pyxbgen Command Line Options

Generic Options

Generic Options
Long Option Argument Alt Description
--version     show program’s version number and exit
--help   -h show this help message and exit

--version

show program’s version number and exit

--help

show this help message and exit

Identifying Schema

Specify and locate schema for which bindings should be generated.

Identifying Schema
Long Option Argument Alt Description
--schema-location FILE_or_URL -u Add the location of an entrypoint schema. The...
--schema-root DIRECTORY   The directory from which entrypoint schemas...
--schema-stripped-prefix TEXT   Optional string that is stripped from the...
--location-prefix-rewrite TEXT   Add a rewrite entry for schema locations....
--uri-content-archive-directory DIRECTORY   The directory path into which any content...

--schema-location

Add the location of an entrypoint schema. The provided value should be a URL; if it does not have a URL scheme (e.g., http:), it is assumed to be a file, and if it is not an absolute path is located relative to the schemaRoot.

--schema-root

The directory from which entrypoint schemas specified as relative file paths will be read.

--schema-stripped-prefix

Optional string that is stripped from the beginning of schemaLocation values before loading from them. This applies only to the values of schemaLocation attributes in import and include elements. Its purpose is to convert absolute schema locations into relative ones to allow offline processing when all schema are available in a local directory. See schemaRoot.

--location-prefix-rewrite

Add a rewrite entry for schema locations. Parameter values are strings of the form pfx=sub. The effect is that a schema location that begins with pfx is rewritten so that it instead begins with sub.

--uri-content-archive-directory

The directory path into which any content retrieved by URI will be written. This serves as a local cache, and to give you an opportunity to inspect material retrieved from some other system. @rtype: str

Configuring Bindings

Specify where generated bindings should be written, and how they will be accessed from Python.

Configuring Bindings
Long Option Argument Alt Description
--module MODULE -m Add a module name corresponding to an entrypoint...
--module-prefix MODULE   The prefix for binding modules. The base name for...
--binding-root DIRECTORY   The directory path into which generated bindings...
--write-for-customization   -r Indicates whether the binding Python code should...
--no-write-for-customization     Indicates whether the binding Python code should...

--module

Add a module name corresponding to an entrypoint schema. The namespace defined by the corresponding schema will be written to a binding using the given module name, adjusted by L{modulePrefix}.

--module-prefix

The prefix for binding modules. The base name for the module holding a binding is taken from the moduleList, moduleMap, or an XMLNS prefix associated with the namespace in a containing schema. This value, if present, is used as a prefix to allow a deeper module hierarchy.

--binding-root

The directory path into which generated bindings will be written. @rtype: str

--write-for-customization

Indicates whether the binding Python code should be written into a sub- module for customization. If enabled, a module path.to.namespace will be written to the file path/to/raw/namespace.py, so that the file path/to/namespace.py can import it and override behavior. This option turns on the feature.

--no-write-for-customization

Indicates whether the binding Python code should be written into a sub- module for customization. If enabled, a module path.to.namespace will be written to the file path/to/raw/namespace.py, so that the file path/to/namespace.py can import it and override behavior. This option turns off the feature (default).

Reading Namespace Archives

Locating and loading (or inhibiting load of) namespace archives.

Reading Namespace Archives
Long Option Argument Alt Description
--archive-path PATH   A colon-separated list of paths from which...
--pre-load-archive FILE   Name of a file containing a stored archive from...
--no-load-namespace URI   Mark that the specified namespace should not be...

--archive-path

A colon-separated list of paths from which namespace archives can be read. The default path is the contents of the PYXB_ARCHIVE_PATH environment variable, or the standard path configured at installation time. Any file with the extension .wxs found in one of these directories is examined to see whether it is a namespace archive.

--pre-load-archive

Name of a file containing a stored archive from which namespaces should be read prior to processing schema. Files to be pre-loaded are not affected by noLoadNamespace.

--no-load-namespace

Mark that the specified namespace should not be loaded from an archive. Use this when you are generating bindings for an application that has a restricted profile of a namespace that would otherwise be read from an archive. Be aware that this removes any knowledge of any archive in which this namespace is present as a non-private member.

Writing Namespace Archives

Control the location and content of a namespace archive corresponding to a binding generation.

Writing Namespace Archives
Long Option Argument Alt Description
--archive-to-file FILE   Optional file into which the archive of namespaces...
--public-namespace URI   Indicates, for specific namespaces, whether their...
--private-namespace URI   Indicates, for specific namespaces, whether their...
--default-namespace-public     Indicates whether unmentioned namespaces will be...
--default-namespace-private     Indicates whether unmentioned namespaces will be...

--archive-to-file

Optional file into which the archive of namespaces will be written. Subsequent generation actions can read pre-parsed namespaces from this file, and therefore reference the bindings that were built earlier rather than re-generating them. The file name should normally end with .wxs.

--public-namespace

Indicates, for specific namespaces, whether their visibility in the archive should be public or private. This option adds the namespace as a public archive member.

--private-namespace

Indicates, for specific namespaces, whether their visibility in the archive should be public or private. This option adds the namespace as a private archive member.

--default-namespace-public

Indicates whether unmentioned namespaces will be public or private (default) in the archive. A namespace is mentioned if it is the target namespace of an entrypoint schema, or appears in a namespace visibility specification. I.e., this default applies only to namespaces that are modified as a result of including some schema, which is generally a local customization of something. This option makes the default public (default).

--default-namespace-private

Indicates whether unmentioned namespaces will be public or private (default) in the archive. A namespace is mentioned if it is the target namespace of an entrypoint schema, or appears in a namespace visibility specification. I.e., this default applies only to namespaces that are modified as a result of including some schema, which is generally a local customization of something. This option makes the default private.

Configuring Binding Code Generation

Control the style and content of the generated bindings. This is not well-supported, and you are advised to pretend these options don’t exist.

Configuring Binding Code Generation
Long Option Argument Alt Description
--validate-changes     Indicates whether the bindings should validate...
--no-validate-changes     Indicates whether the bindings should validate...

--validate-changes

Indicates whether the bindings should validate mutations against the content model. This option turns on validation (default).

--no-validate-changes

Indicates whether the bindings should validate mutations against the content model. This option turns off validation.

Miscellaneous Options

Anything else.

Miscellaneous Options
Long Option Argument Alt Description
--logging-config-file FILE   A file provided to L{logging.config.fileConfig} to...

--logging-config-file

A file provided to L{logging.config.fileConfig} to control log messages. In the absence of other configuration the Python standard logging infrastructure is used in its default configuration. @rtype: str

Maintainer Options

Don’t use these. They don’t exist. If they did, they’d do different things at different times, and if you used them you’d probably be sorry.

Maintainer Options
Long Option Argument Alt Description
--allow-absent-module     Indicates whether the code generator is permitted...
--no-allow-absent-module     Indicates whether the code generator is permitted...
--allow-builtin-generation     Indicates whether bindings will be written for...
--no-allow-builtin-generation     Indicates whether bindings will be written for...

--allow-absent-module

Indicates whether the code generator is permitted to process namespace for which no module path can be determined. Use this only when generating bindings that will not be referenced by other bindings. This option turns on the feature.

--no-allow-absent-module

Indicates whether the code generator is permitted to process namespace for which no module path can be determined. Use this only when generating bindings that will not be referenced by other bindings. This option turns off the feature (default).

--allow-builtin-generation

Indicates whether bindings will be written for namespaces that are built-in to PyXB. This must be enabled when building bindings for the XML, XMLSchema instance, and other built-in namespaces. Normally generation of these namespaces is inhibited lest it produce inconsistencies. This option turns on the feature.

--no-allow-builtin-generation

Indicates whether bindings will be written for namespaces that are built-in to PyXB. This must be enabled when building bindings for the XML, XMLSchema instance, and other built-in namespaces. Normally generation of these namespaces is inhibited lest it produce inconsistencies. This option turns off the feature (default).

WSDL Options

Options relevant to generating bindings from WSDL service descriptions

WSDL Options
Long Option Argument Alt Description
--wsdl-location FILE_or_URL -W Generate bindings for the types stanza of the...

--wsdl-location

Generate bindings for the types stanza of the WSDL at this location. This option is equivalent to retrieving the WSDL, extracting the schema part of its types block to a file, and using that file as a --schema-location.