Flatten XML

flatten_xml.py

# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46299727/flatten-xml-document-in-java
from org.w3c.dom import Document
from org.w3c.dom import Node
from org.xml.sax import InputSource
from java.io import StringReader
from java.util import Properties
from javax.xml.parsers import DocumentBuilder
from javax.xml.parsers import DocumentBuilderFactory


def xmlToProps(strXML):
	def flattenXML(currentPath, currentNode, props):
		if currentNode.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE and currentNode.nodeValue:
			props[currentPath]=currentNode.nodeValue
		else:
			childNodes = currentNode.childNodes
			length = childNodes.length
			nextPath = currentNode.nodeName if not currentPath else currentPath + '.' + currentNode.nodeName
			for i in range(length):
				item = childNodes.item( i )
				flattenXML( nextPath, item, props )
		return props
	
	document = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder().parse(InputSource(StringReader(strXML)))
	root = document.getDocumentElement()
	d = {}
	props = Properties()
	flattenXML("", root, d)
	for k,v in d.items():
		props.setProperty(k,v)
	return props
	# str_xml = open('c:/temp/test.xml').read()
	# props = xmlToProps(str_xml)