doc/api/python/configuration.PropertiesConfiguration-class.html
author Simon Howkins <simonh@symbian.org>
Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:15:05 +0100
changeset 605 2907b286c72a
parent 432 f2ddfa555b0f
permissions -rw-r--r--
Adjusted capitalisation to make the final output more aesthetically pleasing.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ascii"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
          "DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
  <title>configuration.PropertiesConfiguration</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="epydoc.css" type="text/css" />
  <script type="text/javascript" src="epydoc.js"></script>
</head>

<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="blue" vlink="#204080"
      alink="#204080">
<!-- ==================== NAVIGATION BAR ==================== -->
<table class="navbar" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
       bgcolor="#a0c0ff" cellspacing="0">
  <tr valign="middle">

  <!-- Tree link -->
      <th>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
        href="module-tree.html">Trees</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>

  <!-- Index link -->
      <th>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
        href="identifier-index.html">Indices</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>

  <!-- Help link -->
      <th>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
        href="help.html">Help</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>

      <th class="navbar" width="100%"></th>
  </tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="100%">
      <span class="breadcrumbs">
        <a href="configuration-module.html">Module&nbsp;configuration</a> ::
        Class&nbsp;PropertiesConfiguration
      </span>
    </td>
    <td>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
        <!-- hide/show private -->
        <tr><td align="right"><span class="options">[<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="privatelink"
    onclick="toggle_private();">hide&nbsp;private</a>]</span></td></tr>
        <tr><td align="right"><span class="options"
            >[<a href="frames.html" target="_top">frames</a
            >]&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="configuration.PropertiesConfiguration-class.html"
            target="_top">no&nbsp;frames</a>]</span></td></tr>
      </table>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<!-- ==================== CLASS DESCRIPTION ==================== -->
<h1 class="epydoc">Class PropertiesConfiguration</h1><span class="codelink"><a href="configuration-pysrc.html#PropertiesConfiguration">source&nbsp;code</a></span><br /><br />
<pre class="base-tree">
            object --+    
                     |    
UserDict.DictMixin --+    
                     |    
         <a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html">Configuration</a> --+
                         |
                        <strong class="uidshort">PropertiesConfiguration</strong>
</pre>

<hr />
<p>A Configuration that parses a plain text properties file.</p>
<p>This typically follows the java.util.Properties format.</p>
<p>Note: This code is mostly based on this recipe
<a class="rst-reference external" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/496795" target="_top">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/496795</a>.
Copyright (c) Anand Balachandran Pillai</p><br /><br />

