Author: remi
Date: 2009-03-23 10:18:00 +0100 (Mon, 23 Mar 2009)
New Revision: 4174

Modified:
   software_suite_v2/tuxware/tuxdroidserver/trunk/util/xml/XmlSerializer.py
Log:
* added doc comments.

Modified: 
software_suite_v2/tuxware/tuxdroidserver/trunk/util/xml/XmlSerializer.py
===================================================================
--- software_suite_v2/tuxware/tuxdroidserver/trunk/util/xml/XmlSerializer.py    
2009-03-22 21:56:34 UTC (rev 4173)
+++ software_suite_v2/tuxware/tuxdroidserver/trunk/util/xml/XmlSerializer.py    
2009-03-23 09:18:00 UTC (rev 4174)
@@ -14,18 +14,19 @@
 from xml.sax import make_parser
 
 # 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
+# Xml parser handler to make a dictionary from a xml content.
 # 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class DictionaryHandler(ContentHandler):
+    """Xml parser handler to make a dictionary from a xml content.
     """
-    """
 
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #
+    # Constructor of the class.
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def __init__(self, encoding = "utf-8"):
+        """Constructor of the class.
+        @param encoding: Encoding of the xml content.
         """
-        """
         self.__currentNodeName = ''
         self.__parentNodeName = ''
         self.__nodesCounter = 0
@@ -37,19 +38,22 @@
         self.__encoding = encoding
 
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #
+    # Get the resulting dictionary.
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def getDictionary(self):
+        """Get the resulting dictionary.
+        @return: A dictionary.
         """
-        """
         return self.__dictionary
 
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #
+    # Start event of a xml element parsing.
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def startElement(self, nodeName, nodeAttributes):
+        """Start event of a xml element parsing.
+        @param nodeName: Xml node name.
+        @param nodeAttributes: Xml node attributes.
         """
-        """
         if self.__nodesCounter == 0:
             self.__parentNodeName = nodeName
             self.__dictionary[nodeName] = [dict(nodeAttributes), '', []]
@@ -70,22 +74,24 @@
         self.__nodesCounter += 1
 
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #
+    # End event of a xml element parsing.
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def endElement(self, nodeName):
+        """End event of a xml element parsing.
+        @param nodeName: Xml node name.
         """
-        """
         self.__nodeNameStack.remove(nodeName)
         for item in self.__nodeDictsStack:
             if item.has_key(nodeName):
                 self.__nodeDictsStack.remove(item)
 
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #
+    # Event on text content parsing.
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def characters(self, content):
+        """Event on text content parsing.
+        @param content: Text content.
         """
-        """
         content = content.encode(self.__encoding).strip()
         if content:
             nodeDict = self.__parentNodeDict[self.__parentNodeName][2][-1]
@@ -94,37 +100,39 @@
                 content))
 
 # 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
+# Xml parser to make a xml content from a dictionary.
 # 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class XmlDictionaryParser(XMLReader):
+    """Xml parser to make a xml content from a dictionary.
     """
-    """
 
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #
+    # Constructor of the class.
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def __init__(self):
+        """Constructor of the class.
         """
-        """
         XMLReader.__init__(self)
         self.__indent = 0
 
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #
+    # Start the parsing.
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def parse(self, dictionary):
+        """Start the parsing.
+        @param dictionary: Input dictionary.
         """
-        """
         self._cont_handler.startDocument()
         self.__parse(dictionary)
         self._cont_handler.endDocument()
 
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #
+    # Recursive parsing method.
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def __parse(self, dictionary):
+        """Recursive parsing method.
+        @param dictionary: Input dictionary.
         """
-        """
         for name, data in dictionary.items():
             # Print formating
             self._cont_handler.ignorableWhitespace(" " * self.__indent * 4)
@@ -148,18 +156,20 @@
             self._cont_handler.ignorableWhitespace('\n')
 
 # 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
+# Class to serialize python dictionaries to xml contents.
 # 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class XmlSerializer(object):
+    """Class to serialize python dictionaries to xml contents.
     """
-    """
 
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #
+    # Deserialize a xml file to a dictionary.
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def deserialize(xmlFileName):
+        """Deserialize a xml file to a dictionary.
+        @param xmlFileName: Input xml file.
+        @return: The resulting dictionary.
         """
-        """
         # Get the xml encoding
         encoding = "utf-8"
         try:
@@ -183,13 +193,18 @@
             return dictionaryHandler.getDictionary()
         except:
             return None
-            
+
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #
+    # Deserialize a xml file to a dictionary. (Simpless dictionary srtucture)
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def deserializeEx(xmlFileName):
+        """Deserialize a xml file to a dictionary.
+        (Simpless dictionary srtucture)
+        @param xmlFileName: Input xml file.
+        @return: The resulting dictionary.
+        This function is more usefull than the "deserialize" one, because the
+        structure is less complexe. But the resulting xml can't be 
re-serialized
         """
-        """
         dictionary = XmlSerializer.deserialize(xmlFileName)
         if dictionary == None:
             return None
@@ -219,11 +234,13 @@
             return recNodes(dictionary[key])
 
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    #
+    # Serialize a dictionary to a xml content.
     # 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def serialize(dictionary):
+        """Serialize a dictionary to a xml content.
+        @param dictionary: Dictionary to serialize.
+        @return: The resulting xml content.
         """
-        """
         stringContent = cStringIO.StringIO()
         try:
             parser = XmlDictionaryParser()


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