diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b936c90..7ba9745 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ You can install the package with *pip* in a Python 2.7 or Python 3.5+ environmen
For using it import the package and apply the selectors on ElementTree nodes:
- >>> import elementpath
- >>> from xml.etree import ElementTree
- >>> root = ElementTree.XML('')
- >>> elementpath.select(root, '/A/B2/*')
- [, , ]
+>>> import elementpath
+>>> from xml.etree import ElementTree
+>>> root = ElementTree.XML('')
+>>> elementpath.select(root, '/A/B2/*')
+[, , ]
The *select* API provides the standard XPath result format that is a list or an elementary
datatype's value. If you want only to iterate over results you can use the generator function
@@ -34,26 +34,25 @@ datatype's value. If you want only to iterate over results you can use the gener
The selectors API works also using XML data trees based on the `lxml.etree `_
library:
- >>> import elementpath
- >>> import lxml.etree as etree
- >>> root = etree.XML('')
- >>> elementpath.select(root, '/A/B2/*')
- [, , ]
-
+>>> import elementpath
+>>> import lxml.etree as etree
+>>> root = etree.XML('')
+>>> elementpath.select(root, '/A/B2/*')
+[, , ]
When you need to apply the same XPath expression to several XML data you can also use the
*Selector* class, creating an instance and then using it to apply the path on distinct XML
data:
- >>> import elementpath
- >>> import lxml.etree as etree
- >>> selector = elementpath.Selector('/A/*/*')
- >>> root = etree.XML('')
- >>> selector.select(root)
- [, , ]
- >>> root = etree.XML('')
- >>> selector.select(root)
- [, , , ]
+>>> import elementpath
+>>> import lxml.etree as etree
+>>> selector = elementpath.Selector('/A/*/*')
+>>> root = etree.XML('')
+>>> selector.select(root)
+[, , ]
+>>> root = etree.XML('')
+>>> selector.select(root)
+[, , , ]
Public API classes and functions are described into the
`elementpath manual on the "Read the Docs" site `_.
diff --git a/publiccode.yml b/publiccode.yml
index 02b2004..b6008e5 100644
--- a/publiccode.yml
+++ b/publiccode.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ platforms:
- mac
softwareType: library
inputTypes:
- - XML
+ - text/XML
categories:
- data-analytics
- data-collection
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ localisation:
availableLanguages:
- en
it:
+ countryExtensionVersion: '0.2'
riuso:
codiceIPA: sissa
- piattaforme:
- spid: false
description:
en:
genericName: elementpath
@@ -46,24 +45,29 @@ description:
shortDescription: >-
Python library that provides XPath 1.0/2.0 parsers and selectors for
ElementTree and lxml
- longDescription: >+
+ longDescription: >
This is a library for Python 2.7/3.5+ that provides XPath 1.0 and 2.0
selectors for Python's ElementTree XML data structures, both for the
- standard ElementTree library and for the lxml.etree library.
-
-
- For [lxml.etree](http://lxml.de/) this package can be useful for providing
- XPath 2.0 selectors, because [lxml.etree](http://lxml.de/) already has
- it's own implementation of XPath 1.0.
+ standard **ElementTree** library and for the **lxml** library. For lxml
+ this package can be useful for providing XPath 2.0 selectors, because lxml
+ already has it's own implementation of XPath 1.0.
## Installation and usage
-
You can install the package with _pip_ in a Python 2.7 or Python 3.5+
environment:
-
- pip install elementpath
+ ~~~
+ pip install elementpath
+ ~~~
+ For using it import the package and apply the selectors on ElementTree
+ nodes:
+ ~~~
+ >>> import elementpath
+ >>> from xml.etree import ElementTree
+ >>> root = ElementTree.XML('')
+ >>> elementpath.select(root, '/A/B2/\*') [, , ]
+ ~~~
features:
- XPath 1.0 and XPath 2.0 implementations