simple_parse_cxl.py

import sys
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
""" Simple program snippet to demonstrate parsing the CXL XML CMAP export format """

ET.register_namespace('', "http://cmap.ihmc.us/xml/cmap/")

# get the CXL file to parse from the command-line
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    cxl_file = sys.argv[1]
else:
    print("Please include the CXL filename with path on the command-line.")
    sys.exit()

# parse the file and get the root element
tree = ET.parse(cxl_file)
root = tree.getroot()

# print the elements in the CXL file with their attributes
for elem in root.iter():
    print(f"{elem.tag.split('}')[1]}:  {elem.attrib}")