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  #
  # KiCad python module for interpreting generic netlists which can be used
  # to generate Bills of materials, etc.
  #
  # Remember these files use UTF8 encoding
  #
  # No string formatting is used on purpose as the only string formatting that
  # is current compatible with python 2.4+ to 3.0+ is the '%' method, and that
  # is due to be deprecated in 3.0+ soon
  #
  
  """
      @package
      Helper module for interpreting generic netlist and build custom
      bom generators or netlists in foreign format
  """
  
  
  from __future__ import print_function
  import sys
  import xml.sax as sax
  import re
  import pdb
  import string
  
  #-----<Configure>----------------------------------------------------------------
  
  # excluded_fields is a list of regular expressions.  If any one matches a field
  # from either a component or a libpart, then that will not be included as a
  # column in the BOM.  Otherwise all columns from all used libparts and components
  # will be unionized and will appear.  Some fields are impossible to blacklist, such
  # as Ref, Value, Footprint, and Datasheet.  Additionally Qty and Item are supplied
  # unconditionally as columns, and may not be removed.
  excluded_fields = [
      #'Price@1000'
      ]
  
  
  # You may exclude components from the BOM by either:
  #
  # 1) adding a custom field named "Installed" to your components and filling it
  # with a value of "NU" (Normally Uninstalled).
  # See netlist.getInterestingComponents(), or
  #
  # 2) blacklisting it in any of the three following lists:
  
  
  # regular expressions which match component 'Reference' fields of components that
  # are to be excluded from the BOM.
  excluded_references = [
      # 'TP[0-9]+'              # all test points
      ]
  
  
  # regular expressions which match component 'Value' fields of components that
  # are to be excluded from the BOM.
  excluded_values = [
      # 'MOUNTHOLE',
      # 'SCOPETEST',
      # 'MOUNT_HOLE',
      # 'SOLDER_BRIDGE.*'
      ]
  
  
  # regular expressions which match component 'Footprint' fields of components that
  # are to be excluded from the BOM.
  excluded_footprints = [
      #'MOUNTHOLE'
      ]
  
  #-----</Configure>---------------------------------------------------------------
  
  
  class xmlElement():
      """xml element which can represent all nodes of the netlist tree.  It can be
      used to easily generate various output formats by propagating format
      requests to children recursively.
      """
      def __init__(self, name, parent=None):
          self.name = name
          self.attributes = {}
          self.parent = parent
          self.chars = ""
          self.children = []
  
      def __str__(self):
          """String representation of this netlist element
  
          """
          return self.name + "[" + self.chars + "]" + " attr_count:" + str(len(self.attributes))
  
      def formatXML(self, nestLevel=0, amChild=False):
          """Return this element formatted as XML
  
          Keywords:
          nestLevel -- increases by one for each level of nesting.
          amChild -- If set to True, the start of document is not returned.
  
          """
          s = ""
  
          indent = ""
          for i in range(nestLevel):
              indent += "    "
  
          if not amChild:
              s = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n"
  
          s += indent + "<" + self.name
          for a in self.attributes:
              s += " " + a + "=\"" + self.attributes[a] + "\""
  
          if (len(self.chars) == 0) and (len(self.children) == 0):
              s += "/>"
          else:
              s += ">" + self.chars
  
          for c in self.children:
              s += "\n"
              s += c.formatXML(nestLevel+1, True)
  
          if (len(self.children) > 0):
              s += "\n" + indent
  
          if (len(self.children) > 0) or (len(self.chars) > 0):
              s += "</" + self.name + ">"
  
          return s
  
      def formatHTML(self, amChild=False):
          """Return this element formatted as HTML
  
          Keywords:
          amChild -- If set to True, the start of document is not returned
  
