oxml: add CT_PPr.new()

Steve Canny · Steve Canny · commit f7ade08493b3 · 2013-12-20T20:12:40.000-08:00
diff --git a/docx/oxml/text.py b/docx/oxml/text.py
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
         else:
             super(CT_PPr, self).__setattr__(attr, value)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def new():
+        """
+        Return a new ``<w:pPr>`` element.
+        """
+        xml = '<w:pPr %s/>' % nsdecls('w')
+        pPr = oxml_fromstring(xml)
+        return pPr
+
     @property
     def style(self):
         """
diff --git a/tests/oxml/test_text.py b/tests/oxml/test_text.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 """Test suite for the docx.oxml.text module."""
 
-from docx.oxml.text import CT_P, CT_R, CT_Text
+from docx.oxml.text import CT_P, CT_PPr, CT_R, CT_Text
 
 from ..unitdata import a_p, a_pPr, a_t, an_r
 
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ def it_knows_its_paragraph_style(self):
 
 class DescribeCT_PPr(object):
 
+    def it_can_construct_a_new_pPr_element(self):
+        pPr = CT_PPr.new()
+        expected_xml = a_pPr().with_nsdecls().xml
+        assert pPr.xml == expected_xml
+
     def it_knows_the_paragraph_style(self):
         cases = (
             (a_pPr(), None),
