Method parse

docling/backend/xml/uspto_backend.py:1664–1677

Parse the first table from an xml content. Returns: A docling table data.

(self)

        return dl_table

    def parse(self) -> Optional[TableData]:
        """Parse the first table from an xml content.

        Returns:
            A docling table data.
        """
        section = self._soup.find("table")
        if section is not None:
            table = self._parse_table(section)
            if table.num_rows == 0 or table.num_cols == 0:
                _log.warning("The parsed USPTO table is empty")
            return table
        else:
            return None


class HtmlEntity: