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Package docutils ::
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Class NodeVisitor
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<h2 class="class">Class NodeVisitor</h2>
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<dl><dt><b>Known Subclasses:</b></dt>
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<a href="docutils.writers.html4css1.HTMLTranslator-class.html"><code>HTMLTranslator</code></a>,
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<a href="../private/epydoc.markup.restructuredtext._SplitFieldsTranslator-class.html"><code>_SplitFieldsTranslator</code></a>,
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<a href="../private/epydoc.markup.restructuredtext._SummaryExtractor-class.html"><code>_SummaryExtractor</code></a></dd></dl>
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<p>"Visitor" pattern <a class="citation-reference" href="#rst-gof95" id="id1" name="id1">[GoF95]</a> abstract superclass implementation for document
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<p>Each node class has corresponding methods, doing nothing by default;
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override individual methods for specific and useful behaviour. The
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"<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">visit_</span></tt> + node class name" method is called by <code>Node.walk()</code> upon
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entering a node. <code>Node.walkabout()</code> also calls the "<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">depart_</span></tt> + node
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class name" method before exiting a node.</p>
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<p>This is a base class for visitors whose <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">visit_...</span></tt> & <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">depart_...</span></tt>
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methods should be implemented for <em>all</em> node types encountered (such as
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for <a href="docutils.writers.Writer-class.html" class="link"><code>docutils.writers.Writer</code></a> subclasses). Unimplemented methods will
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<p>For sparse traversals, where only certain node types are of interest,
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subclass <code>SparseNodeVisitor</code> instead. When (mostly or entirely) uniform
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processing is desired, subclass <code>GenericNodeVisitor</code>.</p>
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<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id1" name="gof95">[GoF95]</a></td><td>Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vlissides. <em>Design Patterns: Elements of
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Reusable Object-Oriented Software</em>. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, USA,
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<th colspan="2">Method Summary</th></tr>
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<td><code><a name="__init__"></a><span class="summary-sig"><span class="summary-sig-name">__init__</span>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>document</span>)</span></code>
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<td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="docutils.nodes.NodeVisitor-class.html#unknown_departure" class="summary-sig-name"><code>unknown_departure</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>node</span>)</span></code>
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Called before exiting unknown <code>Node</code> types.</td></tr>
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<td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="docutils.nodes.NodeVisitor-class.html#unknown_visit" class="summary-sig-name"><code>unknown_visit</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
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<span class=summary-sig-arg>node</span>)</span></code>
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Called when entering unknown <code>Node</code> types.</td></tr>
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<a name="unknown_departure"></a>
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<h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">unknown_departure</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>node</span>)</span>
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<p>Called before exiting unknown <code>Node</code> types.</p>
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<p>Raise exception unless overridden.</p>
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<h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">unknown_visit</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
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<span class=sig-arg>node</span>)</span>
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<p>Called when entering unknown <code>Node</code> types.</p>
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<p>Raise an exception unless overridden.</p>
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