#!/usr/bin/env python

from xml.sax import make_parser
from xml.sax.handler import ContentHandler

class QuoteHandler(ContentHandler): 
    def __init__ (self, searchTerm):
        self.searchTerm= searchTerm;
        self.isDataElement = 0; 
        self.HashArr = {'ById':{},'ByUsr':{}}

    def getVars(self, which, search):
        if which == 'ID':
            try: print self.HashArr['ById'][str(search)]
            except: print "search term %s not found" % str(search)

    def startElement(self, name, attrs):
        if name == 'quote':     
            self.quoteID = attrs.get('id',"") 
            self.quoteAuthor = attrs.get('author',"")
        elif name == 'data':
            self.isDataElement= 1;
            self.quote = "";

    def endElement(self, name):
        if name == 'data':
            self.isDataElement= 0
        if name == 'quote': # and self.searchTerm == self.quoteID : print self.quote + self.quoteID + 
            self.HashArr['ById'][self.quoteID]=[self.quote, self.quoteAuthor]
            print "self.quoteID: %s\nself.quoteAuthor: %s\nself.quote: %s" % (self.quoteID, self.quoteAuthor, self.quote)

    def characters (self, ch):
        if self.isDataElement== 1:
            self.quote += ch


searchTerm = "1"
parser = make_parser()   
curHandler = QuoteHandler(searchTerm) 
parser.setContentHandler(curHandler)
parser.parse(open('/home/nero/kninja/files/xmltest'))
a = curHandler.getVars('ID', 1)