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[python] simple XML DOM parser
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dom_parser.py
from xml.dom.minidom import parse, parseString
dom1 = parse('c:\\temp\\mydata.xml') # parse an XML file by name
datasource = open('c:\\temp\\mydata.xml')
dom2 = parse(datasource) # parse an open file
dom3 = parseString('<myxml>Some data<empty/> some more data</myxml>')
#####################################################################
import xml.dom.minidom
document = """\
<slideshow>
<title>Demo slideshow</title>
<slide><title>Slide title</title>
<point>This is a demo</point>
<point>Of a program for processing slides</point>
</slide>
<slide><title>Another demo slide</title>
<point>It is important</point>
<point>To have more than</point>
<point>one slide</point>
</slide>
</slideshow>
"""
dom = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(document)
def getText(nodelist):
rc = []
for node in nodelist:
if node.nodeType == node.TEXT_NODE:
rc.append(node.data)
return ''.join(rc)
def handleSlideshow(slideshow):
print "<html>"
handleSlideshowTitle(slideshow.getElementsByTagName("title")[0])
slides = slideshow.getElementsByTagName("slide")
handleToc(slides)
handleSlides(slides)
print "</html>"
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