Class Parser
An XODE parser.
Parameters
  Certain aspects of the parsing can be controlled by setting 
  parameters with setParams().
  spaceFactory
    spaceFactory can be set to a callable object that 
    creates instances which inherit from ode.SpaceBase. This factory will be 
    used by the parser to create Space objects for <space> tags 
    unless the class is overridden in the XODE file. The default behavior 
    is to use the ode.SimpleSpace class.
    Example using ode.HashSpace:
   | from xode import parser
   | import ode
   |
   | p = parser.Parser()
   | p.setParams(spaceFactory=ode.HashSpace)
    Example using ode.QuadTreeSpace:
   | from xode import parser
   | import ode
   |
   | def makeSpace():
   |     return ode.QuadTreeSpace((0, 0, 0), (2, 2, 2), 3)
   |
   | p = parser.Parser()
   | p.setParams(spaceFactory=makeSpace)
  | Method Summary | 
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  __init__(self)
 
Initialise the parser. | 
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  getParam(self,
          name)
 
Return the value of the given parameter. | 
        instance of node.TreeNode
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  parseFile(self,
          fp)
 
Parses the given file. | 
        instance of node.TreeNode
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  parseString(self,
          xml)
 
Parses the given string. | 
|         tuple
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  parseVector(self,
          attrs)
 
Parses an element's attributes as a vector. | 
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  pop(self)
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  push(self,
          startElement,
          endElement)
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  setParams(self,
          **params)
 
Sets some parse parameters. | 
  __init__(self)
     (Constructor)
  
  Initialise the parser.
  - 
  
  
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  getParam(self,
          name)
  
  - 
    
- Parameters:
 
      name -
         The parameter name.
                   
        (type=str)
       
     
    - Returns:
 
      - 
        The value of the given parameter.
      
 
     
    - Raises:
 
      KeyError -
        If the parameter is not defined.
     
    
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  parseFile(self,
          fp)
  
  Parses the given file.
  - 
    
- Parameters:
 
      fp -
         A file-like object.
                   
        (type=file-like instance)
       
     
    - Returns:
 
      - 
        The root container.
        
           
        (type=instance of node.TreeNode)
       
     
    - Raises:
 
      errors.InvalidError -
        If document is invalid.
     
    
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  parseString(self,
          xml)
  
  Parses the given string.
  - 
    
- Parameters:
 
      xml -
         The string to parse.
                   
        (type=str)
       
     
    - Returns:
 
      - 
        The root container.
        
           
        (type=instance of node.TreeNode)
       
     
    - Raises:
 
      errors.InvalidError -
        If document is invalid.
     
    
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  parseVector(self,
          attrs)
  
  Parses an element's attributes as a vector.
  - 
    
- Returns:
 
      - 
        The vector (x, y, z).
        
           
        (type=tuple)
       
     
    - Raises:
 
      errors.InvalidError -
        If the attributes don't correspond to a valid vector.
     
    
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  setParams(self,
          **params)
  
  Sets some parse parameters.
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