Changeset 1890 for TI02-CSML/branches/CSML2/parser.py

Timestamp:

19/12/06 09:19:29 (14 years ago)

Author:

domlowe

Message:

added addChildElem method to csElement class

File:

• TI02-CSML/branches/CSML2/parser.py (modified) (1 diff)

TI02-CSML/branches/CSML2/parser.py

@@ -82 +82 @@
     def _getReverseSubsType(self, typename):
         return typename
-   
+    
+    def addChildElem(self, childname, childobj):
+        #sometimes you want to add a child element but don't know if there is one already. In which case you want to create a list of child objects.
+        if hasattr(self, childname):
+            currentattribute=getattr(self,childname)
+            if type(getattr(self,childname)) is list:
+                currentattribute.append(childobj)
+            else:
+                newlist=[currentattribute]
+                newlist.append(childobj)
+                setattr(self,childname, newlist)
+        else:
+            setattr(self,childname, childobj)
+
     def toXML(self, csmlfrag):
         #process self and convert to XML