gramps/src/gen/lib/attrbase.py

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# $Id$

"""
AttributeBase class for GRAMPS.
"""

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#
# GRAMPS modules
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from gen.lib.attribute import Attribute

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# AttributeBase class
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class AttributeBase(object):
    """
    Base class for attribute-aware objects.
    """

    def __init__(self, source=None):
        """
        Initialize a AttributeBase. 
        
        If the source is not None, then object is initialized from values of 
        the source object.

        :param source: Object used to initialize the new object
        :type source: AttributeBase
        """
        if source:
            self.attribute_list = [ Attribute(attribute) \
                                    for attribute in source.attribute_list ]
        else:
            self.attribute_list = []

    def serialize(self):
        """
        Convert the object to a serialized tuple of data.
        """
        return [attr.serialize() for attr in self.attribute_list]

    def unserialize(self, data):
        """
        Convert a serialized tuple of data to an object.
        """
        self.attribute_list = [Attribute().unserialize(item) for item in data]

    def add_attribute(self, attribute):
        """
        Add the :class:`~gen.lib.attribute.Attribute` instance to the object's list of attributes.

        :param attribute: :class:`~gen.lib.attribute.Attribute` instance to add.
        :type attribute: :class:`~gen.lib.attribute.Attribute`
        """
        assert not isinstance(attribute, unicode)
        self.attribute_list.append(attribute)

    def remove_attribute(self, attribute):
        """
        Remove the specified :class:`~gen.lib.attribute.Attribute` instance from the attribute list.
        
        If the instance does not exist in the list, the operation has
        no effect.

        :param attribute: :class:`~gen.lib.attribute.Attribute` instance to remove from the list
        :type attribute: :class:`~gen.lib.attribute.Attribute`

        :returns: True if the attribute was removed, False if it was not
            in the list.
        :rtype: bool
        """
        if attribute in self.attribute_list:
            self.attribute_list.remove(attribute)
            return True
        else:
            return False

    def get_attribute_list(self):
        """
        Return the list of :class:`~gen.lib.attribute.Attribute` instances associated with the object.
        
        :returns: Returns the list of :class:`~gen.lib.attribute.Attribute` instances.
        :rtype: list
        """
        return self.attribute_list

    def set_attribute_list(self, attribute_list):
        """
        Assign the passed list to the Person's list of :class:`~gen.lib.attribute.Attribute` instances.

        :param attribute_list: List of :class:`~gen.lib.attribute.Attribute` instances to ba associated
            with the Person
        :type attribute_list: list
        """
        self.attribute_list = attribute_list