DTDParser — Parses DTD information within an XML file.¶
This module defines the DTDParser class.
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class
admit.xmlio.DTDParser.DTDParser(xmlFile=None)[source]¶ Class for parsing a dtd and holding the data for validation with XML. Reads in the dtd information at the top of the given file and constructs a dictionary based on its contents. Validation is done against this dictionary. A customized DTD validator was needed as there is no dtd validator for the SAX parser in python at the time this code was written.
Parameters: xmlFile : str
The xml file to read the dtd from. Default: None.
Attributes
xmlFile (str) The xml file to read the dtd from. entities (dict) Dictionary for the memory model of the dtd. at (AT) The current AT. Methods
check(name[, attrib, value])Method to check a node for validity. checkAll()Method to check the dtd structure to see if all expected nodes were found. checkAttribute(name, attrib[, value])Method to check an attribute for validity. parse([xmlFile])Method to parse the xml file for dtd information -
check(name, attrib=None, value=None)[source]¶ Method to check a node for validity. Validity includes correct name and data type.
Parameters: name : str
The name of the node being checked
attrib : str
The attribute of the node being checked, if any. Default: None
value : str
The type of the attribute being checked (e.g. bt.INT) Default: None
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checkAll()[source]¶ Method to check the dtd structure to see if all expected nodes were found.
Parameters: None Returns: Boolean, whether or not all nodes were found
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checkAttribute(name, attrib, value=None)[source]¶ Method to check an attribute for validity. Validity includes correct name and data type.
Parameters: name : str
The name of the node being checked
attrib : str
The attribute of the node being checked, if any.
value : str
The type of the attribute being checked (e.g. bt.INT) Default: None
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