xmltest.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

class XMLCollector(object):

    def __init__(self):
        self.level = 0
        self.data  = []

    def startTag(self, name, fields):
        currentLevel = self.data

        for i in range(self.level):
            currentLevel = currentLevel[-1][-1]

        if not name.endswith("/"):
            self.level += 1

        currentLevel.append([name, fields, []])

    def tagData(self, data):
        currentLevel = self.data

        for i in range(self.level):
            currentLevel = currentLevel[-1][-1]

        if len(currentLevel) > 0 and isinstance(currentLevel[-1], str):
            currentLevel[-1] = currentLevel[-1] + data
        else:
            currentLevel.append(data)


    def endTag(self, name):
        self.level -= 1



if __name__ == "__main__":
    import pprint
    from xml.parsers import expat

    xmlTags = XMLCollector()
    xmlFile = open("format.xml", "rb")
    eXMLParse = expat.ParserCreate()

    eXMLParse.StartElementHandler = xmlTags.startTag
    eXMLParse.EndElementHandler = xmlTags.endTag
    eXMLParse.CharacterDataHandler = xmlTags.tagData

    eXMLParse.ParseFile(xmlFile)

    pprint.pprint(xmlTags.data)