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
495     </td><td class="summary">
496       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
497         <tr>
498           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="iselement"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">iselement</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">element</span>)</span></td>
499           <td align="right" valign="top">
500             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#iselement">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
501             
502           </td>
503         </tr>
504       </table>
505       
506     </td>
507   </tr>
508 <tr>
509     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
510       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
511     </td><td class="summary">
512       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
513         <tr>
514           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="iterparse"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">iterparse</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">source</span>,
515         <span class="summary-sig-arg">events</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>,
516         <span class="summary-sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
517           <td align="right" valign="top">
518             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#iterparse">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
519             
520           </td>
521         </tr>
522       </table>
523       
524     </td>
525   </tr>
526 <tr>
527     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
528       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
529     </td><td class="summary">
530       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
531         <tr>
532           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="parse"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">parse</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">source</span>,
533         <span class="summary-sig-arg">parser</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
534           <td align="right" valign="top">
535             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#parse">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
536             
537           </td>
538         </tr>
539       </table>
540       
541     </td>
542   </tr>
543 <tr class="private">
544     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
545       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
546     </td><td class="summary">
547       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
548         <tr>
549           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="register_namespace"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">register_namespace</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">prefix</span>,
550         <span class="summary-sig-arg">uri</span>)</span></td>
551           <td align="right" valign="top">
552             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#register_namespace">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
553             
554           </td>
555         </tr>
556       </table>
557       
558     </td>
559   </tr>
560 <tr>
561     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
562       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
563     </td><td class="summary">
564       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
565         <tr>
566           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="tostring"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">tostring</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">element</span>,
567         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>,
568         <span class="summary-sig-arg">method</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
569           <td align="right" valign="top">
570             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#tostring">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
571             
572           </td>
573         </tr>
574       </table>
575       
576     </td>
577   </tr>
578 <tr>
579     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
580       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
581     </td><td class="summary">
582       <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
583         <tr>
584           <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="tostringlist"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">tostringlist</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">element</span>,
585         <span class="summary-sig-arg">encoding</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>,
586         <span class="summary-sig-arg">method</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span></td>
587           <td align="right" valign="top">
588             <span class="codelink"><a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-pysrc.html#tostringlist">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
589             
590           </td>
591         </tr>
592       </table>
593       
594     </td>
595   </tr>
596 </table>
597 <!-- ==================== VARIABLES ==================== -->
598 <a name="section-Variables"></a>
599 <table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3"
600        cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
601 <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header">
602   <td colspan="2" class="table-header">
603     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
604       <tr valign="top">
605         <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Variables</span></td>
606         <td align="right" valign="top"
607          ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-Variables"
608          class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();"
609          >hide private</a>]</span></td>
610       </tr>
611     </table>
612   </td>
613 </tr>
614 <tr class="private">
615     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
616       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
617     </td><td class="summary">
618         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-module.html#HTML_EMPTY" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">HTML_EMPTY</a> = <code title="set(['area',
619      'base',
620      'basefont',
621      'br',
622      'col',
623      'frame',
624      'hr',
625      'img',
626 ..."><code class="variable-group">set([</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">area</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">, </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">base</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">, </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">basefont</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">, </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">br</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">, </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">col</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">, </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">fr</code><code class="variable-ellipsis">...</code></code>
627     </td>
628   </tr>
629 <tr>
630     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
631       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
632     </td><td class="summary">
633         <a name="VERSION"></a><span class="summary-name">VERSION</span> = <code title="'1.3.0'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">1.3.0</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code>
634     </td>
635   </tr>
636 <tr class="private">
