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+++ b/orpg/orpg_xml.py	Tue Jul 14 16:41:58 2009 -0500
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+# Copyright (C) 2000-2001 The OpenRPG Project
+#
+#        openrpg-dev@lists.sourceforge.net
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+# --
+#
+# File: orpg_xml.py
+# Author: Chris Davis
+# Maintainer:
+# Version:
+#   $Id: orpg_xml.py,v 1.12 2007/07/19 20:33:10 digitalxero Exp $
+#
+# Description: xml utilies
+#
+
+from orpg import minidom
+import string
+
+def toxml(root,pretty=0):
+    return root.toxml(pretty)
+
+def parseXml(s):
+    "parse and return doc"
+    try:
+        doc = minidom.parseString(s)
+        doc.normalize()
+        return doc
+    except Exception, e:
+        print e
+        return None
+
+def safe_get_text_node(xml_dom):
+    """ returns the child text node or creates one if doesnt exist """
+    t_node = xml_dom._get_firstChild()
+    if t_node == None:
+        t_node = minidom.Text("")
+        t_node = xml_dom.appendChild(t_node)
+    return t_node
+
+def strip_unicode(txt):
+    for i in xrange(len(txt)):
+        if txt[i] not in string.printable:
+            try:
+                txt = txt.replace(txt[i], '&#' + str(ord(txt[i])) + ';')
+            except:
+                txt = txt.replace(txt[i], '{?}')
+    return txt
+
+def strip_text(txt):
+    #  The following block strips out 8-bit characters
+    u_txt = ""
+    bad_txt_found = 0
+    txt = strip_unicode(txt)
+    for c in txt:
+        if ord(c) < 128:
+            u_txt += c
+        else:
+            bad_txt_found = 1
+    if bad_txt_found:
+        print "Some non 7-bit ASCII characters found and stripped"
+    return u_txt