xml_Utils.py 文件源码

def getChildElementWithSpecificXpath(start, xpath):
    """
    This method takes a xml file or parent element as input and finds the first child
    containing specified xpath

    Returns the child element.

    Arguments:
    start = xml file or parent element
    xpath = a valid xml path value as supported by python, refer https://docs.python.org/2/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html
    """
    node = False
    if isinstance(start, (file, str)):
        # check if file exist here
        if file_Utils.fileExists(start):
            node = ElementTree.parse(start).getroot()
        else:
            print_warning('The file={0} is not found.'.format(start))
    elif isinstance(start, ElementTree.Element):
        node = start
    if node is not False or node is not None:
        element = node.find(xpath)
    else:
        element = False
    return element