Python对象转换为xml

# -*- coding:UTF-8 -*-
'''
Created on 2010-4-20

@author: 忧里修斯
'''
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import xml.dom.minidom as minidom
from addrbook.domain import Person

class Converter(object):
    '''
         实现Python对象与xml之间的相互转换
    '''

    root = None#根节点

    def __init__(self):
        pass

    @staticmethod
    def createRoot(rootTag):
        '''
                    创建根节点
        '''
        root = ET.Element(rootTag)
        return root

    @staticmethod
    def getXmlString(element,defaultEncoding='utf-8'): 
        '''
                    根据节点返回格式化的xml字符串
        '''
        try:

            rough_string = ET.tostring(element, defaultEncoding)
            reparsed = minidom.parseString(rough_string)
            return reparsed.toprettyxml(indent="  " , encoding=defaultEncoding)
        except:
            print 'getXmlString:传入的节点不能正确转换为xml，请检查传入的节点是否正确'
            return ''

    @staticmethod
    def classToElements(classobj,rootTag=None):
        '''
                    根据传入的对象的实例，根据对象的属性生成节点，返回由节点组成的列表
        classobj：对象的实例
        rootTag：根节点名称
        '''
        attrs = None#保存对象的属性集
        elelist = []#节点列表
        try:
            attrs = classobj.__dict__.keys()#获取该对象的所有属性(即成员变量)
        except:
            print 'classToElements:传入的对象非法，不能正确获取对象的属性'

        if attrs != None and len(attrs) > 0:#属性存在
            for attr in attrs:
                attrvalue = getattr(classobj, attr)#属性值
                #属性节点
                attrE = ET.Element(attr)
                attrE.text = attrvalue
                #加入节点列表
                elelist.append(attrE)
        return elelist


    @staticmethod
    def classToXML(classobj,rootTag=None):
        '''
        Python自定义模型类转换成xml，转换成功返回的是xml根节点，否则返回None
        classobj：对象的实例
        rootTag：根节点名称
        '''
        try:
            classname = classobj.__class__.__name__ #类名
            if rootTag != None:
                root = Converter.createRoot(rootTag)
            else:
                root = Converter.createRoot(classname)
            elelist = Converter.classToElements(classobj, rootTag)
            for ele in elelist:
                root.append(ele)
            return root
        except:
            print 'classToXML:转换出错，请检查的传入的对象是否正确'
            return None

    @staticmethod
    def collectionToXML(listobj,rootTag='list'):
        '''
                            集合（列表、元组、字典）转换为xml，转换成功返回的是xml根节点，否则返回None
        '''
        try:
            classname = listobj.__class__.__name__ #类名
            root = Converter.createRoot(rootTag)
            if isinstance(listobj, list) or isinstance(listobj, tuple):#列表或元组

                if len(listobj) >= 0:
                    for obj in listobj:#迭代列表中的对象
                        itemE = Converter.classToXML(obj)
                        root.append(itemE)
            elif isinstance(listobj, dict):#字典
                if len(listobj) >= 0:
                    for key in listobj:#迭代字典中的对象
                        obj = listobj[key]
                        itemE = Converter.classToXML(obj)
                        itemE.set('key', key)
                        root.append(itemE)
            else:
                print 'listToXML：转换错误，传入的对象：'+classname+'不是集合类型'
            return root
        except:
            print 'collectionToXML：转换错误，集合转换成xml失败'
            return None


if __name__ == '__main__':
    p1 = Person('dredfsam','男','133665')
    p2 = Person('dream','女','r')
    p3 = Person('得分','男','sdf')
    personList = {}
    personList['p1']= p1
    personList['p2']= p2
    personList['p3']= p3

#    personList.append(p1)
#    personList.append(p2)
#    personList.append(p3)
    root = Converter.collectionToXML(personList)
    print Converter.getXmlString(root)
#    plist = (p1,p2,p3)#{'name':'sdf'}
#    print type(plist)
#    print type(plist),isinstance(plist, list)