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# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import xml.dom.minidom


def dive(mydir="."):
    "searchs for all package.xml files"
    l = []
    for filename in os.listdir(mydir):
        subdir = mydir+"/"+filename
        if os.path.isdir(subdir):
            tmp = dive(subdir)
            if len(tmp):
                l.extend(tmp)
        elif filename == "package.xml":
            l.append(mydir)
    return l


class Package(object):
    "representating a package"

    def __init__(self, path):
        "construcor gets path, opens package.xml and extracts the relevant information"
        dom = xml.dom.minidom.parse(path+"/package.xml").documentElement
        self.name = dom.getAttribute("name")
        self.packageinformation = dom.getElementsByTagName("packageinformation")
        self.authorinformation = dom.getElementsByTagName("authorinformation")
        self.requiredpackages = dom.getElementsByTagName("requiredpackages")
        self.instructions = dom.getElementsByTagName("instructions")

    def toxml(self):
        "returns a dom object"
        dom = xml.dom.minidom.Document().createElement("package")
        dom.setAttribute("name", self.name)
        return dom

    def __str__(self):
        "returns packagename"
        return self.name


class Section(object):
    "representating a section"

    def __init__(self):
        "constructor inits new dom object with root elements"
        self.tree = xml.dom.minidom.Document()
        self.packages = xml.dom.minidom.Document().createElement("packages")
        self.tree.appendChild(self.packages)

    def addPackage(self, package):
        "adds a new package"
        self.packages.appendChild(package.toxml())

    def __str__(self):
        "returns xml output in utf-8 encoding"
        return self.tree.toprettyxml(encoding='utf-8')


#main applikation
s = Section()
for path in dive():
    dom = Package(path)
    s.addPackage(dom)

print s