How to use the markdown.etree function in Markdown

def handleMatch(self, m):
        tag1, tag2 = self.tag.split(",")
        el1 = markdown.etree.Element(tag1)
        el2 = markdown.etree.SubElement(el1, tag2)
        el2.text = m.group(3)
        return el1

def _parseHeader( self, parent, line ):
      div = etree.SubElement(parent, 'div')
      # Remove the spaces and equal signs
      className = line.strip('= ')
      div.set( 'class', className )
      return div

def handleMatch(self, m):
        sup = etree.Element("sup")
        a = etree.SubElement(sup, "a")
        id = m.group(2)
        sup.set('id', self.footnotes.makeFootnoteRefId(id))
        a.set('href', '#' + self.footnotes.makeFootnoteId(id))
        a.set('rel', 'footnote')
        a.text = str(self.footnotes.footnotes.index(id) + 1)
        return sup

def parseDocument(self, lines):
        """ Parse a markdown document into an ElementTree. 
        
        Given a list of lines, an ElementTree object (not just a parent Element)
        is created and the root element is passed to the parser as the parent.
        The ElementTree object is returned.
        
        This should only be called on an entire document, not pieces.

        """
        # Create a ElementTree from the lines
        self.root = markdown.etree.Element(markdown.DOC_TAG)
        self.parseChunk(self.root, '\n'.join(lines))
        return markdown.etree.ElementTree(self.root)

def run(self, parent, blocks):
        block = blocks.pop(0)
        if block.strip():
            # Not a blank block. Add to parent, otherwise throw it away.
            if self.parser.state.isstate('list'):
                # The parent is a tight-list. Append to parent.text
                if parent.text:
                    parent.text = '%s\n%s' % (parent.text, block)
                else:
                    parent.text = block.lstrip()
            else:
                # Create a regular paragraph
                p = markdown.etree.SubElement(parent, 'p')
                p.text = block.lstrip()

def handleMatch(self, m):
        sup = etree.Element("sup")
        a = etree.SubElement(sup, "a")
        id = m.group(2)
        sup.set('id', self.footnotes.makeFootnoteRefId(id))
        a.set('href', '#' + self.footnotes.makeFootnoteId(id))
        a.set('rel', 'footnote')
        a.text = str(self.footnotes.footnotes.index(id) + 1)
        return sup

def makeFootnotesDiv(self, root):
        """ Return div of footnotes as et Element. """

        if not self.footnotes.keys():
            return None

        div = etree.Element("div")
        div.set('class', 'footnote')
        hr = etree.SubElement(div, "hr")
        ol = etree.SubElement(div, "ol")

        for id in self.footnotes.keys():
            li = etree.SubElement(ol, "li")
            li.set("id", self.makeFootnoteId(id))
            self.parser.parseChunk(li, self.footnotes[id])
            backlink = etree.Element("a")
            backlink.set("href", "#" + self.makeFootnoteRefId(id))
            backlink.set("rev", "footnote")
            backlink.set("title", "Jump back to footnote %d in the text" % \
                            (self.footnotes.index(id)+1))
            backlink.text = FN_BACKLINK_TEXT

            if li.getchildren():

def parseDocument(self, lines):
        """ Parse a markdown document into an ElementTree. 
        
        Given a list of lines, an ElementTree object (not just a parent Element)
        is created and the root element is passed to the parser as the parent.
        The ElementTree object is returned.
        
        This should only be called on an entire document, not pieces.

        """
        # Create a ElementTree from the lines
        self.root = markdown.etree.Element(markdown.DOC_TAG)
        self.parseChunk(self.root, '\n'.join(lines))
        return markdown.etree.ElementTree(self.root)

def handleMatch(self, m):
        abbr = etree.Element('abbr')
        abbr.text = m.group('abbr')
        abbr.set('title', self.title)
        return abbr

def create_item(self, parent, block):
        """ Create a new dd and parse the block with it as the parent. """
        dd = markdown.etree.SubElement(parent, 'dd')
        self.parser.parseBlocks(dd, [block])