Package lxml :: Module etree :: Class TreeBuilder

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# Class TreeBuilder

          object --+
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    _SaxParserTarget --+
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                      TreeBuilder

TreeBuilder(self, element_factory=None, parser=None) Parser target that builds a tree.

The final tree is returned by the `close()` method.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, element_factory=None, parser=None) x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature |

a new object with type S, a subtype of T

__new__(T, S, ...) |

close(self) Flushes the builder buffers, and returns the toplevel document element. |

comment(self, comment) |

data(self, data) Adds text to the current element. |

end(self, tag) Closes the current element. |

pi(self, target, data) |

start(self, tag, attrs, nsmap=None) Opens a new element. |

Inherited from `object`: `__delattr__`, `__getattribute__`, `__hash__`, `__reduce__`, `__reduce_ex__`, `__repr__`, `__setattr__`, `__str__`

Properties
Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

Method Details

### __init__(self, element_factory=None, parser=None)
(Constructor)

x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

Overrides: object.__init__

### __new__(T, S, ...)

Returns: a new object with type S, a subtype of T
Overrides: object.__new__

### data(self, data)

Adds text to the current element. The value should be either an 8-bit string containing ASCII text, or a Unicode string.