Class XmlParserSerializer

src/bcf/bcf/xml_parser.py:56–86

XML Parser and serializer wrapper.

class XmlParserSerializer:
    """XML Parser and serializer wrapper."""

    def __init__(self) -> None:
        self.context = XmlContext()
        self.parser = build_xml_parser(self.context)
        self.serializer = build_serializer(self.context)

    def parse(self, xml: bytes, clazz: type[T]) -> T:
        """
        Parse an XML file to an object.

        Args:
            xml: The XML file as bytes.
            clazz: The class to parse to.
        """
        return self.parser.from_bytes(xml, clazz)

    def serialize(self, obj: object, ns_map: Optional[dict[Optional[str], str]] = None) -> str:
        """
        Serialize an object to XML.

        Args:
            obj: The object to serialize.
            ns_map: The namespace map to use.

        Returns:
            The XML as string.
        """
        ns_map = ns_map or self.parser.ns_map or {"xs": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"}
        return self.serializer.render(obj, ns_map)