xml_Utils.py 文件源码

def getElementListWithSpecificXpath(datafile, xpath):
    """
    This method takes an xml document as input and finds all the sub elements (parent/children)
    containing specified xpath

    Returns a list of matching elements.

    Arguments:
    parent = parent element
    xpath = a valid xml path value as supported by python, refer https://docs.python.org/2/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html
    """
    element_list = []
    root = ElementTree.parse(datafile).getroot()
    for element in root.iterfind(xpath):
        element_list.append(element)
    return element_list