Class ExpatLocator

Lib/xml/sax/expatreader.py:43–74

Locator for use with the ExpatParser class. This uses a weak reference to the parser object to avoid creating a circular reference between the parser and the content handler.

# --- ExpatLocator

class ExpatLocator(xmlreader.Locator):
    """Locator for use with the ExpatParser class.

    This uses a weak reference to the parser object to avoid creating
    a circular reference between the parser and the content handler.
    """
    def __init__(self, parser):
        self._ref = _mkproxy(parser)

    def getColumnNumber(self):
        parser = self._ref
        if parser._parser is None:
            return None
        return parser._parser.ErrorColumnNumber

    def getLineNumber(self):
        parser = self._ref
        if parser._parser is None:
            return 1
        return parser._parser.ErrorLineNumber

    def getPublicId(self):
        parser = self._ref
        if parser is None:
            return None
        return parser._source.getPublicId()

    def getSystemId(self):
        parser = self._ref
        if parser is None:
            return None
        return parser._source.getSystemId()


# --- ExpatParser