Emit an XML document for the given `input_dict` (reverse of `parse`). The resulting XML document is returned as a string, but if `output` (a

Parse the given XML input and convert it into a dictionary. `xml_input` can either be a `string`, a file-like object, or a generator of strings.

Convert a value to its string representation for XML output. Handles boolean values consistently by converting them to lowercase.

Validate an element/attribute name for XML safety. Raises ValueError with a specific reason when invalid. kind: 'element' or 'attribute' (us

Only return True for servers/server, but not for skip/server.

Test the difference between empty dicts and empty lists.

Test that empty lists are filtered out and don't create empty child elements.

Test that empty lists are still filtered when short_empty_elements=False.

Test that non-empty lists are not filtered out.

Test that non-string #text values work when tag has attributes. This test covers GitHub issue #366: Tag value (#text) must be a string when t

Test that pretty and compact modes produce equivalent results when stripped. This test covers issue #352: Edge case with pretty_print and short_e