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.. _stanzabase:
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Stanza Objects
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==============
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.. module:: slixmpp.xmlstream.stanzabase
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The :mod:`~slixmpp.xmlstream.stanzabase` module provides a wrapper for the
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standard :mod:`~xml.etree.ElementTree` module that makes working with XML
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less painful. Instead of having to manually move up and down an element
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tree and insert subelements and attributes, you can interact with an object
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that behaves like a normal dictionary or JSON object, which silently maps
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keys to XML attributes and elements behind the scenes.
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Overview
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--------
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The usefulness of this layer grows as the XML you have to work with
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becomes nested. The base unit here, :class:`ElementBase`, can map to a
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single XML element, or several depending on how advanced of a mapping
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is desired from interface keys to XML structures. For example, a single
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:class:`ElementBase` derived class could easily describe:
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.. code-block:: xml
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<message to="user@example.com" from="friend@example.com">
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<body>Hi!</body>
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<x:extra>
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<x:item>Custom item 1</x:item>
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<x:item>Custom item 2</x:item>
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<x:item>Custom item 3</x:item>
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</x:extra>
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</message>
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If that chunk of XML were put in the :class:`ElementBase` instance
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``msg``, we could extract the data from the XML using::
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>>> msg['extra']
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['Custom item 1', 'Custom item 2', 'Custom item 3']
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Provided we set up the handler for the ``'extra'`` interface to load the
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``<x:item>`` element content into a list.
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The key concept is that given an XML structure that will be repeatedly
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used, we can define a set of :term:`interfaces` which when we read from,
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write to, or delete, will automatically manipulate the underlying XML
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as needed. In addition, some of these interfaces may in turn reference
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child objects which expose interfaces for particularly complex child
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elements of the original XML chunk.
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.. seealso::
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:ref:`create-stanza-interfaces`.
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Because the :mod:`~slixmpp.xmlstream.stanzabase` module was developed
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as part of an `XMPP <http://xmpp.org>`_ library, these chunks of XML are
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referred to as :term:`stanzas <stanza>`, and in Slixmpp we refer to a
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subclass of :class:`ElementBase` which defines the interfaces needed for
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interacting with a given :term:`stanza` a :term:`stanza object`.
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To make dealing with more complicated and nested :term:`stanzas <stanza>`
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or XML chunks easier, :term:`stanza objects <stanza object>` can be
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composed in two ways: as iterable child objects or as plugins. Iterable
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child stanzas, or :term:`substanzas`, are accessible through a special
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``'substanzas'`` interface. This option is useful for stanzas which
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may contain more than one of the same kind of element. When there is
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only one child element, the plugin method is more useful. For plugins,
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a parent stanza object delegates one of its XML child elements to the
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plugin stanza object. Here is an example:
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.. code-block:: xml
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<iq type="result">
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<query xmlns="http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info">
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<identity category="client" type="bot" name="Slixmpp Bot" />
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</query>
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</iq>
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We can can arrange this stanza into two objects: an outer, wrapper object for
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dealing with the ``<iq />`` element and its attributes, and a plugin object to
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control the ``<query />`` payload element. If we give the plugin object the
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name ``'disco_info'`` (using its :attr:`ElementBase.plugin_attrib` value), then
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we can access the plugin as so::
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>>> iq['disco_info']
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'<query xmlns="http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info">
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<identity category="client" type="bot" name="Slixmpp Bot" />
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</query>'
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We can then drill down through the plugin object's interfaces as desired::
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>>> iq['disco_info']['identities']
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[('client', 'bot', 'Slixmpp Bot')]
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Plugins may also add new interfaces to the parent stanza object as if they
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had been defined by the parent directly, and can also override the behaviour
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of an interface defined by the parent.
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.. seealso::
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- :ref:`create-stanza-plugins`
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- :ref:`create-extension-plugins`
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- :ref:`override-parent-interfaces`
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Registering Stanza Plugins
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--------------------------
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.. autofunction:: register_stanza_plugin
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ElementBase
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-----------
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.. autoclass:: ElementBase
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:members:
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:private-members:
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:special-members:
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StanzaBase
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----------
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.. autoclass:: StanzaBase
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:members:
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