"""Registration facilities for DOM. This module should not be used
directly. Instead, the functions getDOMImplementation and
registerDOMImplementation should be imported from xml.dom."""
from xml.dom.minicompat import * # isinstance, StringTypes
# This is a list of well-known implementations. Well-known names
# should be published by posting to xml-sig@python.org, and are
# subsequently recorded in this file.
well_known_implementations = {
'minidom':'xml.dom.minidom',
'4DOM': 'xml.dom.DOMImplementation',
# DOM implementations not officially registered should register
def registerDOMImplementation(name, factory):
"""registerDOMImplementation(name, factory)
Register the factory function with the name. The factory function
should return an object which implements the DOMImplementation
interface. The factory function can either return the same object,
or a new one (e.g. if that implementation supports some
registered[name] = factory
def _good_enough(dom, features):
"_good_enough(dom, features) -> Return 1 if the dom offers the features"
if not dom.hasFeature(f,v):
def getDOMImplementation(name = None, features = ()):
"""getDOMImplementation(name = None, features = ()) -> DOM implementation.
Return a suitable DOM implementation. The name is either
well-known, the module name of a DOM implementation, or None. If
it is not None, imports the corresponding module and returns
DOMImplementation object if the import succeeds.
If name is not given, consider the available implementations to
find one with the required feature set. If no implementation can
be found, raise an ImportError. The features list must be a sequence
of (feature, version) pairs which are passed to hasFeature."""
mod = well_known_implementations.get(name)
mod = __import__(mod, {}, {}, ['getDOMImplementation'])
return mod.getDOMImplementation()
return registered[name]()
elif not sys.flags.ignore_environment and "PYTHON_DOM" in os.environ:
return getDOMImplementation(name = os.environ["PYTHON_DOM"])
# User did not specify a name, try implementations in arbitrary
# order, returning the one that has the required features
if isinstance(features, StringTypes):
features = _parse_feature_string(features)
for creator in registered.values():
if _good_enough(dom, features):
for creator in well_known_implementations.keys():
dom = getDOMImplementation(name = creator)
except StandardError: # typically ImportError, or AttributeError
if _good_enough(dom, features):
raise ImportError,"no suitable DOM implementation found"
def _parse_feature_string(s):
if feature[0] in "0123456789":
raise ValueError, "bad feature name: %r" % (feature,)
features.append((feature, version))