<!-- ==================== INSTANCE METHODS ==================== -->
<a name="section-InstanceMethods"></a>
<table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3"
       cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
<tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header">
  <td colspan="2" class="table-header">
    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
      <tr valign="top">
        <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Instance Methods</span></td>
        <td align="right" valign="top"
         ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-InstanceMethods"
         class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();"
         >hide private</a>]</span></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
    </td><td class="summary">
      <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
        <tr>
          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="configuration.PropertiesConfiguration-class.html#__init__" class="summary-sig-name">__init__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">stream</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">data</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">None</span>)</span><br />
      Initialization.</td>
          <td align="right" valign="top">
            <span class="codelink"><a href="configuration-pysrc.html#PropertiesConfiguration.__init__">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      
    </td>
  </tr>
<tr class="private">
    <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
    </td><td class="summary">
      <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
        <tr>
          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="__parse"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">__parse</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">lines</span>)</span><br />
      Parse a list of lines and create
an internal property dictionary</td>
          <td align="right" valign="top">
            <span class="codelink"><a href="configuration-pysrc.html#PropertiesConfiguration.__parse">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      
    </td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
    </td><td class="summary">
      <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
        <tr>
          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="processPair"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">processPair</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">key</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">value</span>)</span><br />
      Process a (key, value) pair</td>
          <td align="right" valign="top">
            <span class="codelink"><a href="configuration-pysrc.html#PropertiesConfiguration.processPair">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      
    </td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
    </td><td class="summary">
      <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
        <tr>
          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="escape"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">escape</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">value</span>)</span></td>
          <td align="right" valign="top">
            <span class="codelink"><a href="configuration-pysrc.html#PropertiesConfiguration.escape">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      
    </td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
    </td><td class="summary">
      <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
        <tr>
          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="unescape"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">unescape</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">value</span>)</span></td>
          <td align="right" valign="top">
            <span class="codelink"><a href="configuration-pysrc.html#PropertiesConfiguration.unescape">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      
    </td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
    </td><td class="summary">
      <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
        <tr>
          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="load"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">load</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">stream</span>)</span><br />
      Load properties from an open file stream</td>
          <td align="right" valign="top">
            <span class="codelink"><a href="configuration-pysrc.html#PropertiesConfiguration.load">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      
    </td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
      <span class="summary-type">&nbsp;</span>
    </td><td class="summary">
      <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
        <tr>
          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="store"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">store</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">out</span>)</span><br />
      Serialize the properties back to a file.</td>
          <td align="right" valign="top">
            <span class="codelink"><a href="configuration-pysrc.html#PropertiesConfiguration.store">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
          </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" class="summary">
    <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html">Configuration</a></code></b>:
      <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#__delitem__">__delitem__</a></code>,
      <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#__getitem__">__getitem__</a></code>,
      <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#__setitem__">__setitem__</a></code>,
      <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#__str__">__str__</a></code>,
      <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#get">get</a></code>,
      <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#get_boolean">get_boolean</a></code>,
      <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#get_int">get_int</a></code>,
      <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#get_list">get_list</a></code>,
      <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#interpolate">interpolate</a></code>,
      <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#keys">keys</a></code>,
      <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#match_name">match_name</a></code>
      </p>
    <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>:
      <code>__delattr__</code>,
      <code>__getattribute__</code>,
      <code>__hash__</code>,
      <code>__new__</code>,
      <code>__reduce__</code>,
      <code>__reduce_ex__</code>,
      <code>__repr__</code>,
      <code>__setattr__</code>
      </p>
    <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>UserDict.DictMixin</code></b>:
      <code>__cmp__</code>,
      <code>__contains__</code>,
      <code>__iter__</code>,
      <code>__len__</code>,
      <code>clear</code>,
      <code>has_key</code>,
      <code>items</code>,
      <code>iteritems</code>,
      <code>iterkeys</code>,
      <code>itervalues</code>,
      <code>pop</code>,
      <code>popitem</code>,
      <code>setdefault</code>,
      <code>update</code>,
      <code>values</code>
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<!-- ==================== CLASS VARIABLES ==================== -->
<a name="section-ClassVariables"></a>
<table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3"
       cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
<tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header">
  <td colspan="2" class="table-header">
    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
      <tr valign="top">
        <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Class Variables</span></td>
        <td align="right" valign="top"
         ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-ClassVariables"
         class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();"
         >hide private</a>]</span></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </td>
</tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" class="summary">
    <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html">Configuration</a></code></b>:
      <code><a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#key_re">key_re</a></code>
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<!-- ==================== PROPERTIES ==================== -->
<a name="section-Properties"></a>
<table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3"
       cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
<tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header">
  <td colspan="2" class="table-header">
    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
      <tr valign="top">
        <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Properties</span></td>
        <td align="right" valign="top"
         ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-Properties"
         class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();"
         >hide private</a>]</span></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </td>
</tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" class="summary">
    <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>:
      <code>__class__</code>
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<!-- ==================== METHOD DETAILS ==================== -->
<a name="section-MethodDetails"></a>
<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
       cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
<tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header">
  <td colspan="2" class="table-header">
    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
      <tr valign="top">
        <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Method Details</span></td>
        <td align="right" valign="top"
         ><span class="options">[<a href="#section-MethodDetails"
         class="privatelink" onclick="toggle_private();"
         >hide private</a>]</span></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </td>
</tr>
</table>
<a name="__init__"></a>
<div>
<table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
       cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white">
<tr><td>
  <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr valign="top"><td>
  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__init__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">stream</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">data</span>=<span class="sig-default">None</span>)</span>
    <br /><em class="fname">(Constructor)</em>
  </h3>
  </td><td align="right" valign="top"
    ><span class="codelink"><a href="configuration-pysrc.html#PropertiesConfiguration.__init__">source&nbsp;code</a></span>&nbsp;
    </td>
  </table>
  
  Initialization.
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Overrides:
      <a href="configuration.Configuration-class.html#__init__">Configuration.__init__</a>
        <dd><em class="note">(inherited documentation)</em></dd>
    </dt>
  </dl>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<br />
<!-- ==================== NAVIGATION BAR ==================== -->
<table class="navbar" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
       bgcolor="#a0c0ff" cellspacing="0">
  <tr valign="middle">

  <!-- Tree link -->
      <th>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
        href="module-tree.html">Trees</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>

  <!-- Index link -->
      <th>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
        href="identifier-index.html">Indices</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>

  <!-- Help link -->
      <th>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a
        href="help.html">Help</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>

      <th class="navbar" width="100%"></th>
  </tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%%">
  <tr>
    <td align="left" class="footer">
    Generated by Epydoc 3.0beta1 on Wed Sep 09 13:44:18 2009
    </td>
    <td align="right" class="footer">
      <a href="http://epydoc.sourceforge.net">http://epydoc.sourceforge.net</a>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

<script type="text/javascript">
  <!--
  // Private objects are initially displayed (because if
  // javascript is turned off then we want them to be
  // visible); but by default, we want to hide them.  So hide
  // them unless we have a cookie that says to show them.
  checkCookie()
  // -->
</script>
  
</body>
</html>