使用Python ElementTree读取多个顶级项的XML?

Question

我想用Python的ElementTree来读取一个XML文件，但这个文件有多个顶层标签。

我本来想在XML外面加上一个<doc>...</doc>的包裹，但我必须把这个<doc>放在<?xml>和<!DOCTYPE>之后。不过，搞清楚<!DOCTYPE>在哪里结束可不是件简单的事。

我现在有的内容是：

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE FOO BAR "foo.dtd" [
<!ENTITY ...>
<!ENTITY ...>
<!ENTITY ...>
]>
<ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE>
<ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE>
<ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE>
<ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE>

我想要的内容是：

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE FOO BAR "foo.dtd" [
<!ENTITY ...>
<!ENTITY ...>
<!ENTITY ...>
]>
<DOC>
<ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE>
<ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE>
<ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE>
<ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE>
</DOC>

另外，标签ARTICLE的名字可能会变，所以我不能直接用grep去找它。

有没有人能告诉我怎么在XML头部后面加上这个包裹的<doc>...</doc>，或者给我其他的解决办法？

Answer 1

我写了一个函数，用来在XML处理指令之后添加一个顶层标签。现在你可以在我的公共Python库中找到这段代码，具体位置是common.myelementtree.add_toplevel_tag

import re
xmlprocre = re.compile("(\s*<[\?\!])")
def add_toplevel_tag(string):
    """
After all the XML processing instructions, add an enclosing top-level <DOC> tag, and return it.
e.g.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE FOO BAR "foo.dtd" [ <!ENTITY ...> <!ENTITY ...> <!ENTITY ...> ]> <ARTICLE> ...
</ARTICLE> <ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE> <ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE> <ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE>
=>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE FOO BAR "foo.dtd" [ <!ENTITY ...> <!ENTITY ...> <!ENTITY ...> ]><DOC> <ARTICLE> ...
</ARTICLE> <ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE> <ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE> <ARTICLE> ... </ARTICLE></DOC>
"""
    def _advance_proc(string, idx):
        # If possible, advance over whitespace and one processing
        # instruction starting at string index idx, and return its index.
        # If not possible, return None
        # Find the beginning of the processing instruction
        m = xmlprocre.match(string[idx:])
        if m is None: return None
        #print "Group", m.group(1)
        idx = idx + len(m.group(1))
        #print "Remain", string[idx:]

        # Find closing > bracket
        bracketdebt = 1
        while bracketdebt > 0:
            if string[idx] == "<": bracketdebt += 1
            elif string[idx] == ">": bracketdebt -= 1
            idx += 1
        #print "Remain", string[idx:]
        return idx
    loc = 0
    while 1:
        # Advance one processing instruction
        newloc = _advance_proc(string, loc)
        if newloc is None: break
        else: loc = newloc
    return string[:loc] + "<DOC>" + string[loc:] + "</DOC>"