from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element, tostring



def simpleEncode( ob, met, args=[]):
	# TODO: assert valid params
	root = Element("s" , c="%s.%s" %  (ob, met) ) 
	if len(args) > 0:
		root.set( "p" , "*".join( str(arg) for arg in args) )
		
	return tostring( root )


def encode( hand, met, args=[]):
	 pass



if __name__ == "__main__":

	
	print simpleEncode( "foo" , "bar"  )
	print simpleEncode( "foo" , "bar" , [ "abc" , 123 ] )