#!/usr/bin/env python3

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from xml.parsers.expat import ParserCreate

class DefaultSaxHandler(object):

def start_element(self, name, attrs):

print('sax:start_element: %s, attrs: %s' % (name, str(attrs)))

def end_element(self, name):

print('sax:end_element: %s' % name)

def char_data(self, text):

print('sax:char_data: %s' % text)

xml = r'''<?xml version="1.0"?>

<ol>

<li><a href="/python">Python</a></li>

<li><a href="/ruby">Ruby</a></li>

</ol>

'''

handler = DefaultSaxHandler()

parser = ParserCreate()

parser.StartElementHandler = handler.start_element

parser.EndElementHandler = handler.end_element

parser.CharacterDataHandler = handler.char_data

parser.Parse(xml)