Package gavo :: Package utils :: Module fancyconfig :: Class Section

Class Section

object --+
         |
        Section

Known Subclasses:

A section within the configuration.

It is constructed with a name, a documentation, and the configuration items.

They double as proxies between the configuration and their items via the setParent method.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, name, documentation, *items)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

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__iter__(self)

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getitem(self, name)

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get(self, name)
returns the value of the configuration item name.

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set(self, name, value, origin='user')
set the value of the configuration item name. source code

setParent(self, parent)

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

Properties
Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

Method Details

init(self, name, documentation, items)
(Constructor)*

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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

Overrides: object.__init__: (inherited documentation)

get(self, name)

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returns the value of the configuration item name.

If it does not exist, a NoConfigItem exception will be raised.

set(self, name, value, origin=`'user'`)

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set the value of the configuration item name.

value must always be a string, regardless of the item's actual type.

Class Section

__init__(self, name, documentation, *items) (Constructor)

get(self, name)

set(self, name, value, origin='user')

init(self, name, documentation, items)
(Constructor)*

set(self, name, value, origin=`'user'`)