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<h1 class="epydoc">Class ElementTreeContentHandler</h1><p class="nomargin-top"><span class="codelink"><a href="lxml.sax-pysrc.html#ElementTreeContentHandler">source code</a></span></p>
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object --+
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xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler --+
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<strong class="uidshort">ElementTreeContentHandler</strong>
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Build an lxml ElementTree from SAX events.
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#__init__" class="summary-sig-name">__init__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#setDocumentLocator" class="summary-sig-name">setDocumentLocator</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">locator</span>)</span><br />
Called by the parser to give the application a locator for
locating the origin of document events.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#startDocument" class="summary-sig-name">startDocument</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
Receive notification of the beginning of a document.</td>
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Receive notification of the end of a document.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#startPrefixMapping" class="summary-sig-name">startPrefixMapping</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">prefix</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">uri</span>)</span><br />
Begin the scope of a prefix-URI Namespace mapping.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#endPrefixMapping" class="summary-sig-name">endPrefixMapping</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">prefix</span>)</span><br />
End the scope of a prefix-URI mapping.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#startElementNS" class="summary-sig-name">startElementNS</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">ns_name</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">qname</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">attributes</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span><br />
Signals the start of an element in namespace mode.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#processingInstruction" class="summary-sig-name">processingInstruction</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">target</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">data</span>)</span><br />
Receive notification of a processing instruction.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#endElementNS" class="summary-sig-name">endElementNS</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">ns_name</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">qname</span>)</span><br />
Signals the end of an element in namespace mode.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#startElement" class="summary-sig-name">startElement</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">name</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-arg">attributes</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span><br />
Signals the start of an element in non-namespace mode.</td>
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Signals the end of an element in non-namespace mode.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#characters" class="summary-sig-name">characters</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
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Receive notification of character data.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#ignorableWhitespace" class="summary-sig-name">ignorableWhitespace</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
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Receive notification of character data.</td>
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<p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>:
<code>__delattr__</code>,
<code>__getattribute__</code>,
<code>__hash__</code>,
<code>__new__</code>,
<code>__reduce__</code>,
<code>__reduce_ex__</code>,
<code>__repr__</code>,
<code>__setattr__</code>,
<code>__str__</code>
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<p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler</code></b>:
<code>skippedEntity</code>
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<a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#etree" class="summary-name">etree</a><br />
Contains the generated ElementTree after parsing is finished.
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<p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>:
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__init__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">makeelement</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
<br /><em class="fname">(Constructor)</em>
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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature
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<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.__init__
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">setDocumentLocator</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
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<p>Called by the parser to give the application a locator for
locating the origin of document events.</p>
<p>SAX parsers are strongly encouraged (though not absolutely
required) to supply a locator: if it does so, it must supply
the locator to the application by invoking this method before
invoking any of the other methods in the DocumentHandler
interface.</p>
<p>The locator allows the application to determine the end
position of any document-related event, even if the parser is
not reporting an error. Typically, the application will use
this information for reporting its own errors (such as
character content that does not match an application's
business rules). The information returned by the locator is
probably not sufficient for use with a search engine.</p>
<p>Note that the locator will return correct information only
during the invocation of the events in this interface. The
application should not attempt to use it at any other time.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.setDocumentLocator
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
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<p>Receive notification of the beginning of a document.</p>
<p>The SAX parser will invoke this method only once, before any
other methods in this interface or in DTDHandler (except for
setDocumentLocator).</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.startDocument
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
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<p>Receive notification of the end of a document.</p>
<p>The SAX parser will invoke this method only once, and it will
be the last method invoked during the parse. The parser shall
not invoke this method until it has either abandoned parsing
(because of an unrecoverable error) or reached the end of
input.</p>
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<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.endDocument
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">startPrefixMapping</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">prefix</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">uri</span>)</span>
