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+:mod:`xml.parsers.expat` --- Fast XML parsing using Expat
+=========================================================
+
+.. module:: xml.parsers.expat
+ :synopsis: An interface to the Expat non-validating XML parser.
+.. moduleauthor:: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>
+
+
+.. % Markup notes:
+.. %
+.. % Many of the attributes of the XMLParser objects are callbacks.
+.. % Since signature information must be presented, these are described
+.. % using the methoddesc environment. Since they are attributes which
+.. % are set by client code, in-text references to these attributes
+.. % should be marked using the \member macro and should not include the
+.. % parentheses used when marking functions and methods.
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.0
+
+.. index:: single: Expat
+
+The :mod:`xml.parsers.expat` module is a Python interface to the Expat
+non-validating XML parser. The module provides a single extension type,
+:class:`xmlparser`, that represents the current state of an XML parser. After
+an :class:`xmlparser` object has been created, various attributes of the object
+can be set to handler functions. When an XML document is then fed to the
+parser, the handler functions are called for the character data and markup in
+the XML document.
+
+.. index:: module: pyexpat
+
+This module uses the :mod:`pyexpat` module to provide access to the Expat
+parser. Direct use of the :mod:`pyexpat` module is deprecated.
+
+This module provides one exception and one type object:
+
+
+.. exception:: ExpatError
+
+ The exception raised when Expat reports an error. See section
+ :ref:`expaterror-objects` for more information on interpreting Expat errors.
+
+
+.. exception:: error
+
+ Alias for :exc:`ExpatError`.
+
+
+.. data:: XMLParserType
+
+ The type of the return values from the :func:`ParserCreate` function.
+
+The :mod:`xml.parsers.expat` module contains two functions:
+
+
+.. function:: ErrorString(errno)
+
+ Returns an explanatory string for a given error number *errno*.
+
+
+.. function:: ParserCreate([encoding[, namespace_separator]])
+
+ Creates and returns a new :class:`xmlparser` object. *encoding*, if specified,
+ must be a string naming the encoding used by the XML data. Expat doesn't
+ support as many encodings as Python does, and its repertoire of encodings can't
+ be extended; it supports UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO-8859-1 (Latin1), and ASCII. If
+ *encoding* is given it will override the implicit or explicit encoding of the
+ document.
+
+ Expat can optionally do XML namespace processing for you, enabled by providing a
+ value for *namespace_separator*. The value must be a one-character string; a
+ :exc:`ValueError` will be raised if the string has an illegal length (``None``
+ is considered the same as omission). When namespace processing is enabled,
+ element type names and attribute names that belong to a namespace will be
+ expanded. The element name passed to the element handlers
+ :attr:`StartElementHandler` and :attr:`EndElementHandler` will be the
+ concatenation of the namespace URI, the namespace separator character, and the
+ local part of the name. If the namespace separator is a zero byte (``chr(0)``)
+ then the namespace URI and the local part will be concatenated without any
+ separator.
+
+ For example, if *namespace_separator* is set to a space character (``' '``) and
+ the following document is parsed::
+
+ <?xml version="1.0"?>
+ <root xmlns = "http://default-namespace.org/"
+ xmlns:py = "http://www.python.org/ns/">
+ <py:elem1 />
+ <elem2 xmlns="" />
+ </root>
+
+ :attr:`StartElementHandler` will receive the following strings for each
+ element::
+
+ http://default-namespace.org/ root
+ http://www.python.org/ns/ elem1
+ elem2
+
+
+.. seealso::
+
+ `The Expat XML Parser <http://www.libexpat.org/>`_
+ Home page of the Expat project.
