text: # *****************************************************************************
  #   Copyright 2004-2008 Steve Menard
  #
  #   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  #   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  #   You may obtain a copy of the License at
  #
  #       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  #
  #   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  #   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  #   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  #   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  #   limitations under the License.
  #
  # *****************************************************************************
  from os import path
  import time
  from xml.dom import minidom
  
  
  def output(el, prefix=""):
      if el.nodeType != el.ELEMENT_NODE:
          return
  
      # print prefix, "<", el.tagName,
  
      atts = el.attributes
      for i in range(atts.length):
          a = atts.item(i)
          # print a.nodeName, '="%s"' % a.nodeValue,
      # print '>'
  
      nl = el.childNodes
      for i in range(nl.length):
          output(nl.item(i), prefix + "  ")
  
      # print prefix, "</", el.tagName, ">"
  
  
  t = time.time()
  count = 30
  for i in range(count):
      doc = minidom.parse(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "sample", "big.xml"))
  
      el = doc.documentElement
      output(el)
  
  t2 = time.time()
  print count, "iterations in", t2 - t, "seconds"
  