cybertools/meta/interfaces.py
helmutm c39280f58f work in progress: cybertools.meta - configuration settings framework
git-svn-id: svn://svn.cy55.de/Zope3/src/cybertools/trunk@2517 fd906abe-77d9-0310-91a1-e0d9ade77398
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#
# Copyright (c) 2008 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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#
"""
Interfaces for the 'meta' package.
$Id$
"""
from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
class IOptions(Interface):
""" Provide a set of options (settings, configuration options,
preferences) based on a given context object or loaded from
a file.
"""
def __contains__(key):
""" Return True if this object provides the option identified
by the key given.
"""
def __iter__():
""" Return an iterator over the option keys provided by this
object.
"""
def values():
""" Return an iterator over all settings.
"""
def __getitem__(key):
""" Return the value belonging to the key given.
"""
def __getattr__(key):
""" Return the value belonging to the key given
(same as ``__getitem__()``).
"""
def __str__():
""" Return a string representation that shows all settings.
"""
class IConfigurator(Interface):
""" Adapter for an IOptions object that allows loading and saving
of configuration settings.
"""
def load(text=None, file=None):
""" Load settings from the string or the file given.
The ``file`` argument may be a string - that will be interpreted
as a file name or path - or a file object
"""
def dump(file=None):
""" Return a string representation of the context's configuration
settings; if ``file`` is given write the representation to
the corresponding file object.
"""