xml.sax in Python 2.3.4

[Gustaf Liljegren]

After a long break with Python I'm trying to get started again. I need
to do some SAX processing, but it seems things have changed, and I can't
find any docs describing how to make things work *today*. The SAX
example in the XML HOWTO [1] doesn't work anymore. I get this error:

D:\Test>python comics.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "comics.py", line 5, in ?
class FindIssue(saxutils.DefaultHandler):
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'DefaultHandler'

I hope someone here can explain what has changed and how a working
example looks today. My needs are very simple, so don't want to install
any packages on top of the standard distribution.

1. http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/topics/howto/node12.html

 

[Uche Ogbuji]

After a long break with Python I'm trying to get started again. I need
to do some SAX processing, but it seems things have changed, and I can't
find any docs describing how to make things work *today*. The SAX
example in the XML HOWTO [1] doesn't work anymore. I get this error:

D:\Test>python comics.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "comics.py", line 5, in ?
class FindIssue(saxutils.DefaultHandler):
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'DefaultHandler'

I hope someone here can explain what has changed and how a working
example looks today. My needs are very simple, so don't want to install
any packages on top of the standard distribution.

1. http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/topics/howto/node12.html

Things have certainly changed since all that. You can easily correct
your own sample code using the standard Python docs:

http://python.org/doc/current/lib/module-xml.sax.html

Which I admit could be better organized (nor would more examples
hurt). See also my Akara page on Python/SAX

http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/akara/nodes/2003-01-01/sax

I have a lot on SAX in recent installments of my column:

http://www.xml.com/pub/au/84


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