XML parsing per record

[Fredrik Lundh]

Kent Johnson wrote:

>> So I would like to parse a XML file one record at a time and then be able
>> to store the information in another object.
> 
> You might be interested in this recipe using ElementTree:
> http://online.effbot.org/2004_12_01_archive.htm#element-generator

if you have ElementTree 1.2.5 or later, the "iterparse" function provides a
more efficient implementation of that pattern:

    http://effbot.org/zone/element-iterparse.htm

the cElementTree implemention of "iterparse" is a lot faster than SAX; see
the second table under

    http://effbot.org/zone/celementtree.htm#benchmarks

for some figures.

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