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1 files changed, 38 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/stanzabase.py b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/stanzabase.py
index bccb1fb0..22853a9d 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/stanzabase.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/stanzabase.py
@@ -417,6 +417,44 @@ class ElementBase(object):
element.text = text
return element
+ def _delSub(self, name, all=False):
+ """
+ Remove sub elements that match the given name or XPath.
+
+ If the element is in a path, then any parent elements that become
+ empty after deleting the element may also be deleted if requested
+ by setting all=True.
+
+ Arguments:
+ name -- The name or XPath expression for the element(s) to remove.
+ all -- If True, remove all empty elements in the path to the
+ deleted element. Defaults to False.
+ """
+ name = self._fix_ns(name)
+ path = name.split("/")
+ original_target = path[-1]
+
+ for level, _ in enumerate(path):
+ # Generate the paths to the target elements and their parent.
+ element_path = "/".join(path[:len(path) - level])
+ parent_path = "/".join(path[:len(path) - level - 1])
+
+ elements = self.xml.findall(element_path)
+ parent = self.xml.find(parent_path)
+
+ if elements:
+ if parent is None:
+ parent = self.xml
+ for element in elements:
+ if element.tag == original_target or not element.getchildren():
+ # Only delete the originally requested elements, and any
+ # parent elements that have become empty.
+ parent.remove(element)
+ if not all:
+ # If we don't want to delete elements up the tree, stop
+ # after deleting the first level of elements.
+ return
+
@property
def attrib(self): #backwards compatibility
return self
@@ -512,13 +550,6 @@ class ElementBase(object):
return False
return True
- def _delSub(self, name):
- if '}' not in name:
- name = "{%s}%s" % (self.namespace, name)
- for child in self.xml.getchildren():
- if child.tag == name:
- self.xml.remove(child)
-
def appendxml(self, xml):
self.xml.append(xml)
return self