jython lacks working xml processing modules?

[Paul Boddie]

janeaustine50 at hotmail.com (Jane Austine) wrote in message news:<ba1e306f.0311201805.9df1d9 at posting.google.com>...
> 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.

The Java parsers seem to work quite well with the xml.dom.javadom
package. First, update your CLASSPATH with references to the necessary
.jar files - this can be a frustrating process, but I found that
xercesImpl-2.5.0.jar and xml-apis.jar were a good combination:

  export CLASSPATH=.../xercesImpl-2.5.0.jar:.../xml-apis.jar

Then, start jython and try the following:

  import xml.dom.javadom
  impl = xml.dom.javadom.XercesDomImplementation()
  # Use your own filename below!
  doc = impl.buildDocumentFile("example.xml")
  # Now, try some PyXML-style DOM properties and methods.
  doc.childNodes
  doc.childNodes[0].getAttribute("some-attr")

I'd seen javadom lurking in PyXML before now, but it's a nice surprise
to see that it works rather well, especially since I've never seen any
evidence of anyone using it (as far as I remember).

Paul