fix error with datetime structs in parse_dict

[sfa.git] / sfa / util / xml.py

diff --git a/sfa/util/xml.py b/sfa/util/xml.py
old mode 100755 (executable)
new mode 100644 (file)
index ce76b83..89eef9e
--- a/sfa/util/xml.py
+++ b/sfa/util/xml.py
@@ -55,14 +55,13 @@ class XML:
         # set namespaces map
         self.namespaces = dict(self.root.nsmap)
         if 'default' not in self.namespaces and None in self.namespaces: 
+            # If the 'None' exist, then it's pointing to the default namespace. This makes 
+            # it hard for us to write xpath queries for the default naemspace because lxml 
+            # wont understand a None prefix. We will just associate the default namespeace 
+            # with a key named 'default'.     
             self.namespaces['default'] = self.namespaces[None]
-        # If the 'None' exist, then it's pointing to the default namespace. This makes 
-        # it hard for us to write xpath queries for the default naemspace because lxml 
-        # wont understand a None prefix. We will just associate the default namespeace 
-        # with a key named 'default'.     
-        if None in self.namespaces:
-            default_namespace = self.namespaces.pop(None)
-            self.namespaces['default'] = default_namespace
+        else:
+            self.namespaces['default'] = 'default' 
 
         # set schema 
         for key in self.root.attrib.keys():
@@ -91,11 +90,21 @@ class XML:
                     if isinstance(val, dict):
                         child_element = etree.SubElement(element, key)
                         self.parse_dict(val, key, child_element)
+                    elif isinstance(val, basestring):
+                        child_element = etree.SubElement(element, key).text = val
+                        
             elif isinstance(value, int):
                 d[key] = unicode(d[key])  
             elif value is None:
-                d.pop(key)          
-             
+                d.pop(key)
+
+        # element.attrib.update will explode if DateTimes are in the
+        # dcitionary.
+        d=d.copy()
+        for k in d.keys():
+            if (type(d[k]) != str) and (type(d[k]) != unicode):
+                del d[k]
+
         element.attrib.update(d)
 
     def validate(self, schema):