def saveXml(self, xml):
        """
        Saves the settings for this edit to the xml parent.
        
        :param      xparent | <xml.etree.ElementTree>
        """
        # save grouping
        xtree = ElementTree.SubElement(xml, 'tree')
        self.uiRecordTREE.saveXml(xtree)
        
        # save the query
        query = self.query()
        if query:
            query.toXml(ElementTree.SubElement(xml, 'query'))