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XML is a fairly simple
As part of the ongoing quest
This is the beginning of a
The first two installments of
format. It uses plain
to create a more seamless
short series on creating a
this column provided an
Unicode text rather than
integration between XML and
software repository system
overview of working with XML
binary encoding, and all the
Python, this article
built on Web services and
in Python. In the year since
structures are declared with
presents the xml_pickle
developed in the Python
those initial writings,
predictable-looking tags.
module. The author discusses
programming language. This
however, the state of XML
Nonetheless, there are still
the design goals and
article shows you the
tools for Python has
enough rules in the XML
decisions that went into
details of using the 4Suite
advanced significantly.
grammar that a carefully
xml_pickle and provides a
open-source XML server with
Unfortunately, most of these
debugged parser is needed to
list of likely uses.
Python to create Web
advances have not been
process XML documents -- and
service-based applications.
backwards compatible. This
every parser imposes its own
special installment article
particular programming
revisits the author's
style. An alternative is to
previous discussion of XML
make XML even simpler. The
tools, and provides
open-source PYX format is a
up-to-date code samples.
purely line-oriented format
for representing XML
documents that allows for
much easier processing of
XML document contents with
common text tools like grep,
sed, awk, wc, and the usual
UNIX collection.
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This column presents some of
This article illustrates the
the changes to the author's
principle features of the
previous module suite,
Python language, and then
utilities for high-level
examine the XML processing
Python handling of XML
capabilities of Python.
documents, as well as some
tips on advanced aspects of
using and customizing the
modules. Code samples
demonstrate py_obj._XML
attributes, node attributes
treated as objects and
lists, py_obj magic
attribute behavior, and more.
Date: Jun, 21 2001 Date: Nov, 06 2000 |