Package glue :: Module LDBDWClient :: Class SimpleLWXMLParser

Class SimpleLWXMLParser

A very simple LIGO_LW XML parser class that reads the only keeps tables that do not contain the strings sngl_ or multi_

The class is not very robust as can have problems if the line breaks do not appear in the standard places in the XML file.

Instance Methods

__del__(self)
Destroys an instance by shutting down and deleting the parser.

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__init__(self)
Constructs an instance.

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end_element(self, name)
Callback for the end of an XML element.

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parse_line(self, line)
For each line we are passed, call the XML parser.

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start_element(self, name, attrs)
Callback for start of an XML element.

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Method Details

Constructs an instance.

The private variable ignore_pat determines what tables we ignore.

Callback for the end of an XML element. If the ignore flag is set, reset it so we start outputing the table again.

Parameters:

For each line we are passed, call the XML parser. Returns the line if we are outside one of the ignored tables, otherwise returns the empty string.

Parameters:

Returns: string

the line of XML passed in or the null string

Callback for start of an XML element. Checks to see if we are about to start a table that matches the ignore pattern.

Parameters:

name (string) - the name of the tag being opened
attrs (dictionary) - a dictionary of the attributes for the tag being opened