          """
          s = ""
  
          if not amChild:
              s = """<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
                  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
                  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
                  <head>
                  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
                  <title></title>
                  </head>
                  <body>
                  <table>
                  """
  
          s += "<tr><td><b>" + self.name + "</b><br>" + self.chars + "</td><td><ul>"
          for a in self.attributes:
              s += "<li>" + a + " = " + self.attributes[a] + "</li>"
  
          s += "</ul></td></tr>\n"
  
          for c in self.children:
              s += c.formatHTML(True)
  
          if not amChild:
              s += """</table>
                  </body>
                  </html>"""
  
          return s
  
      def addAttribute(self, attr, value):
          """Add an attribute to this element"""
          if type(value) != str: value = value.encode('utf-8')
          self.attributes[attr] = value
  
      def setAttribute(self, attr, value):
          """Set an attributes value - in fact does the same thing as add
          attribute
  
          """
          self.attributes[attr] = value
  
      def setChars(self, chars):
          """Set the characters for this element"""
          self.chars = chars
  
      def addChars(self, chars):
          """Add characters (textual value) to this element"""
          self.chars += chars
  
      def addChild(self, child):
          """Add a child element to this element"""
          self.children.append(child)
          return self.children[len(self.children) - 1]
  
      def getParent(self):
          """Get the parent of this element (Could be None)"""
          return self.parent
  
      def getChild(self, name):
          """Returns the first child element named 'name'
  
          Keywords:
          name -- The name of the child element to return"""
          for child in self.children:
              if child.name == name:
                  return child
          return None
  
      def getChildren(self, name=None):
          if name:
              # return _all_ children named "name"
              ret = []
              for child in self.children:
                  if child.name == name:
                      ret.append(child)
              return ret
          else:
              return self.children
  
      def get(self, elemName, attribute="", attrmatch=""):
          """Return the text data for either an attribute or an xmlElement
          """
          if (self.name == elemName):
              if attribute != "":
                  try:
                      if attrmatch != "":
                          if self.attributes[attribute] == attrmatch:
                              ret = self.chars
                              if type(ret) != str: ret = ret.encode('utf-8')
                              return ret
                      else:
                          ret = self.attributes[attribute]
                          if type(ret) != str: ret = ret.encode('utf-8')
                          return ret
                  except AttributeError:
                      ret = ""
                      if type(ret) != str: ret = ret.encode('utf-8')
                      return ret
              else:
                  ret = self.chars
                  if type(ret) != str: ret = ret.encode('utf-8')
                  return ret
  
          for child in self.children:
              ret = child.get(elemName, attribute, attrmatch)
              if ret != "":
                  if type(ret) != str: ret = ret.encode('utf-8')
                  return ret
  
          ret = ""
          if type(ret) != str: ret = ret.encode('utf-8')
          return ret
  
  
  
  class libpart():
      """Class for a library part, aka 'libpart' in the xml netlist file.
      (Components in eeschema are instantiated from library parts.)
      This part class is implemented by wrapping an xmlElement with accessors.
      This xmlElement instance is held in field 'element'.
      """
      def __init__(self, xml_element):
          #
          self.element = xml_element
  
      #def __str__(self):
          # simply print the xmlElement associated with this part
          #return str(self.element)
  
      def getLibName(self):
          return self.element.get("libpart", "lib")
  
      def getPartName(self):
          return self.element.get("libpart", "part")
  
      def getDescription(self):
          return self.element.get("description")
  
      def getField(self, name):
          return self.element.get("field", "name", name)
  
      def getFieldNames(self):
          """Return a list of field names in play for this libpart.
          """
          fieldNames = []
          fields = self.element.getChild('fields')
          if fields:
              for f in fields.getChildren():
                  fieldNames.append( f.get('field','name') )
          return fieldNames
  
      def getPinList(self):
          """Return a list of pins in play for this libpart.
          """
          pinList = []
          pins = self.element.getChild('pins')
          if pins:
              for f in pins.getChildren():
                  pinList.append( f )
          return pinList
  
      def getDatasheet(self):
          return self.getField("Datasheet")
  
      def getFootprint(self):
          return self.getField("Footprint")
  
      def getAliases(self):
          """Return a list of aliases or None"""
          aliases = self.element.getChild("aliases")
          if aliases:
              ret = []
              children = aliases.getChildren()
              # grab the text out of each child:
              for child in children:
                  ret.append( child.get("alias") )
              return ret
          return None
  
  
  class comp():
      """Class for a component, aka 'comp' in the xml netlist file.
      This component class is implemented by wrapping an xmlElement instance
      with accessors.  The xmlElement is held in field 'element'.
      """
  
      def __init__(self, xml_element):
          self.element = xml_element
          self.libpart = None
  
