# xml2json-direct
# Simple and straightforward XML-to-JSON converter in Python
# New BSD Licensed
#
# URL: http://code.google.com/p/xml2json-direct/

def from_elementtree(el, preserve_whitespaces=False):
    res = {}
    if el.tag[0] == "{":
        ns, name = el.tag.rsplit("}", 1)
        res["tag"] = name
        res["namespace"] = ns[1:]
    else:
        res["tag"] = el.tag
    res["attrs"] = {}
    for k, v in el.items():
        res["attrs"][k] = v
    kids = []
    if el.text and (preserve_whitespaces or el.text.strip() != ''):
        kids.append(el.text)
    for kid in el:
        kids.append(from_elementtree(kid, preserve_whitespaces))
        if kid.tail and (preserve_whitespaces or kid.tail.strip() != ''):
            kids.append(kid.tail)
    res["children"] = kids
    return res