+
+
+.. _xmlparser-objects:
+
+XMLParser Objects
+-----------------
+
+:class:`xmlparser` objects have the following methods:
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.Parse(data[, isfinal])
+
+ Parses the contents of the string *data*, calling the appropriate handler
+ functions to process the parsed data. *isfinal* must be true on the final call
+ to this method. *data* can be the empty string at any time.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.ParseFile(file)
+
+ Parse XML data reading from the object *file*. *file* only needs to provide
+ the ``read(nbytes)`` method, returning the empty string when there's no more
+ data.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.SetBase(base)
+
+ Sets the base to be used for resolving relative URIs in system identifiers in
+ declarations. Resolving relative identifiers is left to the application: this
+ value will be passed through as the *base* argument to the
+ :func:`ExternalEntityRefHandler`, :func:`NotationDeclHandler`, and
+ :func:`UnparsedEntityDeclHandler` functions.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.GetBase()
+
+ Returns a string containing the base set by a previous call to :meth:`SetBase`,
+ or ``None`` if :meth:`SetBase` hasn't been called.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.GetInputContext()
+
+ Returns the input data that generated the current event as a string. The data is
+ in the encoding of the entity which contains the text. When called while an
+ event handler is not active, the return value is ``None``.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.ExternalEntityParserCreate(context[, encoding])
+
+ Create a "child" parser which can be used to parse an external parsed entity
+ referred to by content parsed by the parent parser. The *context* parameter
+ should be the string passed to the :meth:`ExternalEntityRefHandler` handler
+ function, described below. The child parser is created with the
+ :attr:`ordered_attributes` and :attr:`specified_attributes` set to the values of
+ this parser.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.UseForeignDTD([flag])
+
+ Calling this with a true value for *flag* (the default) will cause Expat to call
+ the :attr:`ExternalEntityRefHandler` with :const:`None` for all arguments to
+ allow an alternate DTD to be loaded. If the document does not contain a
+ document type declaration, the :attr:`ExternalEntityRefHandler` will still be
+ called, but the :attr:`StartDoctypeDeclHandler` and
+ :attr:`EndDoctypeDeclHandler` will not be called.
+
+ Passing a false value for *flag* will cancel a previous call that passed a true
+ value, but otherwise has no effect.
+
+ This method can only be called before the :meth:`Parse` or :meth:`ParseFile`
+ methods are called; calling it after either of those have been called causes
+ :exc:`ExpatError` to be raised with the :attr:`code` attribute set to
+ :const:`errors.XML_ERROR_CANT_CHANGE_FEATURE_ONCE_PARSING`.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.3
+
+:class:`xmlparser` objects have the following attributes:
+
+
+.. attribute:: xmlparser.buffer_size
+
+ The size of the buffer used when :attr:`buffer_text` is true. This value cannot
+ be changed at this time.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.3
+
+
+.. attribute:: xmlparser.buffer_text
+
+ Setting this to true causes the :class:`xmlparser` object to buffer textual
+ content returned by Expat to avoid multiple calls to the
+ :meth:`CharacterDataHandler` callback whenever possible. This can improve
+ performance substantially since Expat normally breaks character data into chunks
+ at every line ending. This attribute is false by default, and may be changed at
+ any time.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.3
+
+
+.. attribute:: xmlparser.buffer_used
+
+ If :attr:`buffer_text` is enabled, the number of bytes stored in the buffer.
+ These bytes represent UTF-8 encoded text. This attribute has no meaningful
+ interpretation when :attr:`buffer_text` is false.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.3
+
+
+.. attribute:: xmlparser.ordered_attributes
+
+ Setting this attribute to a non-zero integer causes the attributes to be
+ reported as a list rather than a dictionary. The attributes are presented in
+ the order found in the document text. For each attribute, two list entries are
+ presented: the attribute name and the attribute value. (Older versions of this
+ module also used this format.) By default, this attribute is false; it may be
+ changed at any time.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+
+.. attribute:: xmlparser.specified_attributes
+
+ If set to a non-zero integer, the parser will report only those attributes which
+ were specified in the document instance and not those which were derived from
+ attribute declarations. Applications which set this need to be especially
+ careful to use what additional information is available from the declarations as
+ needed to comply with the standards for the behavior of XML processors. By
+ default, this attribute is false; it may be changed at any time.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+The following attributes contain values relating to the most recent error
+encountered by an :class:`xmlparser` object, and will only have correct values
+once a call to :meth:`Parse` or :meth:`ParseFile` has raised a
+:exc:`xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError` exception.
+
+
+.. attribute:: xmlparser.ErrorByteIndex
+
+ Byte index at which an error occurred.