          # Set to true when this component is included in a component group
          self.grouped = False
  
      def __eq__(self, other):
          """ Equivalency operator, remember this can be easily overloaded
              2 components are equivalent ( i.e. can be grouped
              if they have same value and same footprint and are both set to be populated
  
              Override the component equivalence operator must be done before
              loading the netlist, otherwise all components will have the original
              equivalency operator.
  
              You have to define a comparison module (for instance named myEqu)
              and add the line;
                  kicad_netlist_reader.comp.__eq__ = myEqu
              in your bom generator script before calling the netliste reader by something like:
                  net = kicad_netlist_reader.netlist(sys.argv[1])
          """
          result = False
          if self.getValue() == other.getValue():
              if self.getFootprint() == other.getFootprint():
                  if self.getRef().rstrip(string.digits) == other.getRef().rstrip(string.digits):
                      if self.getDNP() == other.getDNP():
                          result = True
          return result
  
      def setLibPart(self, part):
          self.libpart = part
  
      def getLibPart(self):
          return self.libpart
  
      def getPartName(self):
          return self.element.get("libsource", "part")
  
      def getLibName(self):
          return self.element.get("libsource", "lib")
  
      def setValue(self, value):
          """Set the value of this component"""
          v = self.element.getChild("value")
          if v:
              v.setChars(value)
  
      def getValue(self):
          return self.element.get("value")
  
      def getField(self, name, aLibraryToo = True):
          """
          Return the value of a field named name. The component is first
          checked for the field, and then the components library part is checked
          for the field. If the field doesn't exist in either, an empty string is
          returned
  
          Keywords:
          name -- The name of the field to return the value for
          aLibraryToo --  look in the libpart's fields for the same name if not found
                          in component itself
          """
  
          field = self.element.get("field", "name", name)
          if field == "" and aLibraryToo and self.libpart:
              field = self.libpart.getField(name)
          return field
  
      def getFieldNames(self):
          """Return a list of field names in play for this component.  Mandatory
          fields are not included, and they are: Value, Footprint, Datasheet, Ref.
          The netlist format only includes fields with non-empty values.  So if a field
          is empty, it will not be present in the returned list.
          """
          fieldNames = []
          fields = self.element.getChild('fields')
          if fields:
              for f in fields.getChildren():
                  fieldNames.append( f.get('field','name') )
          return fieldNames
  
      def getRef(self):
          return self.element.get("comp", "ref")
  
      '''
      Return true if the component has the DNP property set
      '''
      def getDNP(self):
          for child in self.element.getChildren( "property"):
              try:
                  if child.attributes['name'] == 'dnp':
                      return True
              except KeyError:
                  continue
  
          return False
  
      '''
      Return 'DNP' if the component has the DNP property set
      '''
      def getDNPString(self):
          if self.getDNP():
              return 'DNP'
  
          return ''
  
      '''
      Return true if the component has the exclude from BOM property set
      '''
      def getExcludeFromBOM(self):
          for child in self.element.getChildren( "property"):
              try:
                  if child.attributes['name'] == 'exclude_from_bom':
                      return True
              except KeyError:
                  continue
  
          return False
  
      '''
      Return true if the component has the exclude from Board property set
      '''
      def getExcludeFromBoard(self):
          for child in self.element.getChildren( "property"):
              try:
                  if child.attributes['name'] == 'exclude_from_board':
                      return True
              except KeyError:
                  continue
  
          return False
  
      '''
      return the footprint name. if empty and aLibraryToo = True, return the
      footprint name from libary
      '''
      def getFootprint(self, aLibraryToo = True):
          ret = self.element.get("footprint")
  
          if ret == "" and aLibraryToo and self.libpart:
              ret = self.libpart.getFootprint()
  
