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[Cloves Almeida <cjalmeida@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just commited in addons-community a module to make it very simple for 
developers (de)serialize OpenObject records into/from XML documents. 
Below is the README.txt file.


Simple XML (de)serialization for OpenObject.

Summary:
--------
The goal of this module is to provide a very simple, yet powerful 
mechanism for
serializing and deserializing into/from XML OpenObject records.

Usage:
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You can check general usage on test_*.py files, which provide unit tests.

To serialize a object you simply
>>> self.pool.get('myobject').to_xml(cr, uid, ids, 'root_tag', 
bindings, context)
which will return a lxml.etree.Element object with can be further 
manipulated.

The "'root_tag'" string is the the tag of the root element.

The only strange argument is the 'bindings' where you map object 
column's into
XML elements. Check osv_xml.to_xml method's documentation for details 
and the
unit test for usage.

To deserialize
>>> self.pool.get('myobject').from_xml(cr, uid, xml, bindings)
which will result in a dictionary just like the one needed as argument 
for 'write' or 'create'
osv methods.

Running Tests:
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1) Start an OpenERP server instance
2) Install the base_xml_simple module
3) Check the parameters for XML-RPC connection in run_tests.py
   * By default, will connect to:
     - server: localhost
     - database: terp
     - username: admin
     - password: admin
4) $ python run_tests.py



FAQ:
----

1) Why not use OpenObjects unit testing?
A: Because it runs every time the server is started and I don't like 
this behavior.
   So I've chosen to create a RPC accessible class that will run the 
tests and blows
   up on any error.