Python xml marshalling

Question

I'm learning Python, my background is Java EE. I have used JAXB before, where I can basically define a regular class, throw some annotations in there and then use JAXB to marshall objects to xml. This means I am not concerned with creating root elements, nodes, etc. but merely writing the Java class and anotating it here and there. Is there anything like this for Python?

Answer 1

Here are a few:

• lxml.objectify

• gnosis.xml.objecity

• pyxser seems pretty cool

• Pickle to XML - uses Python's pickle and xml.dom.minidom

• pyxml -from xml import marshal (might be buggy)

• Amara might be worth looking into.

Answer 2

PyXB seems to be the closest thing to JAXB although I haven't used it yet. I use lxml at the moment and find it works well. Amara was promising but seemed to stagnate.