build_dom Property

When True, an internal object model of the EDI document is created.

Syntax

def get_build_dom() -> int: ...
def set_build_dom(value: int) -> None: ...

build_dom = property(get_build_dom, set_build_dom)

Default Value

0

Remarks

Set build_dom to bdEntireDocument (0) when you need to browse the current document through x_path.

Use bdInterchange (1) when parsing large documents to tell the class to only hold an internal object model of the current Interchange being parsed. When this value is used, and a new Interchange is encountered during parsing, the old interchange is cleared from memory. If the input contains a single Interchange, this is equivalent to using bdEntireDocument.

Use bdTransaction (2) when parsing large documents to tell the class to only hold an internal object model of the current transaction being parsed. When this value is used, and a new transaction is encountered during parsing, the old transaction is cleared from memory.

A value of bdNone (3) will tell the class to not save any internal state of the document being parsed, and thus x_path will be unavailable.