python-peps/docutils/writers/__init__.py

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# Authors: David Goodger
# Contact: goodger@users.sourceforge.net
# Revision: $Revision$
# Date: $Date$
# Copyright: This module has been placed in the public domain.
"""
This package contains Docutils Writer modules.
"""
__docformat__ = 'reStructuredText'
import sys
import docutils
from docutils import languages, Component
from docutils.transforms import universal
class Writer(Component):
"""
Abstract base class for docutils Writers.
Each writer module or package must export a subclass also called 'Writer'.
Each writer must support all standard node types listed in
`docutils.nodes.node_class_names`.
Call `write()` to process a document.
"""
component_type = 'writer'
document = None
"""The document to write."""
language = None
"""Language module for the document."""
destination = None
"""`docutils.io` IO object; where to write the document."""
def __init__(self):
"""Initialize the Writer instance."""
def write(self, document, destination):
self.document = document
self.language = languages.get_language(
document.settings.language_code)
self.destination = destination
self.translate()
output = self.destination.write(self.output)
return output
def translate(self):
"""
Override to do final document tree translation.
This is usually done with a `docutils.nodes.NodeVisitor` subclass, in
combination with a call to `docutils.nodes.Node.walk()` or
`docutils.nodes.Node.walkabout()`. The ``NodeVisitor`` subclass must
support all standard elements (listed in
`docutils.nodes.node_class_names`) and possibly non-standard elements
used by the current Reader as well.
"""
raise NotImplementedError('subclass must override this method')
_writer_aliases = {
'html': 'html4css1',
'pprint': 'pseudoxml',
'pformat': 'pseudoxml',
'pdf': 'rlpdf',
'xml': 'docutils_xml',}
def get_writer_class(writer_name):
"""Return the Writer class from the `writer_name` module."""
writer_name = writer_name.lower()
if _writer_aliases.has_key(writer_name):
writer_name = _writer_aliases[writer_name]
module = __import__(writer_name, globals(), locals())
return module.Writer