          return ret
  
      '''
      return the datasheet name. if empty and aLibraryToo = True, return the
      datasheet name from libary
      '''
      def getDatasheet(self, aLibraryToo = True):
          ret = self.element.get("datasheet")
          if ret == "" and aLibraryToo and self.libpart:
              ret = self.libpart.getDatasheet()
          return ret
  
      def getTimestamp(self):
          """
          Kicad 5 uses tstamp keyword for time stamp (8 digits) as UUID
          Kicad 6 uses tstamps keyword for UUID and a multi unit symbol has more than one UUID
          (UUIDs are separated by spaces)
          """
          ret = self.element.get("tstamp")
          if ret == "":
              ret = self.element.get("tstamps")
          return ret
  
      def getDescription(self):
          return self.element.get("libsource", "description")
  
      '''
      return the netname of the pin aPinNum in netlist aNetlist
      if aSkipEmptyNet = True, net having only one pin will return a empty name
      '''
      def getPinNetname(self, aPinNum, aNetlist, aSkipEmptyNet):
          ref = self.getRef()
  
          for net in aNetlist.nets:
              net_name = net.get( "net", "name" )
  
              item_cnt = 1
              netitems = net.children
  
              for node in netitems:
                  curr_item_ref = node.get( "node", "ref" )
  
                  if curr_item_ref == ref:
                      curr_pin = node.get( "node", "pin" )
  
                      if aPinNum == curr_pin:
                          if aSkipEmptyNet:   #ensure at least 2 pins are in net
                              pin_count = 0
  
                              for curr_node in netitems:
                                  pin_count += 1
  
                                  if pin_count > 1:
                                      return net_name
  
                              return ""
                          else:
                              return net_name
  
          return "?"
  
  
  class netlist():
      """ Kicad generic netlist class. Generally loaded from a kicad generic
      netlist file. Includes several helper functions to ease BOM creating
      scripts
  
      """
      def __init__(self, fname=""):
          """Initialiser for the genericNetlist class
  
          Keywords:
          fname -- The name of the generic netlist file to open (Optional)
  
          """
          self.design = None
          self.components = []
          self.libparts = []
          self.libraries = []
          self.nets = []
  
          # The entire tree is loaded into self.tree
          self.tree = []
  
          self._curr_element = None
  
          # component blacklist regexs, made from excluded_* above.
          self.excluded_references = []
          self.excluded_values = []
          self.excluded_footprints = []
  
          if fname != "":
              self.load(fname)
  
      def addChars(self, content):
          """Add characters to the current element"""
          self._curr_element.addChars(content)
  
      def addElement(self, name):
          """Add a new kicad generic element to the list"""
          if self._curr_element is None:
              self.tree = xmlElement(name)
              self._curr_element = self.tree
          else:
              self._curr_element = self._curr_element.addChild(
                  xmlElement(name, self._curr_element))
  
          # If this element is a component, add it to the components list
          if self._curr_element.name == "comp":
              self.components.append(comp(self._curr_element))
  
          # Assign the design element
          if self._curr_element.name == "design":
              self.design = self._curr_element
  
          # If this element is a library part, add it to the parts list
          if self._curr_element.name == "libpart":
              self.libparts.append(libpart(self._curr_element))
  
          # If this element is a net, add it to the nets list
          if self._curr_element.name == "net":
              self.nets.append(self._curr_element)
  
          # If this element is a library, add it to the libraries list
          if self._curr_element.name == "library":
              self.libraries.append(self._curr_element)
  
          return self._curr_element
  
      def endDocument(self):
          """Called when the netlist document has been fully parsed"""
          # When the document is complete, the library parts must be linked to
          # the components as they are separate in the tree so as not to
          # duplicate library part information for every component
          for c in self.components:
              for p in self.libparts:
                  if p.getLibName() == c.getLibName():
                      if p.getPartName() == c.getPartName():
                          c.setLibPart(p)
                          break
                      else:
                          aliases = p.getAliases()
                          if aliases and self.aliasMatch( c.getPartName(), aliases ):
                              c.setLibPart(p)
                              break;
  
