"""plistlib.py -- a tool to generate and parse MacOSX .plist files. The PropertList (.plist) file format is a simple XML pickle supporting basic object types, like dictionaries, lists, numbers and strings. Usually the top level object is a dictionary. To write out a plist file, use the writePlist(rootObject, pathOrFile) function. 'rootObject' is the top level object, 'pathOrFile' is a filename or a (writable) file object. To parse a plist from a file, use the readPlist(pathOrFile) function, with a file name or a (readable) file object as the only argument. It returns the top level object (usually a dictionary). Values can be strings, integers, floats, booleans, tuples, lists, dictionaries, Data or Date objects. String values (including dictionary keys) may be unicode strings -- they will be written out as UTF-8. This module exports a class named Dict(), which allows you to easily construct (nested) dicts using keyword arguments as well as accessing values with attribute notation, where d.foo is equivalent to d["foo"]. Regular dictionaries work, too. The plist type is supported through the Data class. This is a thin wrapper around a Python string. The plist data has (limited) support through the Date class. (Warning: Dates are only supported if the PyXML package is installed.) Generate Plist example: pl = Dict( aString="Doodah", aList=["A", "B", 12, 32.1, [1, 2, 3]], aFloat = 0.1, anInt = 728, aDict=Dict( anotherString="", aUnicodeValue=u'M\xe4ssig, Ma\xdf', aTrueValue=True, aFalseValue=False, ), someData = Data(""), someMoreData = Data("" * 10), aDate = Date(time.mktime(time.gmtime())), ) # unicode keys are possible, but a little awkward to use: pl[u'\xc5benraa'] = "That was a unicode key." writePlist(pl, fileName) Parse Plist example: pl = readPlist(pathOrFile) print pl.aKey # same as pl["aKey"] """ __all__ = [ "readPlist", "writePlist", "readPlistFromResource", "writePlistToResource", "Plist", "Data", "Date", "Dict" ] # Note: the Plist class has been deprecated. import base64, datetime def readPlist(pathOrFile): """Read a .plist file. 'pathOrFile' may either be a file name or a (readable) file object. Return the unpacked root object (which usually is a dictionary). """ didOpen = 0 if isinstance(pathOrFile, (str, unicode)): pathOrFile = open(pathOrFile) didOpen = 1 p = PlistParser() rootObject = p.parse(pathOrFile) if didOpen: pathOrFile.close() return rootObject def writePlist(rootObject, pathOrFile): """Write 'rootObject' to a .plist file. 'pathOrFile' may either be a file name or a (writable) file object. """ didOpen = 0 if isinstance(pathOrFile, (str, unicode)): pathOrFile = open(pathOrFile, "w") didOpen = 1 writer = PlistWriter(pathOrFile) writer.writeln("") writer.writeValue(rootObject) writer.writeln("") if didOpen: pathOrFile.close() def readPlistFromResource(path, restype='plst', resid=0): """Read plst resource from the resource fork of path. """ from Carbon.File import FSRef, FSGetResourceForkName from Carbon.Files import fsRdPerm from Carbon import Res from cStringIO import StringIO fsRef = FSRef(path) resNum = Res.FSOpenResourceFile(fsRef, FSGetResourceForkName(), fsRdPerm) Res.UseResFile(resNum) plistData = StringIO(Res.Get1Resource(restype, resid).data) Res.CloseResFile(resNum) return readPlist(plistData) def writePlistToResource(rootObject, path, restype='plst', resid=0): """Write 'rootObject' as a plst resource to the resource fork of path. """ from Carbon.File import FSRef, FSGetResourceForkName from Carbon.Files import fsRdWrPerm from Carbon import Res from cStringIO import StringIO plistData = StringIO() writePlist(rootObject, plistData) plistData = plistData.getvalue() fsRef = FSRef(path) resNum = Res.FSOpenResourceFile(fsRef, FSGetResourceForkName(), fsRdWrPerm) Res.UseResFile(resNum) try: Res.Get1Resource(restype, resid).RemoveResource() except Res.Error: pass res = Res.Resource(plistData) res.AddResource(restype, resid, '') res.WriteResource() Res.CloseResFile(resNum) class DumbXMLWriter: def __init__(self, file, indentLevel=0, indent="\t"): self.file = file self.stack = [] self.indentLevel = indentLevel self.indent = indent def beginElement(self, element): self.stack.append(element) self.writeln("<%s>" % element) self.indentLevel += 1 def endElement(self, element): assert self.indentLevel > 0 assert self.stack.pop() == element self.indentLevel -= 1 self.writeln("" % element) def simpleElement(self, element, value=None): if value is not None: value = _escapeAndEncode(value) self.writeln("<%s>%s" % (element, value, element)) else: self.writeln("<%s/>" % element) def writeln(self, line): if line: self.file.write(self.indentLevel * self.indent + line + "\n") else: self.file.write("\n") import re # Regex to strip all control chars, but for \t \n \r and \f _controlStripper = re.compile(r"[\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x0b\x0e\x0f" "\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x19\x1a\x1b\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f]") # Contents should conform to a subset of ISO 8601 # (in particular, YYYY '-' MM '-' DD 'T' HH ':' MM ':' SS 'Z'. Smaller units may be omitted with # a loss of precision) _dateParser = re.compile(r"(?P\d\d\d\d)(?:-(?P\d\d)(?:-(?P\d\d)(?:T(?P\d\d)(?::(?P\d\d)(?::(?P\d\d))?)?)?)?)?Z") def _escapeAndEncode(text): text = text.replace("\r\n", "\n") # convert DOS line endings text = text.replace("\r", "\n") # convert Mac line endings text = text.replace("&", "&") # escape '&' text = text.replace("<", "<") # escape '<' text = _controlStripper.sub("?", text) # replace control chars with '?' return text.encode("utf-8") # encode as UTF-8 PLISTHEADER = """\ """ class PlistWriter(DumbXMLWriter): def __init__(self, file, indentLevel=0, indent="\t", writeHeader=1): if writeHeader: file.write(PLISTHEADER) DumbXMLWriter.