Tools: make apm.pdef.xml more readable.

Tools/autotest/param_metadata/xmlemit.py

@@ -5,22 +5,27 @@ from xml.sax.saxutils import escape, quoteattr
 from emit import Emit
 from param import known_param_fields, known_units
 
+INDENT2 = "  "
+INDENT4 = "    "
+INDENT6 = "      "
+INDENT8 = "        "
+INDENT10 = "          "
 
 # Emit APM documentation in an machine readable XML format
 class XmlEmit(Emit):
     def __init__(self):
         Emit.__init__(self)
-        wiki_fname = 'apm.pdef.xml'
-        self.f = open(wiki_fname, mode='w')
-        preamble = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-        <!-- Dynamically generated list of documented parameters (generated by param_parse.py) -->    
-        <paramfile>
-        <vehicles>
-        '''
-        self.f.write(preamble)
+        self.wiki_fname = 'apm.pdef.xml'
+        self.f = open(self.wiki_fname, mode='w')
+        self.preamble = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Dynamically generated list of documented parameters (generated by param_parse.py) -->
+'''
+        self.f.write(self.preamble)
+        self.f.write('''<paramfile>
+  <vehicles>\n''')
 
     def close(self):
-        self.f.write('</libraries>')
+        self.f.write(INDENT2 + '</libraries>\n')
         self.f.write('''</paramfile>\n''')
         self.f.close()
 
@@ -28,18 +33,18 @@ class XmlEmit(Emit):
         self.f.write("<!-- " + s + " -->")
 
     def start_libraries(self):
-        self.f.write('</vehicles>')
-        self.f.write('<libraries>')
+        self.f.write(INDENT2 + '</vehicles>\n')
+        self.f.write(INDENT2 + '<libraries>\n')
 
     def emit(self, g):
-        t = '''<parameters name=%s>\n''' % quoteattr(g.name)  # i.e. ArduPlane
+        t = INDENT4 + '''<parameters name=%s>\n''' % quoteattr(g.name)  # i.e. ArduPlane
 
         for param in g.params:
             # Begin our parameter node
             if hasattr(param, 'DisplayName'):
-                t += '<param humanName=%s name=%s' % (quoteattr(param.DisplayName), quoteattr(param.name))  # i.e. ArduPlane (ArduPlane:FOOPARM)
+                t += INDENT6 + '<param humanName=%s name=%s' % (quoteattr(param.DisplayName), quoteattr(param.name))  # i.e. ArduPlane (ArduPlane:FOOPARM)
             else:
-                t += '<param name=%s' % quoteattr(param.name)
+                t += INDENT6 + '<param name=%s' % quoteattr(param.name)
 
             if hasattr(param, 'Description'):
                 t += ' documentation=%s' % quoteattr(param.Description)  # i.e. parameter docs
@@ -55,27 +60,27 @@ class XmlEmit(Emit):
             for field in param.__dict__.keys():
                 if field not in ['name', 'DisplayName', 'Description', 'User'] and field in known_param_fields:
                     if field == 'Values' and Emit.prog_values_field.match(param.__dict__[field]):
-                        t += "<values>\n"
+                        t += INDENT8 + "<values>\n"
 
                         values = (param.__dict__[field]).split(',')
                         for value in values:
                             v = value.split(':')
                             if len(v) != 2:
                                 raise ValueError("Bad value (%s)" % v)
-                            t += '''<value code=%s>%s</value>\n''' % (quoteattr(v[0]), escape(v[1]))  # i.e. numeric value, string label
+                            t += INDENT10 + '''<value code=%s>%s</value>\n''' % (quoteattr(v[0]), escape(v[1]))  # i.e. numeric value, string label
 
-                        t += "</values>\n"
+                        t += INDENT8 + "</values>\n"
                     elif field == 'Units':
                         abreviated_units = param.__dict__[field]
                         if abreviated_units != '':
                             units = known_units[abreviated_units]   # use the known_units dictionary to convert the abreviated unit into a full textual one
-                            t += '''<field name=%s>%s</field>\n''' % (quoteattr(field), escape(abreviated_units))  # i.e. A/s
-                            t += '''<field name=%s>%s</field>\n''' % (quoteattr('UnitText'), escape(units))        # i.e. ampere per second
+                            t += INDENT8 + '''<field name=%s>%s</field>\n''' % (quoteattr(field), escape(abreviated_units))  # i.e. A/s
+                            t += INDENT8 + '''<field name=%s>%s</field>\n''' % (quoteattr('UnitText'), escape(units))        # i.e. ampere per second
                     else:
-                        t += '''<field name=%s>%s</field>\n''' % (quoteattr(field), escape(param.__dict__[field]))  # i.e. Range: 0 10
+                        t += INDENT8 + '''<field name=%s>%s</field>\n''' % (quoteattr(field), escape(param.__dict__[field]))  # i.e. Range: 0 10
 
-            t += '''</param>\n'''
-        t += '''</parameters>\n'''
+            t += INDENT6 + '''</param>\n'''
+        t += INDENT4 + '''</parameters>\n'''
 
         # print t
         self.f.write(t)