lxml.etree.RelaxNG

Package lxml :: Module etree :: Class RelaxNG |
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# Class RelaxNG

    object --+
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    _Validator --+
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                RelaxNG

RelaxNG(self, etree=None, file=None) Turn a document into a Relax NG validator.

Either pass a schema as Element or ElementTree, or pass a file or filename through the `file` keyword argument.

Instance Methods | [hide private]
__call__(self, etree) Validate doc using Relax NG. |
__init__(self, etree=None, file=None) x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature |
a new object with type S, a subtype of T |
__new__(T, S, ...) |
Inherited from `_Validator`: `assertValid`, `assert_`, `validate` Inherited from `_Validator` (private): `_append_log_message`, `_clear_error_log` Inherited from `object`: `__delattr__`, `__format__`, `__getattribute__`, `__hash__`, `__reduce__`, `__reduce_ex__`, `__repr__`, `__setattr__`, `__sizeof__`, `__str__`, `__subclasshook__`

Class Methods | [hide private]
from_rnc_string(...) Parse a RelaxNG schema in compact syntax from a text string |

Properties | [hide private]
Inherited from `_Validator`: `error_log` Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

Method Details | [hide private]

### __call__(self, etree) (Call operator) |
Validate doc using Relax NG. Returns true if document is valid, false if not.

### __init__(self, etree=None, file=None) (Constructor) |
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature Overrides: object.__init__

### __new__(T, S, ...) |
Returns: a new object with type S, a subtype of T Overrides: object.__new__

### from_rnc_string(...) Class Method |
Parse a RelaxNG schema in compact syntax from a text string Requires the rnc2rng package to be installed. Passing the source URL or file path of the source as 'base_url' will enable resolving resource references relative to the source.