Use python to process XML file

[silverburgh.meryl]

Hi,
Can you please tell me how Use python to process XML file?
The example I find is build a DOM, but I just need to do it in SAX
based, how can I do that?

For example, I have a xml file like this:
<log>
<a> text </a>
<a> text </a>
<b> text </b>
<a> text </a>
<c> text </c>
<a> text </a>
<b> text </b>
</log>

For i want to process the node in the order they appears.
If element name == 'a'
do this
else If element name == 'b'
do this
else If element name == 'c'
do this

[Rene Pijlman]

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Can you please tell me how Use python to process XML file?
The example I find is build a DOM, but I just need to do it in SAX
based, how can I do that?

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-xml.sax.html
http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/topics/...ction-SAX.html

--
René Pijlman

[Bruce]

you can use function parse from xml.sax
It takes your xml as the first argument and an
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler instance as the second.
---
from xml.sax import parse
from xml.sax.handler import ContentHandler

class LogHandler(ContentHandler):
def startElement(self,name):
if name=='a':
#self.do_this()

parse(xmlLog.xml,LogHandler())

[danmcleran]

I have a little py module that implements the Composite pattern to
represent xml file contents. My class is called ExtensionRegistry
because that's what I use it for, you could rename it to whatever you
wanted. After parsing, this allows me to access my xml file contents
like this:

xmlFile = ExtensionRegistry(xmlFile = 'test.xml')

print xmlFile['log']['a'].getDataItems()

would result in printing

text

Let me know if you want me to send it to you.