Working With Comments in Jython

from aspose-words import Settings
from com.aspose.words import Document
from com.aspose.words import NodeType
from com.aspose.words import SaveFormat
class ProcessComments:
    def __init__(self):
        dataDir = Settings.dataDir + 'programming_documents/'

        # Open the document.
        doc = Document(dataDir + "TestFile.doc")
        comments = self.extract_comments(doc)
        for comment in comments:
            print comment

        # Remove all comments.
        self.remove_comments(doc)
        print "All comments are removed!"

        # Save the document.
        doc.save(dataDir + "Comments.doc")
    def extract_comments(self, *args):
        doc = args[0]
        collectedComments = []

        # Collect all comments in the document
        comments = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.COMMENT, True)

        # Look through all comments and gather information about them.
        for comment in comments :
            if 1 < len(args) and args[1] is not None :
                authorName = args[1]
                if str(comment.getAuthor()) == authorName:
                    collectedComments.append(str(comment.getAuthor()) + " " + str(comment.getDateTime()) + " " + comment.toString(SaveFormat.TEXT))
            else:
                collectedComments.append(str(comment.getAuthor()) + " " + str(comment.getDateTime()) + " " + comment.toString(SaveFormat.TEXT))
        return collectedComments
    def remove_comments(self,*args):
        doc = args[0]
        if 1 < len(args) and args[1] is not None :
                authorName = args[1]

        # Collect all comments in the document
        comments = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.COMMENT, True)
        comments_count = comments.getCount()

        # Look through all comments and remove those written by the authorName author.
        i = comments_count
        i = i - 1
        while i >= 0 :
            comment = comments.get(i)
            if 1 < len(args) and args[1] is not None :
                authorName = args[1]
                if str(comment.getAuthor()) == authorName:
                    comment.remove()
            else:
                comment.remove()
            i = i - 1
if __name__ == '__main__':        
    ProcessComments()