def restoreXml(self, xml):
        """
        Restores properties for this tree widget from the inputed XML.
        
        :param      xml | <xml.etree.ElementTree.Element>
        
        :return     <bool> success
        """
        if xml is None:
            return False
        
        self.setUpdatesEnabled(False)
        self.blockSignals(True)
        
        # restore column data
        header = self.header()
        xcolumns = xml.find('columns')
        if xcolumns is not None:
            for xcolumn in xcolumns:
                name   = xcolumn.get('name')
                index  = self.column(name)
                vindex = int(xcolumn.get('visualIndex', index))
                currvi = header.visualIndex(index)
                
                # restore from name
                if index == -1:
                    continue
                
                if currvi != vindex:
                    header.moveSection(currvi, vindex)
                
                self.setColumnHidden(index, xcolumn.get('hidden') == 'True')
                
                if not self.isColumnHidden(index):
                    width  = int(xcolumn.get('width', self.columnWidth(index)))
                    self.setColumnWidth(index, width)
        
        # restore order data
        headerState = xml.get('headerState')
        if headerState is not None:
            state = QtCore.QByteArray.fromBase64(str(headerState))
            self.header().restoreState(state)
        
        sortColumn = int(xml.get('sortColumn', 0))
        sortingEnabled = xml.get('sortingEnabled') == 'True'
        sortOrder = QtCore.Qt.SortOrder(int(xml.get('sortOrder', 0)))
        
        if sortingEnabled:
            self.setSortingEnabled(sortingEnabled)
            self.sortByColumn(sortColumn, sortOrder)
        
        self.setUpdatesEnabled(True)
        self.blockSignals(False)
        
        return True
Restores properties for this tree widget from the inputed XML.
        
        :param      xml | <xml.etree.ElementTree.Element>
        
        :return     <bool> success