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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst6
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_sax.py13
-rw-r--r--Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py2
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-30-12-00-15.bpo-31658._bx7a_.rst2
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst b/Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst
index 1b6e431..113e9e9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xml.sax.reader.rst
@@ -102,13 +102,17 @@ The :class:`XMLReader` interface supports the following methods:
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 a URL), a file-like object, or an :class:`InputSource` object. When
+ name or a URL), a :class:`pathlib.Path` or :term:`path-like <path-like object>`
+ object, or an :class:`InputSource` object. When
:meth:`parse` returns, the input is completely processed, and the parser object
can be discarded or reset.
.. versionchanged:: 3.5
Added support of character streams.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.8
+ Added support of path-like objects.
+
.. method:: XMLReader.getContentHandler()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sax.py b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
index 9addc06..da4eb1d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import os.path
import shutil
from urllib.error import URLError
from test import support
-from test.support import findfile, run_unittest, TESTFN
+from test.support import findfile, run_unittest, FakePath, TESTFN
TEST_XMLFILE = findfile("test.xml", subdir="xmltestdata")
TEST_XMLFILE_OUT = findfile("test.xml.out", subdir="xmltestdata")
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ class ParseTest(unittest.TestCase):
with self.assertRaises(SAXException):
self.check_parse(f)
+ def test_parse_path_object(self):
+ make_xml_file(self.data, 'utf-8', None)
+ self.check_parse(FakePath(TESTFN))
+
def test_parse_InputSource(self):
# accept data without declared but with explicitly specified encoding
make_xml_file(self.data, 'iso-8859-1', None)
@@ -397,6 +401,13 @@ class PrepareInputSourceTest(unittest.TestCase):
self.checkContent(prep.getByteStream(),
b"This was read from a file.")
+ def test_path_objects(self):
+ # If the source is a Path object, use it as a system ID and open it.
+ prep = prepare_input_source(FakePath(self.file))
+ self.assertIsNone(prep.getCharacterStream())
+ self.checkContent(prep.getByteStream(),
+ b"This was read from a file.")
+
def test_binary_file(self):
# If the source is a binary file-like object, use it as a byte
# stream.
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py b/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py
index b4fc2da..c1612ea 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ def prepare_input_source(source, base=""):
"""This function takes an InputSource and an optional base URL and
returns a fully resolved InputSource object ready for reading."""
+ if isinstance(source, os.PathLike):
+ source = os.fspath(source)
if isinstance(source, str):
source = xmlreader.InputSource(source)
elif hasattr(source, "read"):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-30-12-00-15.bpo-31658._bx7a_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-30-12-00-15.bpo-31658._bx7a_.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b35060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-30-12-00-15.bpo-31658._bx7a_.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:func:`xml.sax.parse` now supports :term:`path-like <path-like object>`.
+Patch by Mickaƫl Schoentgen.