Release Notes for genxmlif, Release 0.9.0

genxmlif is a generic XML interface package 
which currently uses minidom, elementtree or 4DOM as XML parser
Other parsers can be adapted by implementing an appropriate interface class

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Contents
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README.txt
__init__.py
xmlif4Dom.py
xmlifApi.py
xmlifBase.py
xmlifDom.py
xmlifElementTree.py
xmlifMinidom.py
xmlifODict.py
xmlifUtils.py
xmliftest.py


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HISTORY:
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Changes for Release 0.9.0
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- Caution, interface changed!
  API changes:
  * TreeWrapper and ElementWrapper classes re-designed and renamed
    (Now derivation from these classes is possible)
  * insertSubtree method moved from TreeWrapper class to ElementWrapper class
  * some new public methods added (e.g. removeAttribute)
  * print functionality improved
  * GenXmlIfError exception introduced (parser and XInclude errors are mapped to this exception class)
  * pydoc comments for all API methods added
  * caching introduced (for performance optimization)


Changes for Release 0.8
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- Caution, interface changed! Method getXPathList returns now 3 parameters instead of 1 in release 0.7!
- performance optimization (caching, mainly for elementtree interface)
- some bugs fixed


Changes for Release 0.7
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- some special methods for XML schema validation support added
