Package lxml :: Module etree :: Class XMLParser
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Class XMLParser

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_BaseParser --+    
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    _FeedParser --+
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                 XMLParser
Known Subclasses:

XMLParser(self, encoding=None, attribute_defaults=False, dtd_validation=False, load_dtd=False, no_network=True, ns_clean=False, recover=False, XMLSchema schema=None, remove_blank_text=False, resolve_entities=True, remove_comments=False, remove_pis=False, strip_cdata=True, target=None, compact=True)

The XML parser.

Parsers can be supplied as additional argument to various parse functions of the lxml API. A default parser is always available and can be replaced by a call to the global function 'set_default_parser'. New parsers can be created at any time without a major run-time overhead.

The keyword arguments in the constructor are mainly based on the libxml2 parser configuration. A DTD will also be loaded if DTD validation or attribute default values are requested (unless you additionally provide an XMLSchema from which the default attributes can be read).

Available boolean keyword arguments:

Other keyword arguments:

Note that you should avoid sharing parsers between threads. While this is not harmful, it is more efficient to use separate parsers. This does not apply to the default parser.

Instance Methods [hide private]
 
__init__(self, encoding=None, attribute_defaults=False, dtd_validation=False, load_dtd=False, no_network=True, ns_clean=False, recover=False, XMLSchema schema=None, remove_blank_text=False, resolve_entities=True, remove_comments=False, remove_pis=False, strip_cdata=True, target=None, compact=True)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature
a new object with type S, a subtype of T
__new__(T, S, ...)

Inherited from _FeedParser: close, feed

Inherited from _BaseParser: copy, makeelement, setElementClassLookup, set_element_class_lookup

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Properties [hide private]

Inherited from _FeedParser: feed_error_log

Inherited from _BaseParser: error_log, resolvers, target, version

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details [hide private]

__init__(self, encoding=None, attribute_defaults=False, dtd_validation=False, load_dtd=False, no_network=True, ns_clean=False, recover=False, XMLSchema schema=None, remove_blank_text=False, resolve_entities=True, remove_comments=False, remove_pis=False, strip_cdata=True, target=None, compact=True)
(Constructor)

 
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature
Overrides: object.__init__

__new__(T, S, ...)

 
Returns: a new object with type S, a subtype of T
Overrides: object.__new__