+
+
+.. attribute:: xmlparser.ErrorCode
+
+ Numeric code specifying the problem. This value can be passed to the
+ :func:`ErrorString` function, or compared to one of the constants defined in the
+ ``errors`` object.
+
+
+.. attribute:: xmlparser.ErrorColumnNumber
+
+ Column number at which an error occurred.
+
+
+.. attribute:: xmlparser.ErrorLineNumber
+
+ Line number at which an error occurred.
+
+The following attributes contain values relating to the current parse location
+in an :class:`xmlparser` object. During a callback reporting a parse event they
+indicate the location of the first of the sequence of characters that generated
+the event. When called outside of a callback, the position indicated will be
+just past the last parse event (regardless of whether there was an associated
+callback).
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.4
+
+
+.. attribute:: xmlparser.CurrentByteIndex
+
+ Current byte index in the parser input.
+
+
+.. attribute:: xmlparser.CurrentColumnNumber
+
+ Current column number in the parser input.
+
+
+.. attribute:: xmlparser.CurrentLineNumber
+
+ Current line number in the parser input.
+
+Here is the list of handlers that can be set. To set a handler on an
+:class:`xmlparser` object *o*, use ``o.handlername = func``. *handlername* must
+be taken from the following list, and *func* must be a callable object accepting
+the correct number of arguments. The arguments are all strings, unless
+otherwise stated.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.XmlDeclHandler(version, encoding, standalone)
+
+ Called when the XML declaration is parsed. The XML declaration is the
+ (optional) declaration of the applicable version of the XML recommendation, the
+ encoding of the document text, and an optional "standalone" declaration.
+ *version* and *encoding* will be strings, and *standalone* will be ``1`` if the
+ document is declared standalone, ``0`` if it is declared not to be standalone,
+ or ``-1`` if the standalone clause was omitted. This is only available with
+ Expat version 1.95.0 or newer.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.StartDoctypeDeclHandler(doctypeName, systemId, publicId, has_internal_subset)
+
+ Called when Expat begins parsing the document type declaration (``<!DOCTYPE
+ ...``). The *doctypeName* is provided exactly as presented. The *systemId* and
+ *publicId* parameters give the system and public identifiers if specified, or
+ ``None`` if omitted. *has_internal_subset* will be true if the document
+ contains and internal document declaration subset. This requires Expat version
+ 1.2 or newer.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.EndDoctypeDeclHandler()
+
+ Called when Expat is done parsing the document type declaration. This requires
+ Expat version 1.2 or newer.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.ElementDeclHandler(name, model)
+
+ Called once for each element type declaration. *name* is the name of the
+ element type, and *model* is a representation of the content model.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.AttlistDeclHandler(elname, attname, type, default, required)
+
+ Called for each declared attribute for an element type. If an attribute list
+ declaration declares three attributes, this handler is called three times, once
+ for each attribute. *elname* is the name of the element to which the
+ declaration applies and *attname* is the name of the attribute declared. The
+ attribute type is a string passed as *type*; the possible values are
+ ``'CDATA'``, ``'ID'``, ``'IDREF'``, ... *default* gives the default value for
+ the attribute used when the attribute is not specified by the document instance,
+ or ``None`` if there is no default value (``#IMPLIED`` values). If the
+ attribute is required to be given in the document instance, *required* will be
+ true. This requires Expat version 1.95.0 or newer.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.StartElementHandler(name, attributes)
+
+ Called for the start of every element. *name* is a string containing the
+ element name, and *attributes* is a dictionary mapping attribute names to their
+ values.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.EndElementHandler(name)
+
+ Called for the end of every element.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.ProcessingInstructionHandler(target, data)
+
+ Called for every processing instruction.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.CharacterDataHandler(data)
+
+ Called for character data. This will be called for normal character data, CDATA
+ marked content, and ignorable whitespace. Applications which must distinguish
+ these cases can use the :attr:`StartCdataSectionHandler`,
+ :attr:`EndCdataSectionHandler`, and :attr:`ElementDeclHandler` callbacks to
+ collect the required information.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.UnparsedEntityDeclHandler(entityName, base, systemId, publicId, notationName)
+
+ Called for unparsed (NDATA) entity declarations. This is only present for
+ version 1.2 of the Expat library; for more recent versions, use
+ :attr:`EntityDeclHandler` instead. (The underlying function in the Expat
+ library has been declared obsolete.)
