Method _findAll

code/BeautifulSoup.py:333–367

Iterates over a generator looking for things that match.

(self, name, attrs, text, limit, generator, **kwargs)

        return r

    def _findAll(self, name, attrs, text, limit, generator, **kwargs):
        "Iterates over a generator looking for things that match."

        if isinstance(name, SoupStrainer):
            strainer = name
        # (Possibly) special case some findAll*(...) searches
        elif text is None and not limit and not attrs and not kwargs:
            # findAll*(True)
            if name is True:
                return [element for element in generator()
                        if isinstance(element, Tag)]
            # findAll*('tag-name')
            elif isinstance(name, basestring):
                return [element for element in generator()
                        if isinstance(element, Tag) and
                        element.name == name]
            else:
                strainer = SoupStrainer(name, attrs, text, **kwargs)
        # Build a SoupStrainer
        else:
            strainer = SoupStrainer(name, attrs, text, **kwargs)
        results = ResultSet(strainer)
        g = generator()
        while True:
            try:
                i = g.next()
            except StopIteration:
                break
            if i:
                found = strainer.search(i)
                if found:
                    results.append(found)
                    if limit and len(results) >= limit:
                        break
        return results

    #These Generators can be used to navigate starting from both
    #NavigableStrings and Tags.