python-split-xml-by-tag

def further_process(file_name):
    print 'processing :%s' % file_name
    print 'processing: file: %s' % file_name


def split_to_files(s, split_start_with, split_end_with, func):
    cursor = 0
    while cursor >= 0:
        try:
            cursor = s.index(split_start_with, cursor + 1)
            print s[cursor: s.index(split_end_with, cursor) + len(split_end_with)]
            func(s[cursor: s.index(split_end_with, cursor) + len(split_end_with)])
        except ValueError as e:
            print 'end: ', type(e)
            break


if __name__ == '__main__':
    s = """
<Package>
    <item>item1</item>
    <item>item2</item>
    <item>item3</item>
</Package>
"""
    print s
    split_to_files(s, '<item>', '</item>', further_process)