--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/toolfactory/galaxyxml/__init__.py	Sat Aug 08 19:55:55 2020 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+from builtins import str
+from builtins import object
+from lxml import etree
+
+
+class GalaxyXML(object):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.root = etree.Element('root')
+
+    def export(self):
+        return etree.tostring(self.root, pretty_print=True, encoding='unicode')
+
+
+class Util(object):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def coerce(cls, data, kill_lists=False):
+        """Recursive data sanitisation
+        """
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            return {k: cls.coerce(v, kill_lists=kill_lists) for k, v in
+                    list(data.items()) if v is not None}
+        elif isinstance(data, list):
+            if kill_lists:
+                return cls.coerce(data[0])
+            else:
+                return [cls.coerce(v, kill_lists=kill_lists) for v in data]
+        else:
+            return cls.coerce_value(data)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def coerce_value(cls, obj):
+        """Make everything a string!
+        """
+        if isinstance(obj, bool):
+            if obj:
+                return "true"
+            else:
+                return "false"
+        elif isinstance(obj, str):
+            return obj
+        else:
+            return str(obj)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def clean_kwargs(cls, params, final=False):
+        if 'kwargs' in params:
+            kwargs = params['kwargs']
+            for k in kwargs:
+                params[k] = kwargs[k]
+            del params['kwargs']
+        if 'self' in params:
+            del params['self']
+
+        if '__class__' in params:
+            del params['__class__']
+
+        # There will be more params, it would be NICE to use a whitelist
+        # instead of a blacklist, but until we have more data let's just
+        # blacklist stuff we see commonly.
+        if final:
+            for blacklist in ('positional',):
+                if blacklist in params:
+                    del params[blacklist]
+        return params