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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/email/Parser.py | 16 |
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diff --git a/Lib/email/Parser.py b/Lib/email/Parser.py index 81763dc006..44a0ca2bdd 100644 --- a/Lib/email/Parser.py +++ b/Lib/email/Parser.py @@ -158,3 +158,19 @@ class Parser: container.add_payload(msg) else: container.add_payload(fp.read()) + + + +class HeaderParser(Parser): + """A subclass of Parser, this one only meaningfully parses message headers. + + This class can be used if all you're interested in is the headers of a + message. While it consumes the message body, it does not parse it, but + simply makes it available as a string payload. + + Parsing with this subclass can be considerably faster if all you're + interested in is the message headers. + """ + def _parsebody(self, container, fp): + # Consume but do not parse, the body + container.set_payload(fp.read()) |