feed_handler.FeedHandler

Module feed_handler :: Class FeedHandler

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Class FeedHandler

ContentHandler --+
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                FeedHandler

Extracts data from feeds, in response to SAX events

Method Summary
	`__init__(self)` Initialize feed object, interpreter state and content
	`characters(self, text)` Accumulates text (called by SAX parser)
	`cleanup_text(self, text)` Strips material that won't look good in plain text
	`endElementNS(self, name, qname)` Collects element content, switches state as appropriate (called by SAX parser)
	`is_content_element(self, localname)` Checks if element may contain item/entry content
	`process_tags(self, string)` Turns <br/> into then removes all <tags>
	`startElementNS(self, name, qname, attributes)` Identifies nature of element in feed (called by SAX parser)
	`trim(self, text)` Trim string length neatly
Inherited from ContentHandler
	`endDocument(self)` Receive notification of the end of a document.
	`endElement(self, name)` Signals the end of an element in non-namespace mode.
	`endPrefixMapping(self, prefix)` End the scope of a prefix-URI mapping.
	`ignorableWhitespace(self, whitespace)` Receive notification of ignorable whitespace in element content.
	`processingInstruction(self, target, data)` Receive notification of a processing instruction.
	`setDocumentLocator(self, locator)` Called by the parser to give the application a locator for locating the origin of document events.
	`skippedEntity(self, name)` Receive notification of a skipped entity.
	`startDocument(self)` Receive notification of the beginning of a document.
	`startElement(self, name, attrs)` Signals the start of an element in non-namespace mode.
	`startPrefixMapping(self, prefix, uri)` Begin the scope of a prefix-URI Namespace mapping.

Method Details

init(self)
(Constructor)

Initialize feed object, interpreter state and content

Overrides:: _xmlplus.sax.handler.ContentHandler.__init__

characters(self, text)

Accumulates text (called by SAX parser)

Overrides:: _xmlplus.sax.handler.ContentHandler.characters

cleanup_text(self, text)

Strips material that won't look good in plain text

endElementNS(self, name, qname)

Collects element content, switches state as appropriate (called by SAX parser)

Overrides:: _xmlplus.sax.handler.ContentHandler.endElementNS

is_content_element(self, localname)

Checks if element may contain item/entry content

process_tags(self, string)

Turns <br/> into then removes all <tags>

startElementNS(self, name, qname, attributes)

Identifies nature of element in feed (called by SAX parser)

Overrides:: _xmlplus.sax.handler.ContentHandler.startElementNS

trim(self, text)

Trim string length neatly

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