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color:#1F497D'>Do you mean copying &amp; pasting this to the console?&nbsp; Or is this
some issue you run into when actually using pyexpat?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>
users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Sridevi Aishwariya<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 07, 2006 9:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Discussion of IronPython<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [IronPython] pyexpat and IronPython<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>__slots__ = [<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;StartElementHandler&quot;,<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;EndElementHandler&quot;,<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;CharacterDataHandler&quot;,<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;]<br>
gives an error<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote>On 8/5/06, <b>Mark Rees</b> &lt;<a
href="mailto:mark.john.rees@gmail.com">mark.john.rees@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<br>
<br>
Seo has already done a basic pyexpat wrapper. He posted about it in:<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://lists.ironpython.com/pipermail/users-ironpython.com/2005-November/001227.html">http://lists.ironpython.com/pipermail/users-ironpython.com/2005-November/001227.html</a><br>
<br>
And it can be found at:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://sparcs.kaist.ac.kr/~tinuviel/fepy/old/pyexpat.py">http://sparcs.kaist.ac.kr/~tinuviel/fepy/old/pyexpat.py
</a><br>
<br>
I have used this with ElementTree. There are limitations like iterparse<br>
doesn't work and if the XML you are parsing contains an empty element<br>
i.e &lt;doc /&gt; it fails. I have modified Seo's pyexpat.py to handle the <br>
second limitation and have included the source in this email. I have<br>
used this for my elementtree requirements but the XML I parse is simple<br>
so there may be other as yet undiscovered issues.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
Mark<br>
<br>
Modified version of pyexpat from<br>
<a href="http://sparcs.kaist.ac.kr/~tinuviel/fepy/old/pyexpat.py">http://sparcs.kaist.ac.kr/~tinuviel/fepy/old/pyexpat.py</a><br>
<br>
<br>
import clr<br>
clr.AddReference(&quot; System.Xml&quot;)<br>
<br>
from System.IO import MemoryStream, SeekOrigin, StreamWriter<br>
from System.Xml import NameTable, XmlNamespaceManager, XmlParserContext,<br>
XmlSpace<br>
from System.Xml import XmlTextReader, XmlNodeType <br>
<br>
def ErrorString(errno):<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; if errno &gt; 0:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return &quot;unknown error&quot;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; else:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return None<br>
<br>
def ParserCreate(*args):<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; return xmlparser()<br>
<br>
class xmlparser:<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; __slots__ = [ <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;StartElementHandler&quot;,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;EndElementHandler&quot;,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;CharacterDataHandler&quot;,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ]<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; returns_unicode = False<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; def __init__(self):<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; self._stream = MemoryStream() <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; self._parser = self._make_parser()<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; def Parse(self, data, isfinal=False):<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; self._append_stream(data)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; self._parse()<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if isfinal:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
self._stream.Close()<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; def _make_parser(self): <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; table = NameTable()<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; manager = XmlNamespaceManager(table)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; parser = XmlParserContext(table, manager,
None, XmlSpace.None)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return parser<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; def _append_stream(self, data):<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; stream = self._stream <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; position = stream.Position<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.End)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; writer = StreamWriter(stream)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; writer.Write(data)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; writer.Flush()<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; stream.Position = position<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; def _parse(self): <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; reader = XmlTextReader(self._stream,
XmlNodeType.Element,<br>
self._parser)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; while reader.Read():<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; nodetype =
reader.NodeType<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if nodetype ==
XmlNodeType.Element:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
name = reader.Name<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
attributes = {}<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
while reader.MoveToNextAttribute():<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
attributes[reader.Name] = reader.Value<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
if hasattr(self, &quot;StartElementHandler&quot;): <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
self.StartElementHandler(name, attributes)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
# Create EndElement event as XmlTextReader doesn't<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
# do this for empty elements<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
if reader.IsEmptyElement :<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
nodetype = XmlNodeType.EndElement<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if nodetype ==
XmlNodeType.EndElement:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
name = reader.Name<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
if hasattr(self, &quot;EndElementHandler&quot;):<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
self.EndElementHandler(name)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; elif nodetype ==
XmlNodeType.Text:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
data = reader.Value<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
if hasattr(self, &quot;CharacterDataHandler&quot;):<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
self.CharacterDataHandler (data)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Monty Taylor wrote:<br>
&gt; You could write a Python or C# wrapper around System.XML that behaves<br>
&gt; like pyexpat and contribute it. :)<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Monty<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On 8/4/06, Bruce Christensen &lt; <a href="mailto:t-bruch@microsoft.com">t-bruch@microsoft.com</a>&gt;
wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Nope. :) pyexpat relies on Python extension modules written in C,
which<br>
&gt;&gt; don't work with IronPython. However, you can use the classes in the
.NET <br>
&gt;&gt; System.Xml namespace for parsing XML documents if you're writing new<br>
&gt;&gt; code.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; --Bruce<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; -----Original Message-----<br>
&gt;&gt; From: <a href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com">users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com</a><br>
&gt;&gt; [mailto:<a href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com">users-bounces@lists.ironpython.com</a>]
On Behalf Of Sridevi<br>
&gt;&gt; Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 5:41 AM <br>
&gt;&gt; To: <a href="mailto:users-ironpython.com@lists.ironpython.com">users-ironpython.com@lists.ironpython.com</a><br>
&gt;&gt; Subject: [IronPython] pyexpat and IronPython<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Iam unable to run pyexpat from IronPython <br>
&gt;&gt; Is there any files i got to add for it<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
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