parse Matlab VersionInfo.xml from Python

Author: scivision

scripts/get_matlab_version_xml.py

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+import argparse
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def get_matlab_root() -> Path:
+    ml = shutil.which("matlab")
+    if ml is None:
+        raise FileNotFoundError("MATLAB executable not found in PATH.")
+
+    return Path(ml).parents[1]
+
+
+def get_matlab_version(root: Path) -> str:
+    if not root.is_dir():
+        raise NotADirectoryError(f"{root} is not a valid directory.")
+
+    xmlPath = root / "VersionInfo.xml"
+    if not xmlPath.is_file():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(xmlPath)
+
+    tree = ET.parse(xmlPath)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+
+    return root.find('version').text
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Get MATLAB version from VersionInfo.xml")
+    parser.add_argument('matlab_root', nargs='?', help="Path to MATLAB root directory")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    root = Path(args.matlab_root) if args.matlab_root else get_matlab_root()
+
+    print(get_matlab_version(root))