#TODO: docstring

def _parseMzml(self):
        """ #TODO: docstring """
        #TODO: this is already pretty nested, reduce that eg by using a function
        #   processRunNode
        for event, element, elementTag in self:
            if elementTag == 'mzML':
                metadataNode = ETREE.Element(self.elementTag,
                                             self.element.attrib
                                             )
                _, _, targetTag = next(self)
                break

        while targetTag != 'mzML':
            if targetTag == 'run':
                runNode = ETREE.Element('run', self.element.attrib)
                next(self)
                while self.event != 'end' or self.elementTag != 'run':
                    if self.elementTag == 'spectrumList':
                        #Add spectrumListNode
                        specListAttrib = {'defaultDataProcessingRef':
                                          self.element.attrib['defaultDataProcessingRef']
                                          }
                        specListNode = ETREE.Element('spectrumList', specListAttrib)
                        runNode.append(specListNode)
                        #Parse and yield spectrum xml elements
                        while self.event != 'end' or self.elementTag != 'spectrumList':
                            if self.event == 'end' and self.elementTag == 'spectrum':
                                yield self.element
                                clearParsedElements(self.element)
                            next(self)
                    elif self.elementTag == 'chromatogramList':
                        #Add chromatogramListNode
                        chromListAttrib = {'defaultDataProcessingRef':
                                           self.element.attrib['defaultDataProcessingRef']
                                           }
                        chromListNode = ETREE.Element('chromatogramList',
                                                      chromListAttrib
                                                      )
                        runNode.append(chromListNode)
                        #Parse and store chromatogram xml elements
                        while self.event != 'end' or self.elementTag != 'chromatogramList':
                            if self.event == 'end' and self.elementTag == 'chromatogram':
                                self.chromatogramList.append(self.element)
                                #Alternatively also the chromatogram xml
                                #elements could be yielded:
                                #   yield self.element
                                #   clearParsedElements(self.element)
                            next(self)
                    else:
                        runNode.append(self.element)
                    next(self)
                metadataNode.append(runNode)
                break
            else:
                while self.event != 'end' or self.elementTag != targetTag:
                    next(self)
                metadataNode.append(self.element)
            _, _, targetTag = next(self)
        recClearTag(metadataNode)
        recRemoveTreeFormating(metadataNode)
        self.metadataNode = recCopyElement(metadataNode)
        self.openfile.close()