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.EntityDeclHandler(entityName, is_parameter_entity, value, base, systemId, publicId, notationName)
+
+ Called for all entity declarations. For parameter and internal entities,
+ *value* will be a string giving the declared contents of the entity; this will
+ be ``None`` for external entities. The *notationName* parameter will be
+ ``None`` for parsed entities, and the name of the notation for unparsed
+ entities. *is_parameter_entity* will be true if the entity is a parameter entity
+ or false for general entities (most applications only need to be concerned with
+ general entities). This is only available starting with version 1.95.0 of the
+ Expat library.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.NotationDeclHandler(notationName, base, systemId, publicId)
+
+ Called for notation declarations. *notationName*, *base*, and *systemId*, and
+ *publicId* are strings if given. If the public identifier is omitted,
+ *publicId* will be ``None``.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.StartNamespaceDeclHandler(prefix, uri)
+
+ Called when an element contains a namespace declaration. Namespace declarations
+ are processed before the :attr:`StartElementHandler` is called for the element
+ on which declarations are placed.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.EndNamespaceDeclHandler(prefix)
+
+ Called when the closing tag is reached for an element that contained a
+ namespace declaration. This is called once for each namespace declaration on
+ the element in the reverse of the order for which the
+ :attr:`StartNamespaceDeclHandler` was called to indicate the start of each
+ namespace declaration's scope. Calls to this handler are made after the
+ corresponding :attr:`EndElementHandler` for the end of the element.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.CommentHandler(data)
+
+ Called for comments. *data* is the text of the comment, excluding the leading
+ '``<!-``\ ``-``' and trailing '``-``\ ``->``'.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.StartCdataSectionHandler()
+
+ Called at the start of a CDATA section. This and :attr:`EndCdataSectionHandler`
+ are needed to be able to identify the syntactical start and end for CDATA
+ sections.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.EndCdataSectionHandler()
+
+ Called at the end of a CDATA section.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.DefaultHandler(data)
+
+ Called for any characters in the XML document for which no applicable handler
+ has been specified. This means characters that are part of a construct which
+ could be reported, but for which no handler has been supplied.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.DefaultHandlerExpand(data)
+
+ This is the same as the :func:`DefaultHandler`, but doesn't inhibit expansion
+ of internal entities. The entity reference will not be passed to the default
+ handler.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.NotStandaloneHandler()
+
+ Called if the XML document hasn't been declared as being a standalone document.
+ This happens when there is an external subset or a reference to a parameter
+ entity, but the XML declaration does not set standalone to ``yes`` in an XML
+ declaration. If this handler returns ``0``, then the parser will throw an
+ :const:`XML_ERROR_NOT_STANDALONE` error. If this handler is not set, no
+ exception is raised by the parser for this condition.
+
+
+.. method:: xmlparser.ExternalEntityRefHandler(context, base, systemId, publicId)
+
+ Called for references to external entities. *base* is the current base, as set
+ by a previous call to :meth:`SetBase`. The public and system identifiers,
+ *systemId* and *publicId*, are strings if given; if the public identifier is not
+ given, *publicId* will be ``None``. The *context* value is opaque and should
+ only be used as described below.
+
+ For external entities to be parsed, this handler must be implemented. It is
+ responsible for creating the sub-parser using
+ ``ExternalEntityParserCreate(context)``, initializing it with the appropriate
+ callbacks, and parsing the entity. This handler should return an integer; if it
+ returns ``0``, the parser will throw an
+ :const:`XML_ERROR_EXTERNAL_ENTITY_HANDLING` error, otherwise parsing will
+ continue.
+
+ If this handler is not provided, external entities are reported by the
+ :attr:`DefaultHandler` callback, if provided.
