Package genshi :: Module builder :: Class ElementFactory |

# Class ElementFactory

    object --+
             |
            ElementFactory

Factory for Element objects.

A new element is created simply by accessing a correspondingly named attribute of the factory object:

    >>> factory = ElementFactory()
    >>> print factory.foo
    <foo/>
    >>> print factory.foo(id=2)
    <foo id="2"/>

Markup fragments (lists of nodes without a parent element) can be created by calling the factory:

    >>> print factory('Hello, ', factory.em('world'), '!')
    Hello, <em>world</em>!

A factory can also be bound to a specific namespace:

    >>> factory = ElementFactory('http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml')
    >>> print factory.html(lang="en")
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"/>

The namespace for a specific element can be altered on an existing factory by specifying the new namespace using item access:

    >>> factory = ElementFactory()
    >>> print factory.html(factory['http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'].g(id=3))
    <html><g xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="3"/></html>

Usually, the ElementFactory class is not be used directly. Rather, the tag instance should be used to create elements.

Instance Methods
__init__(self, namespace=None) Create the factory, optionally bound to the given namespace. |
Fragment |
__call__(self, *args) Create a fragment that has the given positional arguments as child nodes. |
ElementFactory |
__getitem__(self, namespace) Return a new factory that is bound to the specified namespace. |
Element |
__getattr__(self, name) Create an Element with the given name. |
Inherited from `object`: `__delattr__`, `__getattribute__`, `__hash__`, `__new__`, `__reduce__`, `__reduce_ex__`, `__repr__`, `__setattr__`, `__str__`

Properties
Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

Method Details

### __init__(self, namespace=None) (Constructor) |
Create the factory, optionally bound to the given namespace. Parameters: `namespace` - the namespace URI for any created elements, or `None` for no namespace Overrides: object.__init__

### __call__(self, *args) (Call operator) |
Create a fragment that has the given positional arguments as child nodes. Returns: Fragment the created Fragment

### __getitem__(self, namespace) (Indexing operator) |
Return a new factory that is bound to the specified namespace. Parameters: `namespace` - the namespace URI or Namespace object Returns: ElementFactory an ElementFactory that produces elements bound to the given namespace

### __getattr__(self, name) (Qualification operator) |
Create an Element with the given name. Parameters: `name` - the tag name of the element to create Returns: Element an Element with the specified name