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+from xml.dom import minidom
+
+class XmlNode:
+    """An XML node represents a single field in an XML document."""
+
+    def __init__(self, domElement):
+        """Construct an XML node from a DOM element."""
+        self.elem = domElement
+    
+    def getData(self):
+        """Extract data from a DOM node."""
+        for child in self.elem.childNodes:
+            if child.nodeType == child.TEXT_NODE:
+                return str(child.data)
+        return None
+
+    def getAttributeValue(self, name):
+        """Returns the value of the attribute having the specified name."""
+        return str(self.elem.attributes[name].value)
+
+    def getChild(self, tag):
+        """Returns the first child node having the specified tag."""
+        return XmlNode(self.elem.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0])
+    
+    def getChildren(self, tag):
+        """Returns a list of child nodes having the specified tag."""
+        return [XmlNode(x) for x in self.elem.getElementsByTagName(tag)]
+
+
+def makeRootNode(xmlFileName):
+    """Creates the root node from an XML file."""
+    return XmlNode(minidom.parse(xmlFileName))
+