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Diffstat (limited to 'bs4/element.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | bs4/element.py | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bs4/element.py b/bs4/element.py index 1183f77..e8e48df 100644 --- a/bs4/element.py +++ b/bs4/element.py @@ -142,15 +142,20 @@ class Formatter(object): # By default, represent void elements as <tag/> rather than <tag> void_element_close_prefix = '/' - def substitute_entities(self, *args, **kwargs): + def substitute(self, *args, **kwargs): """Transform certain characters into named entities.""" raise NotImplementedError() + + def sort_attributes(self, attributes): + """Reorder a tag's attributes however you want.""" + return sorted(attributes.items()) + class HTMLFormatter(Formatter): """The default HTML formatter.""" def substitute(self, *args, **kwargs): return HTMLAwareEntitySubstitution.substitute_html(*args, **kwargs) - + class MinimalHTMLFormatter(Formatter): """A minimal HTML formatter.""" def substitute(self, *args, **kwargs): @@ -1157,7 +1162,11 @@ class Tag(PageElement): formatter = self._formatter_for_name(formatter) attrs = [] if self.attrs: - for key, val in sorted(self.attrs.items()): + if isinstance(formatter, Formatter): + sorted_attrs = formatter.sort_attributes(self.attrs) + else: + sorted_attrs = self.attrs.items() + for key, val in sorted_attrs: if val is None: decoded = key else: |