              if not c.getLibPart():
                  print( 'missing libpart for ref:', c.getRef(), c.getPartName(), c.getLibName() )
  
  
      def aliasMatch(self, partName, aliasList):
          for alias in aliasList:
              if partName == alias:
                  return True
          return False
  
      def endElement(self):
          """End the current element and switch to its parent"""
          self._curr_element = self._curr_element.getParent()
  
      def getDate(self):
          """Return the date + time string generated by the tree creation tool"""
          return self.design.get("date")
  
      def getSource(self):
          """Return the source string for the design"""
          return self.design.get("source")
  
      def getTool(self):
          """Return the tool string which was used to create the netlist tree"""
          return self.design.get("tool")
  
      def getNets(self):
          """Return the nets """
          return self.nets
  
      def gatherComponentFieldUnion(self, components=None):
          """Gather the complete 'set' of unique component fields, fields found in any component.
          """
          if not components:
              components=self.components
  
          s = set()
          for c in components:
              s.update( c.getFieldNames() )
  
          # omit anything matching any regex in excluded_fields
          ret = set()
          for field in s:
              exclude = False
              for rex in excluded_fields:
                  if re.match( rex, field ):
                      exclude = True
                      break
              if not exclude:
                  ret.add(field)
  
          return ret       # this is a python 'set'
  
      def gatherLibPartFieldUnion(self):
          """Gather the complete 'set' of part fields, fields found in any part.
          """
          s = set()
          for p in self.libparts:
              s.update( p.getFieldNames() )
  
          # omit anything matching any regex in excluded_fields
          ret = set()
          for field in s:
              exclude = False
              for rex in excluded_fields:
                  if re.match( rex, field ):
                      exclude = True
                      break
              if not exclude:
                  ret.add(field)
  
          return ret       # this is a python 'set'
  
      def getInterestingComponents(self, excludeBOM=False, excludeBoard=False, DNP=False):
          """Return a subset of all components, those that should show up in the BOM.
          Omit those that should not, by consulting the blacklists:
          excluded_values, excluded_refs, and excluded_footprints, which hold one
          or more regular expressions.  If any of the regular expressions match
          the corresponding field's value in a component, then the component is excluded.
          """
  
          # pre-compile all the regex expressions:
          del self.excluded_references[:]
          del self.excluded_values[:]
          del self.excluded_footprints[:]
  
          for rex in excluded_references:
              self.excluded_references.append( re.compile( rex ) )
  
          for rex in excluded_values:
              self.excluded_values.append( re.compile( rex ) )
  
          for rex in excluded_footprints:
              self.excluded_footprints.append( re.compile( rex ) )
  
          # the subset of components to return, considered as "interesting".
          ret = []
  
          # run each component thru a series of tests, if it passes all, then add it
          # to the interesting list 'ret'.
          for c in self.components:
              exclude = False
              if not exclude:
                  for refs in self.excluded_references:
                      if refs.match(c.getRef()):
                          exclude = True
                          break
              if not exclude:
                  for vals in self.excluded_values:
                      if vals.match(c.getValue()):
                          exclude = True
                          break
              if not exclude:
                  for mods in self.excluded_footprints:
                      if mods.match(c.getFootprint()):
                          exclude = True
                          break
  
              if excludeBOM and c.getExcludeFromBOM():
                  exclude = True
  
              if excludeBoard and c.getExcludeFromBoard():
                  exclude = True
  
              if DNP and c.getDNP():
                  exclude = True
  
              if not exclude:
                  ret.append(c)
  
          # The key to sort the components in the BOM
          # This sorts using a natural sorting order (e.g. 100 after 99), and if it wasn't used
          # the normal sort would place 100 before 99 since it only would look at the first digit.
          def sortKey( str ):
              return [ int(t) if t.isdigit() else t.lower()
                      for t in re.split( '(\d+)', str ) ]
  
          ret.sort(key=lambda g: sortKey(g.getRef()))
  
          return ret
  
  
      def groupComponents(self, components = None):
          """Return a list of component lists. Components are grouped together
          when the value, library and part identifiers match.
  
