open_xmldoc#

gwpy.io.ligolw.open_xmldoc(

fobj: Readable,

contenthandler: type[ContentHandler] | None = None,

**kwargs,

) → Document[source]#

Try and open an existing LIGO_LW-format file, or create a new Document.

Parameters:

fobjstr, file: file path or open file object to read
contenthandlerContentHandler, optional: the content handler with which to parse the document, if not given a default handler will be created using default_content_handler().
**kwargs: other keyword arguments to pass to load_fileobj() as appropriate

Returns:

xmldocDocument: either the Document as parsed from an existing file, or a new, empty Document