1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/suds/sax/element.py b/suds/sax/element.py
index 0a015f1..9dec1f9 100644
--- a/suds/sax/element.py
+++ b/suds/sax/element.py
@@ -767,6 +767,29 @@ class Element:
         result.append('</%s>' % self.qname())
         result = ''.join(result)
         return result
+    
+    def plain(self):
+        """
+        Get a string representation of this XML fragment.
+        @return: A I{plain} string.
+        @rtype: basestring
+        """
+        result = []
+        result.append('<%s' % self.qname())
+        result.append(self.nsdeclarations())
+        for a in [unicode(a) for a in self.attributes]:
+            result.append(' %s' % a)
+        if self.isempty():
+            result.append('/>')
+            return ''.join(result)
+        result.append('>')
+        if self.hasText():
+            result.append(self.text.escape())
+        for c in self.children:
+            result.append(c.plain())
+        result.append('</%s>' % self.qname())
+        result = ''.join(result)
+        return result
 
     def nsdeclarations(self):
         """