Mailman 3 November 2020 - lxml - The Python XML Toolkit

Re: [lxml] Change element text and keep CDATA if present
by Holger.Joukl＠LBBW.de 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Hi, > > when changing the text of an element, the CDATA section gets stripped away. > > I'm aware of the CDATA class, but I only want to apply it if the element had a > CDATA section before the text change. > I'm also already parsing the XML data with 'strip_cdata=False'. > > Something like: > newText = someTransformation(element.text) element.text = CDATA(newText) if > hasCDATA(element) else newText > > But I can't figure out how to do the detection of 'hasCDATA'. > Thanks for any hints! As per https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/pipermail/lxml/2020-April/024092.html looks like you currently can't check if text originated from CDATA (and probably shouldn't need to, anyway ;-) - but I couldn't find the OPs motivation in the thread) Best regards, Holger Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg Anstalt des oeffentlichen Rechts Hauptsitze: Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Mainz HRA 12704 Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRA 4356, HRA 104 440 Amtsgericht Mannheim HRA 40687 Amtsgericht Mainz Die LBBW verarbeitet gemaess Erfordernissen der DSGVO Ihre personenbezogenen Daten. Informationen finden Sie unter https://www.lbbw.de/datenschutz.

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Disable replacement &Quot;
by Martin Zaenker 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

Hi everyone, I tried using lxml to modify a legacy xml document. One particular problem I encounter is that " is replaced by ". Is there any way to disable this smart CDATA replacement? StackOverflow was not very helpful with this question. If there is no option to do so, can you refer me to any python xml parsing library that does not do any smart CDATA replacement? Best, Martin

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Change element text and keep CDATA if present
by Daniel Trstenjak 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

Hi, when changing the text of an element, the CDATA section gets stripped away. I'm aware of the CDATA class, but I only want to apply it if the element had a CDATA section before the text change. I'm also already parsing the XML data with 'strip_cdata=False'. Something like: newText = someTransformation(element.text) element.text = CDATA(newText) if hasCDATA(element) else newText But I can't figure out how to do the detection of 'hasCDATA'. Thanks for any hints! Greetings, Daniel

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Change text of element and keep CDATA if present
by Daniel Trstenjak 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Hi, when changing the text of an element, the CDATA section gets stripped away. I'm aware of the CDATA class, but I only want to apply it if the element had a CDATA section before the text change. I'm also already parsing the XML data with 'strip_cdata=False'. Something like: newText = someTransformation(element.text) element.text = CDATA(newText) if hasCDATA(element) else newText But I can't figure out how to do the detection of 'hasCDATA'. Thanks for any hints! Greetings, Daniel

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