xml.parsers.exp at vs. xml.sax

Thomas Guettler

Hi!

What are the difference between xml.parsers.exp at
and xml.sax?

Up to now I used xml.sax.make_pa rser and subclass
from ContentHandler.

I think xml.sax.make_pa rser uses expat as default.
Why should I want to use xml.parsers.exp at?

Regards,
Thomas

Jul 18 '05 #1

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Neil Benn

Hello,

I'm fairly new to Python but I've had a fair bit of experience
in SAX.

Basically xml.sax.XMLRead er is a simple implementation that doesn't
do anything when you call parse, setFeature etc. Expat is an
implementation of the XMLReader, therefore in actual fact you will never
know that you are using Expat as an SAX XMLReader implmentation and you
never should need to know - it is simply returned from make_parser The
reason that SAX has this mechanism is that it easily allows you to
switch implementations in and out. Take a look at the source code and
it immediatly becaomes clear!

This makes more sense in other languages which have formal
interfaces but Python doesn't have such a thing (although you can
acheive the same effect in other ways if you so desire).

PS I'm new to Python so if that's wrong for the Python SAX
implementation then please let me know!

Cheers,

Neil

Thomas Guettler wrote:

Hi!

What are the difference between xml.parsers.exp at
and xml.sax?

Up to now I used xml.sax.make_pa rser and subclass
from ContentHandler.

I think xml.sax.make_pa rser uses expat as default.
Why should I want to use xml.parsers.exp at?

Regards,
Thomas

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Jul 18 '05 #2

Martijn Faassen

Thomas Guettler wrote:

What are the difference between xml.parsers.exp at
and xml.sax?

Up to now I used xml.sax.make_pa rser and subclass
from ContentHandler.

I think xml.sax.make_pa rser uses expat as default.
Why should I want to use xml.parsers.exp at?

expat is slightly more low level. It *may* be more efficient but I
wouldn't care about that.

Using sax instead of expat is usually (always?) the right decision.
There is more published API for sax, knowledge carries over from other
languages, and sax has multiple implementations in Python.

Regards,

Martijn

Jul 18 '05 #3

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