637     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
638       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
639     </td><td class="summary">
640         <a name="__package__"></a><span class="summary-name">__package__</span> = <code title="'xml.etree'"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">xml.etree</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></code>
641     </td>
642   </tr>
643 <tr class="private">
644     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
645       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
646     </td><td class="summary">
647         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-module.html#_namespace_map" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">_namespace_map</a> = <code title="{'http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/': 'dc',
648  'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/': 'wsdl',
649  'http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#': 'rdf',
650  'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml': 'html',
651  'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema': 'xs',
652  'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance': 'xsi',
653  'http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace': 'xml'}"><code class="variable-group">{</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">dc</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">, </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">h</code><code class="variable-ellipsis">...</code></code>
654     </td>
655   </tr>
656 <tr class="private">
657     <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
658       <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
659     </td><td class="summary">
660         <a href="xml.etree.ElementTree-module.html#_serialize" class="summary-name" onclick="show_private();">_serialize</a> = <code title="{'html': &lt;function _serialize_html at 0x1affd70&gt;,
661  'text': &lt;function _serialize_text at 0x1affde8&gt;,
662  'xml': &lt;function _serialize_xml at 0x1affcf8&gt;}"><code class="variable-group">{</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">html</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code>&lt;function _serialize_html at 0x1affd70&gt;<code class="variable-op">,</code><code class="variable-ellipsis">...</code></code>
663     </td>
664   </tr>
665 </table>
666 <!-- ==================== VARIABLES DETAILS ==================== -->
667 <a name="section-VariablesDetails"></a>
668 <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
669        cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
670 <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header">
671   <td colspan="2" class="table-header">
672     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
673       <tr valign="top">
674         <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Variables Details</span></td>
675         <td align="right" valign="top"
676          ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-VariablesDetails"
677          class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();"
678          >hide private</a>]</span></td>
679       </tr>
680     </table>
681   </td>
682 </tr>
683 </table>
684 <a name="HTML_EMPTY"></a>
685 <div class="private">
686 <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
687        cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
688 <tr><td>
689   <h3 class="epydoc">HTML_EMPTY</h3>
690   
691   <dl class="fields">
692   </dl>
693   <dl class="fields">
694     <dt>Value:</dt>
695       <dd><table><tr><td><pre class="variable">
696 <code class="variable-group">set([</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">area</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
697      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">base</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
698      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">basefont</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
699      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">br</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
700      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">col</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
701      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">frame</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
702      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">hr</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
703      <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">img</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
704 <code class="variable-ellipsis">...</code>
705 </pre></td></tr></table>
706 </dd>
707   </dl>
708 </td></tr></table>
709 </div>
710 <a name="_namespace_map"></a>
711 <div class="private">
712 <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
713        cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
714 <tr><td>
715   <h3 class="epydoc">_namespace_map</h3>
716   
717   <dl class="fields">
718   </dl>
719   <dl class="fields">
720     <dt>Value:</dt>
721       <dd><table><tr><td><pre class="variable">
722 <code class="variable-group">{</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">dc</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
723  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">wsdl</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
724  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">rdf</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
725  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">html</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
726  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">xs</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
727  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">xsi</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">,</code>
728  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">xml</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-group">}</code>
729 </pre></td></tr></table>
730 </dd>
731   </dl>
732 </td></tr></table>
733 </div>
734 <a name="_serialize"></a>
735 <div class="private">
736 <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
737        cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
738 <tr><td>
739   <h3 class="epydoc">_serialize</h3>
740   
741   <dl class="fields">
742   </dl>
743   <dl class="fields">
744     <dt>Value:</dt>
745       <dd><table><tr><td><pre class="variable">
746 <code class="variable-group">{</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">html</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code>&lt;function _serialize_html at 0x1affd70&gt;<code class="variable-op">,</code>
747  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">text</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code>&lt;function _serialize_text at 0x1affde8&gt;<code class="variable-op">,</code>
748  <code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">xml</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-op">: </code>&lt;function _serialize_xml at 0x1affcf8&gt;<code class="variable-group">}</code>
749 </pre></td></tr></table>
750 </dd>
751   </dl>
752 </td></tr></table>
753 </div>
754 <br />
755 <!-- ==================== NAVIGATION BAR ==================== -->
756 <table class="navbar" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
757        bgcolor="#a0c0ff" cellspacing="0">
758   <tr valign="middle">
759   <!-- Home link -->
760       <th>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
761         href="lxml-module.html">Home</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
762
763   <!-- Tree link -->
764       <th>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
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