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+:mod:`xml.sax.xmlreader` --- Interface for XML parsers
+======================================================
+
+.. module:: xml.sax.xmlreader
+   :synopsis: Interface which SAX-compliant XML parsers must implement.
+.. moduleauthor:: Lars Marius Garshol <larsga@garshol.priv.no>
+.. sectionauthor:: Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>
+
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.0
+
+SAX parsers implement the :class:`XMLReader` interface. They are implemented in
+a Python module, which must provide a function :func:`create_parser`. This
+function is invoked by  :func:`xml.sax.make_parser` with no arguments to create
+a new  parser object.
+
+
+.. class:: XMLReader()
+
+   Base class which can be inherited by SAX parsers.
+
+
+.. class:: IncrementalParser()
+
+   In some cases, it is desirable not to parse an input source at once, but to feed
+   chunks of the document as they get available. Note that the reader will normally
+   not read the entire file, but read it in chunks as well; still :meth:`parse`
+   won't return until the entire document is processed. So these interfaces should
+   be used if the blocking behaviour of :meth:`parse` is not desirable.
+
+   When the parser is instantiated it is ready to begin accepting data from the
+   feed method immediately. After parsing has been finished with a call to close
+   the reset method must be called to make the parser ready to accept new data,
+   either from feed or using the parse method.
+
+   Note that these methods must *not* be called during parsing, that is, after
+   parse has been called and before it returns.
+
+   By default, the class also implements the parse method of the XMLReader
+   interface using the feed, close and reset methods of the IncrementalParser
+   interface as a convenience to SAX 2.0 driver writers.
+
+
+.. class:: Locator()
+
+   Interface for associating a SAX event with a document location. A locator object
+   will return valid results only during calls to DocumentHandler methods; at any
+   other time, the results are unpredictable. If information is not available,
+   methods may return ``None``.
+
+
+.. class:: InputSource([systemId])
+
+   Encapsulation of the information needed by the :class:`XMLReader` to read
+   entities.
+
+   This class may include information about the public identifier, system
+   identifier, byte stream (possibly with character encoding information) and/or
+   the character stream of an entity.
+
+   Applications will create objects of this class for use in the
+   :meth:`XMLReader.parse` method and for returning from
+   EntityResolver.resolveEntity.
+
+   An :class:`InputSource` belongs to the application, the :class:`XMLReader` is
+   not allowed to modify :class:`InputSource` objects passed to it from the
+   application, although it may make copies and modify those.
+
+
+.. class:: AttributesImpl(attrs)
+
+   This is an implementation of the :class:`Attributes` interface (see section
+   :ref:`attributes-objects`).  This is a dictionary-like object which
+   represents the element attributes in a :meth:`startElement` call. In addition
+   to the most useful dictionary operations, it supports a number of other
+   methods as described by the interface. Objects of this class should be
+   instantiated by readers; *attrs* must be a dictionary-like object containing
+   a mapping from attribute names to attribute values.
+
+
+.. class:: AttributesNSImpl(attrs, qnames)
+
+   Namespace-aware variant of :class:`AttributesImpl`, which will be passed to
+   :meth:`startElementNS`. It is derived from :class:`AttributesImpl`, but
+   understands attribute names as two-tuples of *namespaceURI* and
+   *localname*. In addition, it provides a number of methods expecting qualified
+   names as they appear in the original document.  This class implements the
+   :class:`AttributesNS` interface (see section :ref:`attributes-ns-objects`).
+
+
+.. _xmlreader-objects:
+
+XMLReader Objects
+-----------------
+
+The :class:`XMLReader` interface supports the following methods:
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.parse(source)
+
+   Process an input source, producing SAX events. The *source* object can be a
+   system identifier (a string identifying the input source -- typically a file
+   name or an URL), a file-like object, or an :class:`InputSource` object. When
+   :meth:`parse` returns, the input is completely processed, and the parser object
+   can be discarded or reset. As a limitation, the current implementation only
+   accepts byte streams; processing of character streams is for further study.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.getContentHandler()
+
+   Return the current :class:`ContentHandler`.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.setContentHandler(handler)
+
+   Set the current :class:`ContentHandler`.  If no :class:`ContentHandler` is set,
+   content events will be discarded.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.getDTDHandler()
+
+   Return the current :class:`DTDHandler`.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.setDTDHandler(handler)
+
+   Set the current :class:`DTDHandler`.  If no :class:`DTDHandler` is set, DTD
+   events will be discarded.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.getEntityResolver()
+
+   Return the current :class:`EntityResolver`.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.setEntityResolver(handler)
+
+   Set the current :class:`EntityResolver`.  If no :class:`EntityResolver` is set,
+   attempts to resolve an external entity will result in opening the system
+   identifier for the entity, and fail if it is not available.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.getErrorHandler()
+
+   Return the current :class:`ErrorHandler`.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.setErrorHandler(handler)
+
+   Set the current error handler.  If no :class:`ErrorHandler` is set, errors will
+   be raised as exceptions, and warnings will be printed.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.setLocale(locale)
+
+   Allow an application to set the locale for errors and warnings.
+
+   SAX parsers are not required to provide localization for errors and warnings; if
+   they cannot support the requested locale, however, they must throw a SAX
+   exception.  Applications may request a locale change in the middle of a parse.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.getFeature(featurename)
+
+   Return the current setting for feature *featurename*.  If the feature is not
+   recognized, :exc:`SAXNotRecognizedException` is raised. The well-known
+   featurenames are listed in the module :mod:`xml.sax.handler`.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.setFeature(featurename, value)
+
+   Set the *featurename* to *value*. If the feature is not recognized,
+   :exc:`SAXNotRecognizedException` is raised. If the feature or its setting is not
+   supported by the parser, *SAXNotSupportedException* is raised.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.getProperty(propertyname)
+
+   Return the current setting for property *propertyname*. If the property is not
+   recognized, a :exc:`SAXNotRecognizedException` is raised. The well-known
+   propertynames are listed in the module :mod:`xml.sax.handler`.
