Package mrv :: Module conf :: Class ConfigNode

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Class ConfigNode

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        ConfigNode

Represents node in the configuration chain

It keeps information about the origin of the configuration and all its data. Additionally, it is aware of it being element of a chain, and can provide next and previous elements respectively

Instance Methods

_isWritable(self)

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_update(self, configparser)
Update our data with data from configparser

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parse(self)
parse default INI information into the extended structure

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write(self, rcp, close_fp=True)
Write our contents to our file-like object

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Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Construction/Destruction

__init__(self, fp)
Initialize Class Instance

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Section Access

listSections(self)
Returns: list() with string names of available sections

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section(self, name)
Returns: Section with name

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hasSection(self, name)
Returns: True if the given section exists

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sectionDefault(self, name)
Returns: Section with name, create it if required

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Class Methods

_check_and_append(cls, sectionsforwriting, section)
Assure we ignore empty sections

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Properties

_fp

_sections

Inherited from object: __class__

Properties

writable

Method Details

init(self, fp)
(Constructor)

Initialize Class Instance

Overrides: object.__init__

parse(self)

parse default INI information into the extended structure

Parse the given INI file using a _FixedConfigParser, convert all information in it into an internal format

Raises:

ConfigParsingError

_check_and_append(cls, sectionsforwriting, section)
Class Method

Assure we ignore empty sections

Returns:: True if section has been appended, false otherwise

write(self, rcp, close_fp=True)

Write our contents to our file-like object

Parameters:

rcp - RawConfigParser to use for writing

Returns:

the name of the written file

Raises:

IOError - if we are read-only

listSections(self)

Returns:: list() with string names of available sections

To Do: return an iterator instead

section(self, name)

Returns:

Section with name

Raises:

NoSectionError

hasSection(self, name)

Returns:: True if the given section exists

sectionDefault(self, name)

Returns:: Section with name, create it if required

Property Details

writable

Get Method:: _isWritable(self)