+
+
+.. _expaterror-objects:
+
+ExpatError Exceptions
+---------------------
+
+.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
+
+
+:exc:`ExpatError` exceptions have a number of interesting attributes:
+
+
+.. attribute:: ExpatError.code
+
+ Expat's internal error number for the specific error. This will match one of
+ the constants defined in the ``errors`` object from this module.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+
+.. attribute:: ExpatError.lineno
+
+ Line number on which the error was detected. The first line is numbered ``1``.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+
+.. attribute:: ExpatError.offset
+
+ Character offset into the line where the error occurred. The first column is
+ numbered ``0``.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+
+.. _expat-example:
+
+Example
+-------
+
+The following program defines three handlers that just print out their
+arguments. ::
+
+ import xml.parsers.expat
+
+ # 3 handler functions
+ def start_element(name, attrs):
+ print 'Start element:', name, attrs
+ def end_element(name):
+ print 'End element:', name
+ def char_data(data):
+ print 'Character data:', repr(data)
+
+ p = xml.parsers.expat.ParserCreate()
+
+ p.StartElementHandler = start_element
+ p.EndElementHandler = end_element
+ p.CharacterDataHandler = char_data
+
+ p.Parse("""<?xml version="1.0"?>
+ <parent id="top"><child1 name="paul">Text goes here</child1>
+ <child2 name="fred">More text</child2>
+ </parent>""", 1)
+
+The output from this program is::
+
+ Start element: parent {'id': 'top'}
+ Start element: child1 {'name': 'paul'}
+ Character data: 'Text goes here'
+ End element: child1
+ Character data: '\n'
+ Start element: child2 {'name': 'fred'}
+ Character data: 'More text'
+ End element: child2
+ Character data: '\n'
+ End element: parent
+
+
+.. _expat-content-models:
+
+Content Model Descriptions
+--------------------------
+
+.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
+
+
+Content modules are described using nested tuples. Each tuple contains four
+values: the type, the quantifier, the name, and a tuple of children. Children
+are simply additional content module descriptions.
+
+The values of the first two fields are constants defined in the ``model`` object
+of the :mod:`xml.parsers.expat` module. These constants can be collected in two
+groups: the model type group and the quantifier group.
+
+The constants in the model type group are:
+
+
+.. data:: XML_CTYPE_ANY
+ :noindex:
+
+ The element named by the model name was declared to have a content model of
+ ``ANY``.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_CTYPE_CHOICE
+ :noindex:
+
+ The named element allows a choice from a number of options; this is used for
+ content models such as ``(A | B | C)``.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_CTYPE_EMPTY
+ :noindex:
+
+ Elements which are declared to be ``EMPTY`` have this model type.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_CTYPE_MIXED
+ :noindex:
+
+
+.. data:: XML_CTYPE_NAME
+ :noindex:
+
+
+.. data:: XML_CTYPE_SEQ
+ :noindex:
+
+ Models which represent a series of models which follow one after the other are
+ indicated with this model type. This is used for models such as ``(A, B, C)``.
+
+The constants in the quantifier group are:
+
+
+.. data:: XML_CQUANT_NONE
+ :noindex:
+
+ No modifier is given, so it can appear exactly once, as for ``A``.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_CQUANT_OPT
+ :noindex:
+
+ The model is optional: it can appear once or not at all, as for ``A?``.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_CQUANT_PLUS
+ :noindex:
+
+ The model must occur one or more times (like ``A+``).
+
+
+.. data:: XML_CQUANT_REP
+ :noindex:
+
+ The model must occur zero or more times, as for ``A*``.
+
+
+.. _expat-errors:
+
+Expat error constants
+---------------------
+
+The following constants are provided in the ``errors`` object of the
+:mod:`xml.parsers.expat` module. These constants are useful in interpreting
+some of the attributes of the :exc:`ExpatError` exception objects raised when an
+error has occurred.
+
+The ``errors`` object has the following attributes:
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_ASYNC_ENTITY
+ :noindex:
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_ATTRIBUTE_EXTERNAL_ENTITY_REF
+ :noindex:
+
+ An entity reference in an attribute value referred to an external entity instead
+ of an internal entity.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_BAD_CHAR_REF
+ :noindex:
+
+ A character reference referred to a character which is illegal in XML (for
+ example, character ``0``, or '``&#0;``').
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_BINARY_ENTITY_REF
+ :noindex:
+
+ An entity reference referred to an entity which was declared with a notation, so
+ cannot be parsed.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_DUPLICATE_ATTRIBUTE
+ :noindex:
+
+ An attribute was used more than once in a start tag.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_INCORRECT_ENCODING
+ :noindex:
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_INVALID_TOKEN
+ :noindex:
+
+ Raised when an input byte could not properly be assigned to a character; for
+ example, a NUL byte (value ``0``) in a UTF-8 input stream.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_JUNK_AFTER_DOC_ELEMENT
+ :noindex:
+
+ Something other than whitespace occurred after the document element.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_MISPLACED_XML_PI
+ :noindex:
+
+ An XML declaration was found somewhere other than the start of the input data.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_NO_ELEMENTS
+ :noindex:
+
+ The document contains no elements (XML requires all documents to contain exactly
+ one top-level element)..
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_NO_MEMORY
+ :noindex:
+
+ Expat was not able to allocate memory internally.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_PARAM_ENTITY_REF
+ :noindex:
+
+ A parameter entity reference was found where it was not allowed.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_PARTIAL_CHAR
+ :noindex:
+
+ An incomplete character was found in the input.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_RECURSIVE_ENTITY_REF
+ :noindex:
+
+ An entity reference contained another reference to the same entity; possibly via
+ a different name, and possibly indirectly.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_SYNTAX
+ :noindex:
+
+ Some unspecified syntax error was encountered.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_TAG_MISMATCH
+ :noindex:
+
+ An end tag did not match the innermost open start tag.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_UNCLOSED_TOKEN
+ :noindex:
+
+ Some token (such as a start tag) was not closed before the end of the stream or
+ the next token was encountered.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_UNDEFINED_ENTITY
+ :noindex:
+
+ A reference was made to a entity which was not defined.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ENCODING
+ :noindex:
+
+ The document encoding is not supported by Expat.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_UNCLOSED_CDATA_SECTION
+ :noindex:
+
+ A CDATA marked section was not closed.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_EXTERNAL_ENTITY_HANDLING
+ :noindex:
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_NOT_STANDALONE
+ :noindex:
+
+ The parser determined that the document was not "standalone" though it declared
+ itself to be in the XML declaration, and the :attr:`NotStandaloneHandler` was
+ set and returned ``0``.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_STATE
+ :noindex:
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_ENTITY_DECLARED_IN_PE
+ :noindex:
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_FEATURE_REQUIRES_XML_DTD
+ :noindex:
+
+ An operation was requested that requires DTD support to be compiled in, but
+ Expat was configured without DTD support. This should never be reported by a
+ standard build of the :mod:`xml.parsers.expat` module.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_CANT_CHANGE_FEATURE_ONCE_PARSING
+ :noindex:
+
+ A behavioral change was requested after parsing started that can only be changed
+ before parsing has started. This is (currently) only raised by
+ :meth:`UseForeignDTD`.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_UNBOUND_PREFIX
+ :noindex:
+
+ An undeclared prefix was found when namespace processing was enabled.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_UNDECLARING_PREFIX
+ :noindex:
+
+ The document attempted to remove the namespace declaration associated with a
+ prefix.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_INCOMPLETE_PE
+ :noindex:
+
+ A parameter entity contained incomplete markup.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_XML_DECL
+ :noindex:
+
+ The document contained no document element at all.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_TEXT_DECL
+ :noindex:
+
+ There was an error parsing a text declaration in an external entity.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_PUBLICID
+ :noindex:
+
+ Characters were found in the public id that are not allowed.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_SUSPENDED
+ :noindex:
+
+ The requested operation was made on a suspended parser, but isn't allowed. This
+ includes attempts to provide additional input or to stop the parser.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_NOT_SUSPENDED
+ :noindex:
+
+ An attempt to resume the parser was made when the parser had not been suspended.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_ABORTED
+ :noindex:
+
+ This should not be reported to Python applications.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_FINISHED
+ :noindex:
+
+ The requested operation was made on a parser which was finished parsing input,
+ but isn't allowed. This includes attempts to provide additional input or to
+ stop the parser.
+
+
+.. data:: XML_ERROR_SUSPEND_PE
+ :noindex:
+