This small module reads Apple’s plist XML data structure serialization format and returns a native Python data structure. In conjunction with XMLFilter, it should be compatible with all versions of Python from 1.5.2 up, on all platforms.
Notably, it works with the factory-installed copy of Python 2.2 on Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar).
Dependencies (all available here):
import PListReader
import XMLFilter
reader = PListReader.PListReader()
XMLFilter.parseFilePath(filePath, reader,
features = reader.getRecommendedFeatures())
result = reader.getResult()
# result could be a Python dict, list, string, number, etc.
The module uses XMLFilter if available, which provides compatibility for Python versions with only xmllib and not a real SAX parser. It falls back to xml.sax.handler instead if XMLFilter isn’t available. (The example above depends on XMLFilter. See the SAX example below for code that depends on xml.sax instead.)
Dual-licensed under the Python License and MPSL 1.1 (Mozilla License).
PListReader.py.txt (6K) - the module itself.
TestPListReader-XMLFilter.py.txt (1K) - a short test that parses a random .plist file.
TestPListReader-SAX.py.txt (1K) - a slightly longer version of the same test that doesn’t require XMLFilter.
| 2004-02-14 | Use native booleans if available (thanks, Dale Nagata!); minor changes to documentation |
| 2003-09-04 | Support getRecommendedFeatures() & the XMLFilter features API, and use it to disable feature_external_ges, allowing parsing to work even while disconnected from the Internet |
| 2003-08-16 | Initial version |