#265: restore Jython compatibility.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sphinx/highlighting.py b/sphinx/highlighting.py
index 5bd0fe00a..7663279c6 100644
--- a/sphinx/highlighting.py
+++ b/sphinx/highlighting.py
@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@
 import sys
 import cgi
 import re
-import parser
 import textwrap
 
+try:
+    import parser
+except ImportError:
+    # parser is not available on Jython
+    parser = None
+
 from sphinx.util.texescape import tex_hl_escape_map
 
 try:
@@ -155,6 +160,9 @@ class PygmentsBridge(object):
             # just replace all non-ASCII characters.
             src = src.encode('ascii', 'replace')
 
+        if parser is None:
+            return True
+
         try:
             parser.suite(src)
         except parsing_exceptions: