medkit.core.dict_conv

Classes:

DictConvertible(*args, **kwargs)	Base protocol that must be implemented for all classes supporting conversion to a data dict and re-instantiation from a data dict.
SubclassMapping()	Base class for managing subclasses

Functions:

add_class_name_to_data_dict(instance, data_dict)	Add a class name to a data dict returned by a to_dict() method, so we later know upon which class to call from_dict() when re-instantiating the corresponding object.
get_class_name_from_data_dict(data_dict)	Get the class name written in the data_dict by the to_dict method.

class DictConvertible(*args, **kwargs)

Base protocol that must be implemented for all classes supporting conversion to a data dict and re-instantiation from a data dict.

Methods:

from_dict(data_dict)	Re-instantiate an object from a datadict obtained via to_dict()
to_dict()	Convert current instance into a data dict that can later be used to rebuild the exact same instance

to_dict()

Convert current instance into a data dict that can later be used to rebuild the exact same instance

Return type

Dict[str, Any]

Returns

Dict[str, Any] – A data dict containing all the information needed to re-instantiate the object

classmethod from_dict(data_dict)

Re-instantiate an object from a datadict obtained via to_dict()

Parameters

data_dict (Dict[str, Any]) – Data dict returned by to_dict()

Return type

Self

Returns

Self – An instance of the class to_dict() was called on.

class SubclassMapping

Base class for managing subclasses

Methods:

get_subclass_for_data_dict(data_dict)

Return the subclass that corresponds to the class name found in a data dict

classmethod get_subclass_for_data_dict(data_dict)

Return the subclass that corresponds to the class name found in a data dict

Parameters

data_dict (Dict[str, Any]) – Data dict returned by the to_dict() method of a subclass (or of the base class itself)

Return type

Optional[Type[Self]]

Returns

subclass – Subclass that generated data_dict, or None if data_dict correspond to the base class itself.

add_class_name_to_data_dict(instance, data_dict)

Add a class name to a data dict returned by a to_dict() method, so we later know upon which class to call from_dict() when re-instantiating the corresponding object.

Parameters

• instance (object) – The instance of class to which data_dict corresponds

• data_dict (Dict[str, Any]) – The data dict on which to add the class name

get_class_name_from_data_dict(data_dict)

Get the class name written in the data_dict by the to_dict method.

Parameters

data_dict (Dict[str, Any]) – The data dict returned by to_dict of the class to extract

Returns

class_name – The name of the class which has generated the data_dict