Package csb :: Package core :: Class DictionaryContainer

Class DictionaryContainer

         object --+        
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    AbstractIndexer --+    
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BaseDictionaryContainer --+
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                         DictionaryContainer

Known Subclasses:

Write-enabled Dictionary Container. New items can be added using a public append method. Subclasses may also override the internal _update and _set to expose them to the clients.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, items=None, restrict=None)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

source code

append(self, key, item)
Append a new key-value to the collection.

source code

Inherited from BaseDictionaryContainer: __bool__, __contains__, __getitem__, __iter__, __len__, __nonzero__, __repr__, keys

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

Properties

Inherited from BaseDictionaryContainer: length

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

init(self, items=None, restrict=None)
(Constructor)

source code

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

Parameters:

items - an initialization dictionary
restrict - a list of keys allowed for this dictionary

Overrides: object.__init__

(inherited documentation)

append(self, key, item)

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Append a new key-value to the collection.

Parameters:

key - key
item - value

Raises:

InvalidKeyError - when the key is not allowed for this container
DuplicateKeyError - when such a key already exists

Class DictionaryContainer

__init__(self, items=None, restrict=None) (Constructor)

append(self, key, item)

init(self, items=None, restrict=None)
(Constructor)