__init__(self, file, indentLevel, indent) def writeValue(self, value): if isinstance(value, (str, unicode)): self.simpleElement("string", value) elif isinstance(value, bool): # must switch for bool before int, as bool is a # subclass of int... if value: self.simpleElement("true") else: self.simpleElement("false") elif isinstance(value, int): self.simpleElement("integer", str(value)) elif isinstance(value, float): self.simpleElement("real", repr(value)) elif isinstance(value, dict): self.writeDict(value) elif isinstance(value, Data): self.writeData(value) elif isinstance(value, Date): self.simpleElement("date", value.toString()) elif isinstance(value, (tuple, list)): self.writeArray(value) else: raise TypeError("unsuported type: %s" % type(value)) def writeData(self, data): self.beginElement("data") for line in data.asBase64().split("\n"): if line: self.writeln(line) self.endElement("data") def writeDict(self, d): self.beginElement("dict") items = d.items() items.sort() for key, value in items: if not isinstance(key, (str, unicode)): raise TypeError("keys must be strings") self.simpleElement("key", key) self.writeValue(value) self.endElement("dict") def writeArray(self, array): self.beginElement("array") for value in array: self.writeValue(value) self.endElement("array") class Dict(dict): """Convenience dictionary subclass: it allows dict construction using keyword arguments (just like dict() in 2.3) as well as attribute notation to retrieve values, making d.foo equivalent to d["foo"]. """ def __getattr__(self, attr): try: value = self[attr] except KeyError: raise AttributeError, attr return value def __setattr__(self, attr, value): self[attr] = value def __delattr__(self, attr): try: del self[attr] except KeyError: raise AttributeError, attr class Plist(Dict): """This class has been deprecated! Use the Dict with readPlist() and writePlist() functions instead. """ def __init__(self, **kwargs): from warnings import warn warn("The Plist class is deprecated, use the readPlist() and " "writePlist() functions instead", PendingDeprecationWarning) super(Plist, self).__init__(**kwargs) def fromFile(cls, pathOrFile): """Deprecated. Use the readPlist() function instead.""" rootObject = readPlist(pathOrFile) plist = cls() plist.update(rootObject) return plist fromFile = classmethod(fromFile) def write(self, pathOrFile): """Deprecated. Use the writePlist() function instead.""" writePlist(self, pathOrFile) class Data: """Wrapper for binary data.""" def __init__(self, data): self.data = data def fromBase64(cls, data): return cls(base64.decodestring(data)) fromBase64 = classmethod(fromBase64) def asBase64(self): return base64.encodestring(self.data) def __cmp__(self, other): if isinstance(other, self.__class__): return cmp(self.data, other.data) elif isinstance(other, str): return cmp(self.data, other) else: return cmp(id(self), id(other)) def __repr__(self): return "%s(%s)" % (self.__class__.__name__, repr(self.data)) class Date: """Primitive date wrapper, uses UTC datetime instances internally. """ def __init__(self, date): if isinstance(date, datetime.datetime): pass elif isinstance(date, (float, int)): date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(date) elif isinstance(date, basestring): order = ('year', 'month', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'second') gd = _dateParser.match(date).groupdict() lst = [] for key in order: val = gd[key] if val is None: break lst.append(int(val)) date = datetime.datetime(*lst) else: raise ValueError, "Can't convert %r to datetime" % (date,) self.date = date def toString(self): d = self.date return '%04d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02dZ' % ( d.year, d.month, d.day, d.second, d.minute, d.hour, ) def __cmp__(self, other): if isinstance(other, self.__class__): return cmp(self.date, other.date) elif isinstance(other, (datetime.datetime, float, int, basestring)): return cmp(self.date, Date(other).date) else: return cmp(id(self), id(other)) def __repr__(self): return "%s(%s)" % (self.__class__.__name__, repr(self.toString())) class PlistParser: def __init__(self): self.stack = [] self.currentKey = None self.root = None def parse(self, fileobj): from xml.parsers.expat import ParserCreate parser = ParserCreate() parser.StartElementHandler = self.handleBeginElement parser.EndElementHandler = self.handleEndElement parser.CharacterDataHandler = self.handleData parser.ParseFile(fileobj) return self.root def handleBeginElement(self, element, attrs): self.data = [] handler = getattr(self, "begin_" + element, None) if handler is not None: handler(attrs) def handleEndElement(self, element): handler = getattr(self, "end_" + element, None) if handler is not None: handler() def handleData(self, data): self.data.append(data) def addObject(self, value): if self.currentKey is not None: self.stack[-1][self.currentKey] = value self.currentKey = None elif not self.stack: # this is the root object self.root = value else: self.stack[-1].append(value) def getData(self): data = "".join(self.data) try: data = data.encode("ascii") except UnicodeError: pass self.data = [] return data # element handlers def begin_dict(self, attrs): d = Dict() self.addObject(d) self.stack.append(d) def end_dict(self): self.stack.pop() def end_key(self): self.currentKey = self.getData() def begin_array(self, attrs): a = [] self.addObject(a) self.stack.append(a) def end_array(self): self.stack.pop() def end_true(self): self.addObject(True) def end_false(self): self.addObject(False) def end_integer(self): self.addObject(int(self.getData())) def end_real(self): self.addObject(float(self.getData())) def end_string(self): self.addObject(self.getData()) def end_data(self): self.addObject(Data.fromBase64(self.getData())) def end_date(self): self.addObject(Date(self.getData()))