+
+
+.. method:: XMLReader.setProperty(propertyname, value)
+
+   Set the *propertyname* to *value*. If the property is not recognized,
+   :exc:`SAXNotRecognizedException` is raised. If the property or its setting is
+   not supported by the parser, *SAXNotSupportedException* is raised.
+
+
+.. _incremental-parser-objects:
+
+IncrementalParser Objects
+-------------------------
+
+Instances of :class:`IncrementalParser` offer the following additional methods:
+
+
+.. method:: IncrementalParser.feed(data)
+
+   Process a chunk of *data*.
+
+
+.. method:: IncrementalParser.close()
+
+   Assume the end of the document. That will check well-formedness conditions that
+   can be checked only at the end, invoke handlers, and may clean up resources
+   allocated during parsing.
+
+
+.. method:: IncrementalParser.reset()
+
+   This method is called after close has been called to reset the parser so that it
+   is ready to parse new documents. The results of calling parse or feed after
+   close without calling reset are undefined.
+
+
+.. _locator-objects:
+
+Locator Objects
+---------------
+
+Instances of :class:`Locator` provide these methods:
+
+
+.. method:: Locator.getColumnNumber()
+
+   Return the column number where the current event ends.
+
+
+.. method:: Locator.getLineNumber()
+
+   Return the line number where the current event ends.
+
+
+.. method:: Locator.getPublicId()
+
+   Return the public identifier for the current event.
+
+
+.. method:: Locator.getSystemId()
+
+   Return the system identifier for the current event.
+
+
+.. _input-source-objects:
+
+InputSource Objects
+-------------------
+
+
+.. method:: InputSource.setPublicId(id)
+
+   Sets the public identifier of this :class:`InputSource`.
+
+
+.. method:: InputSource.getPublicId()
+
+   Returns the public identifier of this :class:`InputSource`.
+
+
+.. method:: InputSource.setSystemId(id)
+
+   Sets the system identifier of this :class:`InputSource`.
+
+
+.. method:: InputSource.getSystemId()
+
+   Returns the system identifier of this :class:`InputSource`.
+
+
+.. method:: InputSource.setEncoding(encoding)
+
+   Sets the character encoding of this :class:`InputSource`.
+
+   The encoding must be a string acceptable for an XML encoding declaration (see
+   section 4.3.3 of the XML recommendation).
+
+   The encoding attribute of the :class:`InputSource` is ignored if the
+   :class:`InputSource` also contains a character stream.
+
+
+.. method:: InputSource.getEncoding()
+
+   Get the character encoding of this InputSource.
+
+
+.. method:: InputSource.setByteStream(bytefile)
+
+   Set the byte stream (a Python file-like object which does not perform
+   byte-to-character conversion) for this input source.
+
+   The SAX parser will ignore this if there is also a character stream specified,
+   but it will use a byte stream in preference to opening a URI connection itself.
+
+   If the application knows the character encoding of the byte stream, it should
+   set it with the setEncoding method.
+
+
+.. method:: InputSource.getByteStream()
+
+   Get the byte stream for this input source.
+
+   The getEncoding method will return the character encoding for this byte stream,
+   or None if unknown.
+
+
+.. method:: InputSource.setCharacterStream(charfile)
+
+   Set the character stream for this input source. (The stream must be a Python 1.6
+   Unicode-wrapped file-like that performs conversion to Unicode strings.)
+
+   If there is a character stream specified, the SAX parser will ignore any byte
+   stream and will not attempt to open a URI connection to the system identifier.
+
+
+.. method:: InputSource.getCharacterStream()
+
+   Get the character stream for this input source.
+
+
+.. _attributes-objects:
+
+The :class:`Attributes` Interface
+---------------------------------
+
+:class:`Attributes` objects implement a portion of the mapping protocol,
+including the methods :meth:`copy`, :meth:`get`, :meth:`has_key`, :meth:`items`,
+:meth:`keys`, and :meth:`values`.  The following methods are also provided:
+
+
+.. method:: Attributes.getLength()
+
+   Return the number of attributes.
+
+
+.. method:: Attributes.getNames()
+
+   Return the names of the attributes.
+
+
+.. method:: Attributes.getType(name)
+
+   Returns the type of the attribute *name*, which is normally ``'CDATA'``.
+
+
+.. method:: Attributes.getValue(name)
+
+   Return the value of attribute *name*.
+
+.. % getValueByQName, getNameByQName, getQNameByName, getQNames available
+.. % here already, but documented only for derived class.
+
+
+.. _attributes-ns-objects:
+
+The :class:`AttributesNS` Interface
+-----------------------------------
+
+This interface is a subtype of the :class:`Attributes` interface (see section
+:ref:`attributes-objects`).  All methods supported by that interface are also
+available on :class:`AttributesNS` objects.
+
+The following methods are also available:
+
+
+.. method:: AttributesNS.getValueByQName(name)
+
+   Return the value for a qualified name.
+
+
+.. method:: AttributesNS.getNameByQName(name)
+
+   Return the ``(namespace, localname)`` pair for a qualified *name*.
+
+
+.. method:: AttributesNS.getQNameByName(name)
+
+   Return the qualified name for a ``(namespace, localname)`` pair.
+
+
+.. method:: AttributesNS.getQNames()
+
+   Return the qualified names of all attributes.
+