[Baypiggies] XSLT vs Python for XML manipulation [ BULKTAG PYTHONTAG ]

[Tung Wai Yip]

I have a very simple recipe that does what you want:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/534109

Wai Yip


> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Stephen McInerney  
> <spmcinerney at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  Awesome, thanks to all who replied. XSLT-inside-Python sounds like a  
>> good
>> way to go and strike a compromise with reuse.
>> I will give each of these a look and if I have any useful comment on my
>> experience in a few weeks
>> I will post it.
>>
>>
>>
> On a related note, am trying to code a generic class(xml parser) which
> defines its own member variables at run time. That is, if the xml is :
> <a>
>      <b>10</b>
>      <c>30</c>
>      <d>
>          <e>100</e>
>          <f>200</f>
>     </d>
> </a>
>
> and after i parse it, i should be able to access individual entities  
> with a
> DOT notation, i.e, a.b  returns me 10 and a.d returns me a list of  
> 100,200.
>
> Am just clueless - any pointers?