Function parse_xml

src/docx/oxml/parser.py:23–29

Root lxml element obtained by parsing XML character string `xml`. The custom parser is used, so custom element classes are produced for elements in `xml` that have them.

(xml: str | bytes)

def parse_xml(xml: str | bytes) -> "BaseOxmlElement":
    """Root lxml element obtained by parsing XML character string `xml`.

    The custom parser is used, so custom element classes are produced for elements in
    `xml` that have them.
    """
    return cast("BaseOxmlElement", etree.fromstring(xml, oxml_parser))


def register_element_cls(tag: str, cls: Type["BaseOxmlElement"]):