[XML-SIG] Using xpath/xslt on proprietary object structures.

[Mike Olson]

Xhaus Main Account wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> Thanks for all the helpful tips about different DOMs to use.
> 
> However, I'd still like to pose the original question as a separate thread.
> 
> Does anyone know if it is possible to use xpath expressions and xslt
> stylesheets to process proprietary object structures, i.e. hierarchies of
> arbitrary python objects?

Using 4XPath?  As long as thos objects conform to the DOM Levle II
interfaces :)

If you write your own XPath parser, or use another, then anything is
possible.

Mike

> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Alan.
> 
> "Thomas B. Passin" wrote:
> 
> > [Alexandre Fayolle]
> > >
> > > You don't give much details on what your application is made of. However,
> > > if you're using 4DOM, try switching to pDomlette (or even to cDomlette),
> > > which are both more lightweight and faster implementations of DOM (though
> > > not as compliant as 4DOM)
> > >
> > Considering the memory usage issues with pDomlette that I posted about last
> > week, I'd say you would want to try cDomlette instead, based on what Alan
> > Kennedy said about his system.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tom P
> >
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