| .. _xml: |
| |
| XML Processing Modules |
| ====================== |
| |
| Python's interfaces for processing XML are grouped in the ``xml`` package. |
| |
| It is important to note that modules in the :mod:`xml` package require that |
| there be at least one SAX-compliant XML parser available. The Expat parser is |
| included with Python, so the :mod:`xml.parsers.expat` module will always be |
| available. |
| |
| The documentation for the :mod:`xml.dom` and :mod:`xml.sax` packages are the |
| definition of the Python bindings for the DOM and SAX interfaces. |
| |
| The XML handling submodules are: |
| |
| * :mod:`xml.etree.ElementTree`: the ElementTree API, a simple and lightweight |
| |
| .. |
| |
| * :mod:`xml.dom`: the DOM API definition |
| * :mod:`xml.dom.minidom`: a lightweight DOM implementation |
| * :mod:`xml.dom.pulldom`: support for building partial DOM trees |
| |
| .. |
| |
| * :mod:`xml.sax`: SAX2 base classes and convenience functions |
| * :mod:`xml.parsers.expat`: the Expat parser binding |