Best way to parse XML streams like XMPP?

Question

I am working on a server application that receives data through a TCP socket in an XML format similar to XMPP, that is, each child element <root>essentially represents one separate request (stanza). The connection closes as soon as it is accepted </root>. I know that I should use a stream parser like SAX. Although, for convenience, I would prefer to have a tree-like interface for accessing each child element of stanza. (The data sent with each request is small, so I think it makes sense to read every stanza as a whole.)

What is the best way to implement this in Python (preferably v3)?

This is the code I would like to create. Feel free to point me in a completely different direction to solve this problem.

import socketserver
import settings

class MyServer(socketserver.ThreadingMixIn, socketserver.TCPServer):
    pass

class MyRequestHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
    def handle(self):
        pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
    server = MyServer((settings.host, settings.port), MyRequestHandler)
    server.serve_forever()

Answer 1

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