Sample SAX Program

# 2.2a Sample SAX Program

import sys
from xml.sax import saxlib, saxexts, drivers

class PrintWorkNumbers(saxlib.HandlerBase):
"""This is our specialized document handler class"""
def __init__(self):
self.curr_name = ''
self.print_flag = 0

def startElement(self, name, attribs):
if name == 'NAME':
sys.stdout.write('Name: ')
self.print_flag = 1
elif name == 'PHONENUM':
if attribs['DESC'] == 'Work':
&nb sp; sys.stdout.write('Work phone number: ')
&nb sp; self.print_flag = 1

def endElement(self, name):
if self.print_flag:
self.print_flag = 0
print #write new line
if name == 'NAME':
self.curr_name = name

def characters(self, ch, start, length):
if self.print_flag:
sys.stdout.write(ch[start:start+length])

p = saxexts.XMLValParserFactory.make_parser()
p.setDocumentHandler(PrintWorkNumbers())
xml_file = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
p.parseFile(xml_file)
xml_file.close()