Python in a Nutshell

Name

handle_entityref

Synopsis

                     s.handle_entityref(ref)

Called to process an entity reference '& ref ;‘. SGMLParser’s implementation of handle_entityref looks ref up in s .entitydefs, like:

def handle_entityref(self, ref):

    try: t = self.entitydefs[ref]
    except KeyError: self.unknown_entityref(ref)
    else: self.handle_data(t)

Your subclass X may override handle_entityref or unknown_entityref in order to support entity references '&...;' in different ways. SGMLParser’s attribute entitydefs includes keys 'amp', 'apos', 'gt', 'lt', and 'quot‘.