import collections class Styles(object): def __init__(self, paragraph_styles, character_styles): self._paragraph_styles = paragraph_styles self._character_styles = character_styles def find_paragraph_style_by_id(self, style_id): return self._paragraph_styles.get(style_id) def find_character_style_by_id(self, style_id): return self._character_styles.get(style_id) def read_styles_xml_element(element): paragraph_styles = {} character_styles = {} styles = { "paragraph": paragraph_styles, "character": character_styles, } for style_element in element.find_children("w:style"): style = _read_style_element(style_element) styles[style.element_type][style.style_id] = style return Styles(paragraph_styles, character_styles) def _read_style_element(element): element_type = element.attributes["w:type"] style_id = element.attributes["w:styleId"] return Style(element_type=element_type, style_id=style_id) Style = collections.namedtuple("Style", ["element_type", "style_id"])