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class Element:
    def generateKey(vals):
        if isinstance(vals,list):
            return ':'.join(vals)
        return vals
    generateKey = staticmethod(generateKey)
    
    def __init__(self, id, attrs):
        self.id = id
        for k,v in attrs.items():
            self.__dict__[k.lower()] = v
        self.children = {}
        
    def __setitem__(self, k, v):
        try:
            self.children[k].update(v)
        except KeyError:
            self.children[k] = v
            
    def __getitem__(self, k):
        return self.children[k]
        
    def update(self, elem):
        for k in self.__dict__.keys():
            if k == 'children' or k == 'id' or k == 'name':
                continue
            try:
                self.__dict__[k] = elem.__dict__[k]
            except ValueError:
                pass
        
    def __str__(self):
        if self.__dict__.has_key('name'):
            return Element.generateKey([self.id,self.name])
        return Element.generateKey(self.id)

Split the element class from the data store so that it can be imported independently as needed
Split the element class from the data store so that it can be imported independently as needed

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