python 写xml文件的操作

要生成的xml文件格式如下：

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!--Simple xml document__chapter 8-->
<book>
	<title>
		sample xml thing
	</title>
	<author>
		<name>
			<first>
				ma
			</first>
			<last>
				xiaoju
			</last>
		</name>
		<affiliation>
			Springs Widgets, Inc.
		</affiliation>
	</author>
	<chapter number="1">
		<title>
			First
		</title>
		<para>
			I think widgets are greate.You should buy lots of them forom
			<company>
				Spirngy Widgts, Inc
			</company>
		</para>
	</chapter>
</book>

代码：

from xml.dom import minidom, Node

doc = minidom.Document()

doc.appendChild(doc.createComment("Simple xml document__chapter 8"))

#generate the book
book = doc.createElement('book')
doc.appendChild(book)

#the title
title = doc.createElement('title')
title.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("sample xml thing"))
book.appendChild(title)

#the author section
author = doc.createElement("author")
book.appendChild(author)
name = doc.createElement('name')
author.appendChild(name)
firstname = doc.createElement('first')
firstname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("ma"))
name.appendChild(firstname)
lastname = doc.createElement('last')
name.appendChild(lastname)
lastname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("xiaoju"))

affiliation = doc.createElement("affiliation")
affiliation.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("Springs Widgets, Inc."))
author.appendChild(affiliation)

#The chapter
chapter = doc.createElement('chapter')
chapter.setAttribute('number', '1')
title = doc.createElement('title')
title.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("First"))
chapter.appendChild(title)
book.appendChild(chapter)

para = doc.createElement('para')
para.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("I think widgets are greate.\
You should buy lots of them forom"))
company = doc.createElement('company')
company.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("Spirngy Widgts, Inc"))
para.appendChild(company)
chapter.appendChild(para)


print doc.toprettyxml()