XmlParser¶

class dictIO.parser.XmlParser(*, add_node_numbering: bool = True)¶

Parser to deserialize a string in XML format into a SDict.

__init__(*, add_node_numbering: bool = True) → None¶: Define default configuration for XmlParser.

Methods

`__init__`(*[, add_node_numbering])	Define default configuration for XmlParser.
`get_parser`([source_file])	Return a Parser instance matching the type of the source file to be parsed (factory method).
`parse_file`(source_file[, target_dict, comments])	Parse a file and deserialize it into a dict.
`parse_key`(arg)	Parse a single key.
`parse_string`(string, target_dict, *[, comments])	Parse a string in XML format and deserialize it into a SDict.
`parse_value`(arg)	Parse a single value.
`parse_values`(arg)	Parse multiple values.
`remove_quotes_from_string`(arg, *[, all_quotes])	Remove quotes from a string.
`remove_quotes_from_strings`(arg)	Remove quotes from multiple strings.

parse_string(string: str, target_dict: SDict[K, V], *, comments: bool = True) → SDict[K, V]¶

Parse a string in XML format and deserialize it into a SDict.

Parameters:

string (str) – the string to be parsed (i.e. the content of the file that had been read using parse_file())
target_dict (SDict[K, V]) – the target dict the parsed dict file shall be merged into
comments (bool, optional) – reads comments, by default True

Returns:

the parsed dict

Return type:

SDict[K, V]