docutils.nodes.Element

Package docutils :: Module nodes :: Class Element

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Class Element

Node --+
       |
      Element

Known Subclasses:: admonition, attention, authors, block_quote, bullet_list, caution, citation, colspec, danger, decoration, definition, definition_list, definition_list_item, description, docinfo, document, entry, enumerated_list, error, field, field_body, field_list, figure, footer, footnote, header, hint, important, legend, list_item, meta, note, option, option_group, option_list, option_list_item, pending, row, section, sidebar, system_message, table, tbody, TextElement, tgroup, thead, tip, topic, transition, warning

Element is the superclass to all specific elements.

Elements contain attributes and child nodes. Elements emulate dictionaries for attributes, indexing by attribute name (a string). To set the attribute 'att' to 'value', do:

element['att'] = 'value'

Elements also emulate lists for child nodes (element nodes and/or text nodes), indexing by integer. To get the first child node, use:

element[0]

Elements may be constructed using the += operator. To add one new child node to element, do:

element += node

This is equivalent to element.append(node).

To add a list of multiple child nodes at once, use the same += operator:

element += [node1, node2]

This is equivalent to element.extend([node1, node2]).

Method Summary
	`__init__(self, rawsource, children, *attributes)`
	`__add__(self, other)`
	`__delitem__(self, key)`
	`__getitem__(self, key)`
	`__iadd__(self, other)` Append a node or a list of nodes to `self.children`.
	`__len__(self)`
	`__radd__(self, other)`
	`__repr__(self)`
	`__setitem__(self, key, item)`
	`__str__(self)`
	`__unicode__(self)`
	`append(self, item)`
	`astext(self)`
	`attlist(self)`
	`copy(self)` Return a copy of self.
	`delattr(self, attr)`
	`emptytag(self)`
	`endtag(self)`
	`extend(self, item)`
	`first_child_matching_class(self, childclass, start, end)` Return the index of the first child whose class exactly matches.
	`first_child_not_matching_class(self, childclass, start, end)` Return the index of the first child whose class does not match.
	`get(self, key, failobj)`
	`get_children(self)` Return this element's children.
	`has_key(self, attr)`
	`hasattr(self, attr)`
	`index(self, item)`
	`insert(self, index, item)`
	`pformat(self, indent, level)` Return an indented pseudo-XML representation, for test purposes.
	`pop(self, i)`
	`remove(self, item)`
	`replace(self, old, new)` Replace one child `Node` with another child or children.
	`set_class(self, name)` Add a new name to the "class" attribute.
	`setdefault(self, key, failobj)`
	`shortrepr(self)`
	`starttag(self)`
Inherited from Node
	`__nonzero__(self)` Node instances are always true, even if they're empty.
	`asdom(self, dom)` Return a DOM fragment representation of this Node.
	`setup_child(self, child)`
	`walk(self, visitor)` Traverse a tree of `Node` objects, calling `visit_...` methods of `visitor` when entering each node.
	`walkabout(self, visitor)` Perform a tree traversal similarly to `Node.walk()` (which see), except also call `depart_...` methods before exiting each node.

Class Variable Summary
`str`	`child_text_separator` = `'\n\n'`
`NoneType`	`tagname` = None
Inherited from Node
`NoneType`	`document` = None
`NoneType`	`line` = None
`NoneType`	`parent` = None
`NoneType`	`source` = None

Method Details

iadd(self, other)

Append a node or a list of nodes to self.children.

copy(self)

Return a copy of self.

Overrides:: docutils.nodes.Node.copy (inherited documentation)

first_child_matching_class(self, childclass, start=0, end=2147483647)

Return the index of the first child whose class exactly matches.

Parameters:

childclass: A Node subclass to search for, or a tuple of Node classes. If a tuple, any of the classes may match.
start: Initial index to check.
end: Initial index to not check.

first_child_not_matching_class(self, childclass, start=0, end=2147483647)

Return the index of the first child whose class does not match.

Parameters:

childclass: A Node subclass to skip, or a tuple of Node classes. If a tuple, none of the classes may match.
start: Initial index to check.
end: Initial index to not check.

get_children(self)

Return this element's children.

pformat(self, indent=' ', level=0)

Return an indented pseudo-XML representation, for test purposes.

Overrides:: docutils.nodes.Node.pformat (inherited documentation)

replace(self, old, new)

Replace one child Node with another child or children.

set_class(self, name)

Add a new name to the "class" attribute.

Class Variable Details

child_text_separator

Type:: str
Value:: ''' '''

tagname

Type:: NoneType
Value:: None

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