"""

Utilities for XML generation/parsing.

"""

from xml.sax.saxutils import XMLGenerator

class SimplerXMLGenerator(XMLGenerator):

    def addQuickElement(self, name, contents=None, attrs=None):

        "Convenience method for adding an element with no children"

        if attrs is None: attrs = {}

        self.startElement(name, attrs)

        if contents is not None:

            self.characters(contents)

        self.endElement(name)