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<p>Begin the scope of a prefix-URI Namespace mapping.</p>
<p>The information from this event is not necessary for normal
Namespace processing: the SAX XML reader will automatically
replace prefixes for element and attribute names when the
<a class="rst-reference" href="http://xml.org/sax/features/namespaces" target="_top">http://xml.org/sax/features/namespaces</a> feature is true (the
default).</p>
<p>There are cases, however, when applications need to use
prefixes in character data or in attribute values, where they
cannot safely be expanded automatically; the
start/endPrefixMapping event supplies the information to the
application to expand prefixes in those contexts itself, if
necessary.</p>
<p>Note that start/endPrefixMapping events are not guaranteed to
be properly nested relative to each-other: all
startPrefixMapping events will occur before the corresponding
startElement event, and all endPrefixMapping events will occur
after the corresponding endElement event, but their order is
not guaranteed.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.startPrefixMapping
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
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</dl>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">endPrefixMapping</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">prefix</span>)</span>
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<p>End the scope of a prefix-URI mapping.</p>
<p>See startPrefixMapping for details. This event will always
occur after the corresponding endElement event, but the order
of endPrefixMapping events is not otherwise guaranteed.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.endPrefixMapping
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">startElementNS</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">ns_name</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">qname</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">attributes</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
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<p>Signals the start of an element in namespace mode.</p>
<p>The name parameter contains the name of the element type as a
(uri, localname) tuple, the qname parameter the raw XML 1.0
name used in the source document, and the attrs parameter
holds an instance of the Attributes class containing the
attributes of the element.</p>
<p>The uri part of the name tuple is None for elements which have
no namespace.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.startElementNS
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">processingInstruction</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">target</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">data</span>)</span>
</h3>
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<p>Receive notification of a processing instruction.</p>
<p>The Parser will invoke this method once for each processing
instruction found: note that processing instructions may occur
before or after the main document element.</p>
<p>A SAX parser should never report an XML declaration (XML 1.0,
section 2.8) or a text declaration (XML 1.0, section 4.3.1)
using this method.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.processingInstruction
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<a name="endElementNS"></a>
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<span class="sig-arg">ns_name</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">qname</span>)</span>
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<p>Signals the end of an element in namespace mode.</p>
<p>The name parameter contains the name of the element type, just
as with the startElementNS event.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.endElementNS
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
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<a name="startElement"></a>
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</h3>
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><span class="codelink"><a href="lxml.sax-pysrc.html#ElementTreeContentHandler.startElement">source code</a></span>
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<p>Signals the start of an element in non-namespace mode.</p>
<p>The name parameter contains the raw XML 1.0 name of the
element type as a string and the attrs parameter holds an
instance of the Attributes class containing the attributes of
the element.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.startElement
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
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<a name="endElement"></a>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">endElement</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">name</span>)</span>
</h3>
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><span class="codelink"><a href="lxml.sax-pysrc.html#ElementTreeContentHandler.endElement">source code</a></span>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Signals the end of an element in non-namespace mode.</p>
<p>The name parameter contains the name of the element type, just
as with the startElement event.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.endElement
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">characters</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">data</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
><span class="codelink"><a href="lxml.sax-pysrc.html#ElementTreeContentHandler.characters">source code</a></span>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Receive notification of character data.</p>
<p>The Parser will call this method to report each chunk of
character data. SAX parsers may return all contiguous
character data in a single chunk, or they may split it into
several chunks; however, all of the characters in any single
event must come from the same external entity so that the
Locator provides useful information.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.characters
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<a name="ignorableWhitespace"></a>
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cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">ignorableWhitespace</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">data</span>)</span>
</h3>
</td><td align="right" valign="top"
><span class="codelink"><a href="lxml.sax-pysrc.html#ElementTreeContentHandler.characters">source code</a></span>
</td>
</tr></table>
<p>Receive notification of character data.</p>
<p>The Parser will call this method to report each chunk of
character data. SAX parsers may return all contiguous
character data in a single chunk, or they may split it into
several chunks; however, all of the characters in any single
event must come from the same external entity so that the
Locator provides useful information.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Overrides:
xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler.ignorableWhitespace
<dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</td></tr></table>
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<h3 class="epydoc">etree</h3>
Contains the generated ElementTree after parsing is finished.
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<dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><a href="lxml.sax.ElementTreeContentHandler-class.html#_get_etree" class="summary-sig-name" onclick="show_private();">_get_etree</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
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