:class:`MatmlWriter`
====================


.. py:class:: ansys.materials.manager.util.matml.matml_from_material.MatmlWriter(materials: Sequence[ansys.materials.manager.material.Material])

   
   Exports a list of MAPDL materials to an engineering data XML file.















   .. rubric:: Examples

   > writer = MatmlWriter(materials)
   > writer.export('engineering_data.xml')

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.. py:currentmodule:: MatmlWriter

Overview
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   .. tab-item:: Methods

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          * - :py:attr:`~write`
            - Write a MatML (engineering data XML format) representation of materials to buffer.
          * - :py:attr:`~export`
            - Write a MatML (engineering data XML format) representation of materials to file.








Import detail
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.. code-block:: python

    from ansys.materials.manager.util.matml.matml_from_material import MatmlWriter



Method detail
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.. py:method:: write(buffer: BinaryIO, indent: Optional[bool] = False, xml_declaration: Optional[bool] = False) -> None

   
   Write a MatML (engineering data XML format) representation of materials to buffer.


   :Parameters:

       **buffer:**
           Buffer to write to.

       **indent** : :obj:`Optional`\[:ref:`bool <python:bltin-boolean-values>`]
           Whether to add an indent to format the XML output.
           Defaults to ``false``.

       **xml_declaration: Optional[bool]**
           Whether to add the XML declaration to the output.














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.. py:method:: export(path: _PATH_TYPE, indent: Optional[bool] = False, xml_declaration: Optional[bool] = False) -> None

   
   Write a MatML (engineering data XML format) representation of materials to file.


   :Parameters:

       **path:**
           File path.

       **indent** : :obj:`Optional`\[:ref:`bool <python:bltin-boolean-values>`]
           Whether to add an indent to format the XML output.
           Defaults to ``false``.

       **xml_declaration: Optional[bool]**
           Whether to add the XML declaration to the output.














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