DOCTYPE in XML

[Vyacheslav Danovich]

Thank you, jj.
This example'd worked fine and I almost started believing that my
problem'd been solved until I introduced the following:

<!DOCTYPE smtp
[
  <!ENTITY successful_run SYSTEM "d:\python21\success.xml">
  <!ENTITY faulty_run SYSTEM "d:\PYTHON21\fault.xml">
]>
<smtp>
	<emailing>
		<host>blah</host>
		<sender>blahblah</sender>
		<attachment>C:\log</attachment>
		<receipients>sdanovich at test.com</receipients>
		<receipients>vdanovich at empireone.net</receipients>
		<receipients>vdanovich at hotmail.com</receipients>
	</emailing>
	<status>
		<sagent run="0">
			<subject>Run successfully completed</subject>
			<text>&successful_run;</text>
		</sagent>
		<sagent run="1">
			<subject>Run failed</subject>
			<text>&faulty_run;</text>
		</sagent>
	</status>
</smtp>

and my python code is:

	subject = ""
	text = ""
	doc = Sax2.FromXmlFile(file, validate=0)
	parser = xml.xpath.XPathParser.XPathParser()
	parsed = parser.parseExpression('/smtp/emailing')
	root = xml.xpath.Context.Context(doc.documentElement)
	nodeSet = parsed.evaluate(root)
	Host_Name = parser.parseExpression('/smtp/emailing/host/text()').evaluate(root)
	host = Host_Name[0].nodeValue
	Sender_Name = parser.parseExpression('/smtp/emailing/sender/text()').evaluate(root)
	sender = Sender_Name[0].nodeValue
	Attachment_Name = parser.parseExpression('/smtp/emailing/attachment/text()').evaluate(root)
	attachment = Attachment_Name[0].nodeValue
	Receipients_Name = parser.parseExpression('/smtp/emailing/receipients/text()').evaluate(root)
	receipients = []
	for i in range(len(Receipients_Name)):
		receipients.append(Receipients_Name[i].nodeValue)
	parsed = parser.parseExpression('/smtp/status/sagent/@run')
	root = xml.xpath.Context.Context(doc.documentElement)
	nodeSet = parsed.evaluate(root)
	for i in range(len(nodeSet)):
		print "TEXT: " , text
		if str(nodeSet[i].nodeValue) == str(status):
			Subject_Name = parser.parseExpression('/smtp/status/sagent/subject/text()').evaluate(root)
			subject = Subject_Name[i].nodeValue
			Text_Name = parser.parseExpression('/smtp/status/sagent/text/text()').evaluate(root)
			text = Text_Name[i].nodeValue
	email(host, subject, sender, receipients, attachment, text) 		
			
At the end the values for "text" were the empty string ("")
It seems like the parser doesn't parse the DOCTYPE entities



>jj <jj at void.si> wrote in message >news:<ltobhtkb3lngrdn4neq9f7g8aetsstp5lv at 4ax.com>...
> text = '''
> <collection>
>   <comic title="Sandman" number='62'>
>     <writer>Neil Gaiman</writer>
>     <penciller pages='1-9,18-24'>Glyn Dillon</penciller>
>     <penciller pages="10-17">Charles Vess</penciller>
>   </comic>
> </collection>
> '''
> 
> # using Python XML package && 4suite 
> from xml.dom.ext.reader import Sax2
> import xml.xpath
> 
> doc = Sax2.FromXml(text)
> 
> parser = xml.xpath.XPathParser.XPathParser()
> parsed = parser.parseExpression('/collection/comic/@title')
> root = xml.xpath.Context.Context(doc.documentElement)
> 
> nodeSet = parsed.evaluate(root)
> print nodeSet[0].nodeValue
> # writer
> nodeSet =
> parser.parseExpression('/collection/comic/writer/text()').evaluate(root)
> print nodeSet[0].nodeValue
> 
> 
> JJ 
> On 30 May 2001 13:59:21 -0700, vdanovich at empireone.net (Vyacheslav
> Danovich) wrote:
> 
> >Hi folks!
> >
> >When using xml.sax module and the following file is given:
> >
> ><collection>
> >  <comic title="Sandman" number='62'>
> >    <writer>Neil Gaiman</writer>
> >    <penciller pages='1-9,18-24'>Glyn Dillon</penciller>
> >    <penciller pages="10-17">Charles Vess</penciller>
> >  </comic>
> ></collection>
> >
> >and I know the title and the number of the 'comic'
> >How can I find out the value for <writer>?
> >
> >Any help is appreciated!