Element¶
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class
astropy.io.votable.tree.
Element
[source]¶ Bases:
object
A base class for all classes that represent XML elements in the VOTABLE file.
Methods Summary
parse
(iterator, config)For internal use.
to_xml
(w, **kwargs)For internal use.
Methods Documentation
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parse
(iterator, config)[source]¶ For internal use. Parse the XML content of the children of the element.
- Parameters
- iterator
xml
python:iterable An iterator over XML elements as returned by
get_xml_iterator
.- config
python:dict
The configuration dictionary that affects how certain elements are read.
- iterator
- Returns
- self
Element
Returns self as a convenience.
- self
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to_xml
(w, **kwargs)[source]¶ For internal use. Output the element to XML.
- Parameters
- w
astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter
object
An XML writer to write to.
- kwargs
python:dict
Any configuration parameters to control the output.
- w
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