Method insert

module/lib/BeautifulSoup.py:189–246

(self, position, newChild)

        return lastChild

    def insert(self, position, newChild):
        if isinstance(newChild, basestring) \
            and not isinstance(newChild, NavigableString):
            newChild = NavigableString(newChild)

        position =  min(position, len(self.contents))
        if hasattr(newChild, 'parent') and newChild.parent is not None:
            # We're 'inserting' an element that's already one
            # of this object's children.
            if newChild.parent is self:
                index = self.index(newChild)
                if index > position:
                    # Furthermore we're moving it further down the
                    # list of this object's children. That means that
                    # when we extract this element, our target index
                    # will jump down one.
                    position = position - 1
            newChild.extract()

        newChild.parent = self
        previousChild = None
        if position == 0:
            newChild.previousSibling = None
            newChild.previous = self
        else:
            previousChild = self.contents[position-1]
            newChild.previousSibling = previousChild
            newChild.previousSibling.nextSibling = newChild
            newChild.previous = previousChild._lastRecursiveChild()
        if newChild.previous:
            newChild.previous.next = newChild

        newChildsLastElement = newChild._lastRecursiveChild()

        if position >= len(self.contents):
            newChild.nextSibling = None

            parent = self
            parentsNextSibling = None
            while not parentsNextSibling:
                parentsNextSibling = parent.nextSibling
                parent = parent.parent
                if not parent: # This is the last element in the document.
                    break
            if parentsNextSibling:
                newChildsLastElement.next = parentsNextSibling
            else:
                newChildsLastElement.next = None
        else:
            nextChild = self.contents[position]
            newChild.nextSibling = nextChild
            if newChild.nextSibling:
                newChild.nextSibling.previousSibling = newChild
            newChildsLastElement.next = nextChild

        if newChildsLastElement.next:
            newChildsLastElement.next.previous = newChildsLastElement
        self.contents.insert(position, newChild)