From 6d6d6daf7b4928182fc0ea4b03ee00f5a326ed3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Behrisch <michael.behrisch@dlr.de>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 07:25:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] working around lxml deficiency fix #15422

---
 tools/sumolib/net/__init__.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/sumolib/net/__init__.py b/tools/sumolib/net/__init__.py
index 5f8366a7dfce..9eab6422965d 100644
--- a/tools/sumolib/net/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/sumolib/net/__init__.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 try:
     import lxml.etree
+    import pathlib
     HAVE_LXML = True
 except ImportError:
     HAVE_LXML = False
@@ -965,6 +966,8 @@ def readNet(filename, **others):
     except IOError:
         source = filename
     if HAVE_LXML and others.get("lxml", True):
+        if isinstance(source, pathlib.Path):
+            source = str(source)
         for event, v in lxml.etree.iterparse(source, events=("start", "end")):
             if event == "start":
                 netreader.startElement(v.tag, v.attrib)