xml_sax.py

#!/usr/bin/python
from xml.sax         import make_parser
from xml.sax.handler import ContentHandler
#begin bookHandler
class bookHandler(ContentHandler):
  inAuthor = False
  inTitle = False
  def startElement(self, name, attributes):
    if name == "book":
      print( "*****Book*****")
    if name == "title":
      self.inTitle = True
      print("Title: ",)
    if name == "author":
      self.inAuthor = True
      print("Author: ",)
  def endElement(self, name):
    if name == "title":
      self.inTitle = False
    if name == "author":
      self.inAuthor = False
  def characters(self, content):
    if self.inTitle or self.inAuthor:
      print(content)
#end bookHandler
parser  = make_parser()
parser.setContentHandler(bookHandler())
parser.parse("library.xml")