# $Id$
# an HTML serializer for elementtree (work in progress)

import elementtree.ElementTree as ET

# FIXME: add encoding/escaping stuff

def write(node, file, encoding=None):
    tag = node.tag
    if tag is ET.Comment:
        file.write("<!--%s-->" % node.text)
    elif tag is ET.ProcessingInstruction:
        file.write("<?%s?>" % node.text)
    else:
        items = node.items()
        file.write("<" + tag)
        if items:
            items.sort() # lexical order
            for k, v in items:
                file.write(" %s=\"%s\"" % (k, v))
            if node.text or len(node):
                file.write(">")
                if node.text:
                    file.write(node.text)
                for n in node:
                    write(n, file, encoding)
                file.write("</" + tag + ">")
            else:
                file.write(" />")
        if node.tail:
            file.write(node.tail)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    pass