def read_xml_value(self, model_el):
        props = {}
        for prop_node in model_el.childNodes:
            if(prop_node.nodeType != prop_node.ELEMENT_NODE):
                continue
            prop_xml_name = prop_node.nodeName
            if prop_xml_name[0] == "_":
                # ignore incoming properties which start with underscore,
                # since this is an invalid property name anyway
                continue
            self.get_property_handler(prop_xml_name).read_xml_value(
                props, prop_node)

        return props
Returns a property dictionary for this Model from the given model
dataset/ETHPy150Open jahlborn/appengine-rest-server/src/main/python/rest/__init__.py/ModelHandler.read_xml_value