# Copyright (C) 2001 Python Software Foundation # Author: barry@zope.com (Barry Warsaw) """Various types of useful iterators and generators. """ from __future__ import generators from cStringIO import StringIO from types import StringType def body_line_iterator(msg): """Iterate over the parts, returning string payloads line-by-line.""" for subpart in msg.walk(): payload = subpart.get_payload() if type(payload) is StringType: for line in StringIO(payload): yield line def typed_subpart_iterator(msg, maintype='text', subtype=None): """Iterate over the subparts with a given MIME type. Use `maintype' as the main MIME type to match against; this defaults to "text". Optional `subtype' is the MIME subtype to match against; if omitted, only the main type is matched. """ for subpart in msg.walk(): if subpart.get_main_type() == maintype: if subtype is None or subpart.get_subtype() == subtype: yield subpart