""" A simple XPath-like language for tree traversal. This works by creating a filter chain of generator functions. Each function selects a part of the expression, e.g. a child node, a specific descendant or a node that holds an attribute. """ from __future__ import absolute_import import re import operator path_tokenizer = re.compile( "(" "'[^']*'|\"[^\"]*\"|" "//?|" "\(\)|" "==?|" "[/.*\[\]\(\)@])|" "([^/\[\]\(\)@=\s]+)|" "\s+" ).findall def iterchildren(node, attr_name): # returns an iterable of all child nodes of that name child = getattr(node, attr_name) if child is not None: if type(child) is list: return child else: return [child] else: return () def _get_first_or_none(it): try: try: _next = it.next except AttributeError: return next(it) else: return _next() except StopIteration: return None def type_name(node): return node.__class__.__name__.split('.')[-1] def parse_func(next, token): name = token[1] token = next() if token[0] != '(': raise ValueError("Expected '(' after function name '%s'" % name) predicate = handle_predicate(next, token) return name, predicate def handle_func_not(next, token): """ not(...) """ name, predicate = parse_func(next, token) def select(result): for node in result: if _get_first_or_none(predicate([node])) is None: yield node return select def handle_name(next, token): """ /NodeName/ or func(...) """ name = token[1] if name in functions: return functions[name](next, token) def select(result): for node in result: for attr_name in node.child_attrs: for child in iterchildren(node, attr_name): if type_name(child) == name: yield child return select def handle_star(next, token): """ /*/ """ def select(result): for node in result: for name in node.child_attrs: for child in iterchildren(node, name): yield child return select def handle_dot(next, token): """ /./ """ def select(result): return result return select def handle_descendants(next, token): """ //... """ token = next() if token[0] == "*": def iter_recursive(node): for name in node.child_attrs: for child in iterchildren(node, name): yield child for c in iter_recursive(child): yield c elif not token[0]: node_name = token[1] def iter_recursive(node): for name in node.child_attrs: for child in iterchildren(node, name): if type_name(child) == node_name: yield child for c in iter_recursive(child): yield c else: raise ValueError("Expected node name after '//'") def select(result): for node in result: for child in iter_recursive(node): yield child return select def handle_attribute(next, token): token = next() if token[0]: raise ValueError("Expected attribute name") name = token[1] value = None try: token = next() except StopIteration: pass else: if token[0] == '=': value = parse_path_value(next) readattr = operator.attrgetter(name) if value is None: def select(result): for node in result: try: attr_value = readattr(node) except AttributeError: continue if attr_value is not None: yield attr_value else: def select(result): for node in result: try: attr_value = readattr(node) except AttributeError: continue if attr_value == value: yield attr_value return select def parse_path_value(next): token = next() value = token[0] if value: if value[:1] == "'" or value[:1] == '"': return value[1:-1] try: return int(value) except ValueError: pass elif token[1].isdigit(): return int(token[1]) else: name = token[1].lower() if name == 'true': return True elif name == 'false': return False raise ValueError("Invalid attribute predicate: '%s'" % value) def handle_predicate(next, token): token = next() selector = [] while token[0] != ']': selector.append( operations[token[0]](next, token) ) try: token = next() except StopIteration: break else: if token[0] == "/": token = next() if not token[0] and token[1] == 'and': return logical_and(selector, handle_predicate(next, token)) def select(result): for node in result: subresult = iter((node,)) for select in selector: subresult = select(subresult) predicate_result = _get_first_or_none(subresult) if predicate_result is not None: yield node return select def logical_and(lhs_selects, rhs_select): def select(result): for node in result: subresult = iter((node,)) for select in lhs_selects: subresult = select(subresult) predicate_result = _get_first_or_none(subresult) subresult = iter((node,)) if predicate_result is not None: for result_node in rhs_select(subresult): yield node return select operations = { "@": handle_attribute, "": handle_name, "*": handle_star, ".": handle_dot, "//": handle_descendants, "[": handle_predicate, } functions = { 'not' : handle_func_not } def _build_path_iterator(path): # parse pattern stream = iter([ (special,text) for (special,text) in path_tokenizer(path) if special or text ]) try: _next = stream.next except AttributeError: # Python 3 def _next(): return next(stream) token = _next() selector = [] while 1: try: selector.append(operations[token[0]](_next, token)) except StopIteration: raise ValueError("invalid path") try: token = _next() if token[0] == "/": token = _next() except StopIteration: break return selector # main module API def iterfind(node, path): selector_chain = _build_path_iterator(path) result = iter((node,)) for select in selector_chain: result = select(result) return result def find_first(node, path): return _get_first_or_none(iterfind(node, path)) def find_all(node, path): return list(iterfind(node, path))