Convert between pyxb and dictionary

[Sergei SInitsyn]

Hello. Is there simple way to convert generated PYXB objects to dictionaries?

[Peter A. Bigot]

Not a simple way, no. You could use the class _ElementMap and _AttributeMap properties to extract elements and attributes from an instance and put them into a dictionary.

[Sergei SInitsyn]

Thanks for answer. And is there any example how to do that?

[Peter A. Bigot]

No. I've never encountered a situation where I've had to do it.

[Sergei SInitsyn]

Here is a the snippet. It dont look at attributes.

def recursive_to_dict(node):
    if node is None:
        return node
    res = {}
    if isinstance(node, simpleTypeDefinition):
        return node
    for expanded_name, element_declaration in node._ElementMap.items():
        element_name = expanded_name.localName()
        node_value = getattr(node, element_name)
        if element_declaration.isPlural():
            res[element_name] = [
                recursive_to_dict(plural_node)
                for plural_node in node_value
            ]
        else:
            res[element_name] = recursive_to_dict(getattr(node, element_name))
    return res