# HG changeset patch
# User paulb
# Date 1067291184 0
# Node ID 1b7cb513e2e004932d94f5ae00f71d051ab9b979
# Parent  a25fbe972a2dbef297d5639b9a795b074b9fb546
[project @ 2003-10-27 21:46:24 by paulb]
Added a special native node access method.
Removed seemingly unnecessary attribute access methods which return
apparently incorrect results.

diff -r a25fbe972a2d -r 1b7cb513e2e0 __init__.py
--- a/__init__.py	Mon Oct 20 21:14:20 2003 +0000
+++ b/__init__.py	Mon Oct 27 21:46:24 2003 +0000
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
     def values(self):
         attributes = []
-        _attribute = self.node._node.properties
+        _attribute = self.node.as_native_node().properties
         while _attribute is not None:
             attributes.append(Node(_attribute, ownerElement=self.node))
             _attribute = _attribute.next
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@
         self.ownerElement = ownerElement
         self.doctype = doctype
 
+    def as_native_node(self):
+        return self._node
+
     def _ownerDocument(self):
         return Node(self._node.doc)
 
@@ -167,21 +170,15 @@
             return Node(self._node.parent)
 
     def hasAttributeNS(self, ns, localName):
-        return self._getAttributeNS(ns, localName) is not None
+        return self.getAttributeNS(ns, localName) is not None
 
     def hasAttribute(self, name):
-        return self._getAttribute(name) is not None
+        return self.getAttribute(name) is not None
 
     def getAttributeNS(self, ns, localName):
-        return self._getAttributeNS(ns, localName) or ""
-
-    def _getAttributeNS(self, ns, localName):
         return self._node.nsProp(localName, ns)
 
     def getAttribute(self, name):
-        return self._getAttribute(name) or ""
-
-    def _getAttribute(self, name):
         return self._node.prop(name)
 
     def getAttributeNodeNS(self, ns, localName):
@@ -345,7 +342,7 @@
     return Node(libxml2.parseURI(uri))
 
 def toString(node):
-    return node._node.serialize()
+    return node.as_native_node().serialize()
 
 def toStream(node, stream=None):
     stream = stream or sys.stdout