xml_find_root¶

paminco.utils.readin.xml_find_root(data, root_tag: str = 'network') → xml.etree.ElementTree.Element[source]¶

Find root element in XML data.

Parameters

datastr, xml.etree.ElementTree.ElementTree, or xml.etree.ElementTree.Element: XML file, tree or root itself.

Returns

xml.etree.ElementTree.Element: Root element in data.

Raises

ValueError:: data is xml.etree.ElementTree.Element with a tag that differs from default_root_tag.
TypeError:: data is not valid input type.