remove_leading_module_name.py

# 1. Place in src/xdocs folder
# 2. Run python3 script.py

import os
import re
from lxml import etree

folders = ['checks', 'filters', 'filefilters']

for folder in folders:
    dir = os.path.join(folder)
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(dir):
        for filename in files:
            if filename == "index.xml":
                continue

            file_path = os.path.join(root, filename)
            file_tree = etree.parse(file_path)
            # Get module name from title, i.e. AbstractClassName
            module_name = file_tree.xpath('//*[local-name()="title"]')[0].text

            # Read file contents
            with open(file_path, 'r') as input_file:
                contents = input_file.read()

            # Replace id="AbstractClassName_ with id="
            # Essentially removing the module name and underscore after from the id
            pattern = re.compile(rf'id="{module_name}_')
            new_contents = pattern.sub('id="', contents)

            # Write back to file
            with open(file_path, 'w') as output_file:
                output_file.write(new_contents)