#!/usr/bin/env python

from xml.dom import minidom

def load(xmlfile, tag, has_name=True, do_array=None):
  dom = minidom.parse(xmlfile)
  xmlNodes = dom.getElementsByTagName(tag)

  dictionary = {}
  for xmlNode in xmlNodes:
    mdic = {}
    # Name is stored as a property and not a node.
    if(has_name):
      name = xmlNode.attributes["name"].value

    # Process the nodes.
    for bignode in filter(lambda x: x.nodeType==x.ELEMENT_NODE, xmlNode.childNodes):
      # Load the nodes.
      section = {}
      array   = []
      for node in filter(lambda x: x.nodeType==x.ELEMENT_NODE,
          bignode.childNodes):
        if bignode.nodeName in do_array: # Big ugly hack to use list instead of array.
          array.append(node.firstChild.data)
        else: # Normal way (but will overwrite lists).
          section[node.nodeName] = node.firstChild.data

      if len(array) > 0:
        mdic[bignode.nodeName] = array
      else:
        mdic[bignode.nodeName] = section

    # Append the element to the dictionary.
    dictionary[name] = mdic

  dom.unlink()
  return dictionary

def save(xmlfile, basetag, tag, has_name=True):
  print "TODO"