:mod:`xml.dom.pulldom` --- Support for building partial DOM trees
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.. module:: xml.dom.pulldom
   :synopsis: Support for building partial DOM trees from SAX events.
.. moduleauthor:: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>


.. versionadded:: 2.0

**Source code:** :source:`Lib/xml/dom/pulldom.py`

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:mod:`xml.dom.pulldom` allows building only selected portions of a Document
Object Model representation of a document from SAX events.


.. warning::

   The :mod:`xml.dom.pulldom` module is not secure against
   maliciously constructed data.  If you need to parse untrusted or
   unauthenticated data see :ref:`xml-vulnerabilities`.


.. class:: PullDOM([documentFactory])

   :class:`xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler` implementation that ...


.. class:: DOMEventStream(stream, parser, bufsize)

   ...


.. class:: SAX2DOM([documentFactory])

   :class:`xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler` implementation that ...


.. function:: parse(stream_or_string[, parser[, bufsize]])

   ...


.. function:: parseString(string[, parser])

   ...


.. data:: default_bufsize

   Default value for the *bufsize* parameter to :func:`parse`.

   .. versionchanged:: 2.1
      The value of this variable can be changed before calling :func:`parse` and the
      new value will take effect.


.. _domeventstream-objects:

DOMEventStream Objects
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.. method:: DOMEventStream.getEvent()

   ...


.. method:: DOMEventStream.expandNode(node)

   ...


.. method:: DOMEventStream.reset()

   ...