XmlFile.py

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import logging
from pathlib import Path

from lxml import etree

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_module_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

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class XmlFileMixin:

    """Class mixin to parse a XML file using lxml module"""

    # _logger = _module_logger.getChild('XmlFile')

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    def __init__(self, path):
        self._path = Path(path)

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    @property
    def path(self):
        return self._path

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    def _parse(self):
        """Parse a XML file and return the etree"""
        with open(str(self._path), 'rb') as f:
            source = f.read()
        return etree.fromstring(source)

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    @staticmethod
    def _get_xpath_element(root, path):
        """Utility function to get an element from a xpath and a root"""
        return root.xpath(path)[0]