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| Breakthrough techniques for building XML applications -- fast! | |
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| Includes a detailed Python tutorial | |
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| Learn about DOM and SAX application development with Python | |
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| Exclusive coverage of the new Pyxie XML processing library | |
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| CD-ROM includes Python and Pyxie distributions for Windows NT and Linux--plus powerful utilities and lots of working code | |
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| "XML processing is the newest required skill for webmasters and application developers. The Python language and Sean McGrath's book make it fun to learn and easy to do. " -- | |
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| When it comes to XML processing, Python is in a league of its own. | |
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| If you're doing XML development without Python, you're wasting time! | |
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| Python offers outstanding productivity -- especially in the areas that matter most to XML developers, such as XML parsing, DOM/SAX implementations, string processing, and Internet APIs. | |
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| And now there's Pyxie -- the new open source library that makes Python XML processing even easier and more powerful | |
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| In XML Processing with Python, top XML developer Sean McGrath delivers the hands-on explanations and examples you need to get results with Python and Pyxie fast -- even if you've never used them before! | |
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| Install Python and the Pyxie XML package | |
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| Learn the fundamentals of Python: control structures, classes, nested lists, dictionaries, and regular rexpresions | |
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| Process XML with regular expression-driven, event-driven, and tree-driven techniques | |
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| Understand Python's support for DOM and SAX APIs | |
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| Explore the power of Python/XML through worked examples of GUI development, database integration, and an XML query-by-example implementation. | |
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| Elegant, easy, powerful and fun, Python helps you build world-class XML applications in less time than you ever imagined | |
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| If you know XML, one book has all the techniques, code, and tools you'll need to process it: XML Processing with Python. | |
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| Cd-Rom Included | |
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| The accompanying CD-ROM contains everything you need to develop XML applications with Python -- including complete Python distributions for Windows and Linux | |
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| the Pyxie open-source libraries | |
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| powerful utility programs | |
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| an extensive library of sample source code tested on both Windows NT and Linux | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Purpose of This Book | |
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| The Pyxie Open Source Project | |
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| Prerequisites | |
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| How to Read This Book | |
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| A Note about Platforms | |
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| Structure of Code Samples. And Finally | |
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| Installing Python | |
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| Getting a Python Distribution | |
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| Installing the Software | |
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| Testing the Python Installation | |
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| Using a Python Program File | |
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| In Conclusion | |
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| Installing the XML Package | |
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| Testing the XML Package Installation | |
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| Testing the pyExpat Module | |
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| Testing SAX Support | |
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| Tools of the Trade | |
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| The xmln and xmlv Parsing Utilities | |
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| Simple XML-Processing Tasks with xmln and xmlv | |
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| The GetURL Utility-A Web Resource Retriever in Python | |
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| The PYX2XML Utility: Converting PYX to XML | |
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| The C3 Utility: An XML Document Editor/Viewer in Python | |
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| In Conclusion | |
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| Just Enough Python | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Basic Control Structures | |
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| Functions | |
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| Modules | |
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| Data Structures | |
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| Object Orientation | |
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| Design Principles | |
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| In Conclusion | |
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| Some Important Details | |
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| Dealing with Long Lines | |
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| Using the dir Function | |
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| Working with Docstrings | |
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| Importing Modules | |
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| Executing Python Programs | |
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| Using the Special Object None | |
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| Memory Management | |
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| Copying Objects | |
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| Determining Object Identity | |
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| Handling Errors | |
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| The Dynamic Nature of Python | |
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| Named Parameters | |
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| The Pass Statement | |
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| Packages | |
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| Processing XML with Regular Expressions | |
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| Command-Line Arguments | |
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| A Module Test Harness for xgrep | |
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| What If There Are No Command-Line Parameters? Adding Support for Wildcards | |
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| Parsing Command-Line Options | |
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| A Pattern-Matching Dry Run | |
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| Introducing Regular Expressions | |
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| Using Escape Sequences in Regular Expressions | |
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| Compiling Regular Expressions | |
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| Adding Regular Expressions to xgrep | |
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| xgrep in Action | |
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| Parsing XML with Regular Expressions | |
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| Cautionary Tales | |
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| Avoiding False Positive Matches | |
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| Shallow Parsing XML with Python Regular Expressions | |
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| Current Implementation of xgrep | |
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| Event-driven XML Processing | |
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| Making xgrep XML-Aware | |
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| Invoking xmln from xgrep | |
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| Adding PYX Support for xgrep | |
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| Adding XML Search Features to xgrep | |
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| Using Long Option Names in getopt | |
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| Using "Bit Twiddling" to Handle the Many Options Available | |
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| The Match Printing Function | |
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| Some Examples | |
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| Generalizing the Idea of Event-Based XML Processing | |
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| A Standardized Event-Driven Processing Model | |
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| Advantages and Disadvantages of Event-Driven Processing | |
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| In Conclusion | |
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| Tree-driven XML Processing | |
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| Modelling a Node | |
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| Navigating a Tree | |
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| Building xTree Structures | |
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| Building an xTree By Using PYX | |
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| A Test Harness for Pyxie | |
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| Handling Line Ends | |
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| A Syntax for Tree Processing with xgrep | |
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| Adding Support for Attributes | |
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| Some Utility Bits and Pieces | |
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| Implementing XMLGrepTree | |
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| A Standardized Tree-Driven XML Processing Model | |
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| Advantages and Disadvantages of Tree-Driven XML Processing | |
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| Some Examples | |
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| Bringing It All Together | |
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| Just Enough SAX | |
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| History | |
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| The Concept of an "Interface" | |
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| Overview of the SAX Specification | |
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| The HandlerBase Class | |
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| The DocumentHandler Interface | |
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| The AttributeList Interface | |
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| The ErrorHandler Interface | |
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| A SAX Inspection Application | |
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| SAX as a Source of PYX | |
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| Switching SAX Parsers | |
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| Just Enough DOM | |
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| History | |
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| DOM Support in Python | |
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| The DOM Architecture | |
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| Accessing an XML File with pyDOM | |
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| Navigating a DOM Tree | |
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| Walking a DOM Tree | |
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| Accessing Attributes | |
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| Manipulating Trees | |
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| Accessing an HTML File with pyDOM | |
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| Printing the Text of an HTML Document | |
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| Changing Data Content in a DOM Tree | |
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| Creating a Tree Programmatically | |
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| Converting HTML to PYX by Using DOM | |
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| Using PYX as a DOM Data Source | |
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| Pyxie: An Open Source XML- Processing Library for Python | |
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| What Is Pyxie? Design Goals | |
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| PYX Notation Processing | |
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| Event-driven Processing | |
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| Tree-driven Processing | |
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| Tree Navigation | |
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| Tree Cut-and-Paste | |
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| Node Lists | |
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| Tree Walking | |