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      1 # Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation
      2 # Author: Barry Warsaw, Thomas Wouters, Anthony Baxter
      3 # Contact: email-sig (at] python.org
      4 
      5 """A parser of RFC 2822 and MIME email messages."""
      6 
      7 __all__ = ['Parser', 'HeaderParser']
      8 
      9 import warnings
     10 from cStringIO import StringIO
     11 
     12 from email.feedparser import FeedParser
     13 from email.message import Message
     14 
     15 
     16 
     18 class Parser:
     19     def __init__(self, *args, **kws):
     20         """Parser of RFC 2822 and MIME email messages.
     21 
     22         Creates an in-memory object tree representing the email message, which
     23         can then be manipulated and turned over to a Generator to return the
     24         textual representation of the message.
     25 
     26         The string must be formatted as a block of RFC 2822 headers and header
     27         continuation lines, optionally preceeded by a `Unix-from' header.  The
     28         header block is terminated either by the end of the string or by a
     29         blank line.
     30 
     31         _class is the class to instantiate for new message objects when they
     32         must be created.  This class must have a constructor that can take
     33         zero arguments.  Default is Message.Message.
     34         """
     35         if len(args) >= 1:
     36             if '_class' in kws:
     37                 raise TypeError("Multiple values for keyword arg '_class'")
     38             kws['_class'] = args[0]
     39         if len(args) == 2:
     40             if 'strict' in kws:
     41                 raise TypeError("Multiple values for keyword arg 'strict'")
     42             kws['strict'] = args[1]
     43         if len(args) > 2:
     44             raise TypeError('Too many arguments')
     45         if '_class' in kws:
     46             self._class = kws['_class']
     47             del kws['_class']
     48         else:
     49             self._class = Message
     50         if 'strict' in kws:
     51             warnings.warn("'strict' argument is deprecated (and ignored)",
     52                           DeprecationWarning, 2)
     53             del kws['strict']
     54         if kws:
     55             raise TypeError('Unexpected keyword arguments')
     56 
     57     def parse(self, fp, headersonly=False):
     58         """Create a message structure from the data in a file.
     59 
     60         Reads all the data from the file and returns the root of the message
     61         structure.  Optional headersonly is a flag specifying whether to stop
     62         parsing after reading the headers or not.  The default is False,
     63         meaning it parses the entire contents of the file.
     64         """
     65         feedparser = FeedParser(self._class)
     66         if headersonly:
     67             feedparser._set_headersonly()
     68         while True:
     69             data = fp.read(8192)
     70             if not data:
     71                 break
     72             feedparser.feed(data)
     73         return feedparser.close()
     74 
     75     def parsestr(self, text, headersonly=False):
     76         """Create a message structure from a string.
     77 
     78         Returns the root of the message structure.  Optional headersonly is a
     79         flag specifying whether to stop parsing after reading the headers or
     80         not.  The default is False, meaning it parses the entire contents of
     81         the file.
     82         """
     83         return self.parse(StringIO(text), headersonly=headersonly)
     84 
     85 
     86 
     88 class HeaderParser(Parser):
     89     def parse(self, fp, headersonly=True):
     90         return Parser.parse(self, fp, True)
     91 
     92     def parsestr(self, text, headersonly=True):
     93         return Parser.parsestr(self, text, True)
     94