jython lacks working xml processing modules?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Jane Austine wrote:
> I'm trying to parse an xml file with jython (not through java parsers
> like xerces).
> 
> I tried minidom in jython 2.1 and 2.2a but all failed.
> 
> What can I do? The last resort would be using java parsers. Then how
> can I use them like python xml parsers? It seems like javadom and
> javasax has something to do, but I don't know how.

There is a really goog xml toolkit wich even covers xslt and some other 
fancy stuff. Its called 4suite, and you can get it here:

http://www.4suite.org/

One of the authors, Uche Ogbuji, has some tutorials on working with it 
on developerworks.

Diez