Function make_parser

Lib/xml/sax/__init__.py:66–88

Creates and returns a SAX parser. Creates the first parser it is able to instantiate of the ones given in the iterable created by chaining parser_list and default_parser_list. The iterables must contain the names of Python modules containing both a SAX parser and a create_parser fu

(parser_list=())

def make_parser(parser_list=()):
    """Creates and returns a SAX parser.

    Creates the first parser it is able to instantiate of the ones
    given in the iterable created by chaining parser_list and
    default_parser_list.  The iterables must contain the names of Python
    modules containing both a SAX parser and a create_parser function."""

    for parser_name in list(parser_list) + default_parser_list:
        try:
            return _create_parser(parser_name)
        except ImportError:
            import sys
            if parser_name in sys.modules:
                # The parser module was found, but importing it
                # failed unexpectedly, pass this exception through
                raise
        except SAXReaderNotAvailable:
            # The parser module detected that it won't work properly,
            # so try the next one
            pass

    raise SAXReaderNotAvailable("No parsers found", None)

# --- Internal utility methods used by make_parser