          Keywords:
          components -- is a list of components, typically an interesting subset
          of all components, or None.  If None, then all components are looked at.
          """
          if not components:
              components = self.components
  
          groups = []
  
          # Make sure to start off will all components ungrouped to begin with
          for c in components:
              c.grouped = False
  
          # Group components based on the value, library and part identifiers
          for c in components:
              if c.grouped == False:
                  c.grouped = True
                  newgroup = []
                  newgroup.append(c)
  
                  # Check every other ungrouped component against this component
                  # and add to the group as necessary
                  for ci in components:
                      if ci.grouped == False and ci == c:
                          newgroup.append(ci)
                          ci.grouped = True
  
                  # Add the new component group to the groups list
                  groups.append(newgroup)
  
          # The key to sort the components in the BOM
          # This sorts using a natural sorting order (e.g. 100 after 99), and if it wasn't used
          # the normal sort would place 100 before 99 since it only would look at the first digit.
          def sortKey( str ):
              return [ int(t) if t.isdigit() else t.lower()
                      for t in re.split( '(\d+)', str ) ]
  
          for g in groups:
              #g = sorted(g, key=lambda g: sortKey(g.getRef()))
              g.sort(key=lambda g: sortKey(g.getRef()))
  
          # Finally, sort the groups to order the references alphabetically
          groups.sort(key=lambda group: sortKey(group[0].getRef()))
  
          return groups
  
      def getGroupField(self, group, field):
          """Return the whatever is known about the given field by consulting each
          component in the group.  If any of them know something about the property/field,
          then return that first non-blank value.
          """
          for c in group:
              ret = c.getField(field, False)
              if ret != '':
                  return ret
  
          libpart = group[0].getLibPart()
          if not libpart:
              return ''
  
          return libpart.getField(field)
  
      def getGroupFootprint(self, group):
          """Return the whatever is known about the Footprint by consulting each
          component in the group.  If any of them know something about the Footprint,
          then return that first non-blank value.
          """
          for c in group:
              ret = c.getFootprint()
              if ret != "":
                  return ret
          return group[0].getLibPart().getFootprint()
  
      def getGroupDatasheet(self, group):
          """Return the whatever is known about the Datasheet by consulting each
          component in the group.  If any of them know something about the Datasheet,
          then return that first non-blank value.
          """
          for c in group:
              ret = c.getDatasheet()
              if ret != "":
                  return ret
  
          if len(group) > 0:
              return group[0].getLibPart().getDatasheet()
          else:
              print("NULL!")
          return ''
  
      def formatXML(self):
          """Return the whole netlist formatted in XML"""
          return self.tree.formatXML()
  
      def formatHTML(self):
          """Return the whole netlist formatted in HTML"""
          return self.tree.formatHTML()
  
      def load(self, fname):
          """Load a kicad generic netlist
  
          Keywords:
          fname -- The name of the generic netlist file to open
  
          """
          try:
              self._reader = sax.make_parser()
              self._reader.setContentHandler(_gNetReader(self))
              self._reader.parse(fname)
          except IOError as e:
              print( __file__, ":", e, file=sys.stderr )
              sys.exit(-1)
  
  
  
  class _gNetReader(sax.handler.ContentHandler):
      """SAX kicad generic netlist content handler - passes most of the work back
      to the 'netlist' class which builds a complete tree in RAM for the design
  
      """
      def __init__(self, aParent):
          self.parent = aParent
  
      def startElement(self, name, attrs):
          """Start of a new XML element event"""
          element = self.parent.addElement(name)
  
          for name in attrs.getNames():
              element.addAttribute(name, attrs.getValue(name))
  
      def endElement(self, name):
          self.parent.endElement()
  
      def characters(self, content):
          # Ignore erroneous white space - ignoreableWhitespace does not get rid
          # of the need for this!
          if not content.isspace():
              self.parent.addChars(content)
  
      def endDocument(self):
          """End of the XML document event"""
          self.parent.endDocument()