axl — PyAxl base module

Intro

axl includes static functions that are used to bootstrap some objects (like axl.Doc) with initialized content.

Module API

axl.parse(document[, size])

Allows to parse a XML document described by document parameter and its corresponding size:

# parse document
(doc, err) = axl.parse ("<document><child><next /></child></document>")
if err:
    print ("Failed to parse document, error found: " + err.msg)

Parameters:document (String) – A xml document content to be parsed. Return type:Returns a tuple with (axl.Doc, axl.Error) having the document defined in the case of proper parsing, or having defined axl.Error in the case an error is found.

axl.file_parse(path)

Allows to parse a XML document found at the provided path:

# parse document
(doc, err) = axl.file_parse ("/tmp/salida.txt")
if err:
    print ("Failed to parse document, error found: " + err.msg)

Parameters:path (String) – Path to the document to be loaded. Return type:Returns a tuple with (axl.Doc, axl.Error) having the document defined in the case of proper parsing, or having defined axl.Error in the case an error is found.

axl.dtd_file_parse(path)

Allows to parse DTD definition found on the provided path:

# parse dtd content
(dtd, err) = axl.parse ("<document><child><next /></child></document>")
if err:
    print ("Failed to parse dtd, error found: " + err.msg)

Parameters:path (String) – Path to the DTD file definition. Return type:Returns a tuple with (axl.Dtd, axl.Error) having the DTD defined in the case of proper parsing, or having defined axl.Error in the case an error is found.