Package grassyknoll :: Package lib :: Module Norman

Module Norman

Norman likes things neat

XXX OH GOD NEED TESTS!

>>> pants=ObjectNorman()
>>> pants.sale_date=DateNorman()
>>> pants.size=IntegerNorman(optional=True)
>>> pants.color=UnicodeNorman()
>>> pants.constant=FunctionNorman(lambda x: u"CONSTANT", prohibited=True, filled=True)
>>> input=dict(sale_date='April 1, 2007', size='32', color='blue')
>>> bluejeans=pants(input)
>>> bluejeans is input
False
>>> bluejeans['size']
32
>>> bluejeans['color']
u'blue'
>>> bluejeans['sale_date']
datetime.date(2007, 4, 1)
>>> bluejeans['constant']
u'CONSTANT'

Classes

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NormanError
error raised when a value cannot be normalized

Norman
base class for Normans

ObjectNorman
Norman that operates on dict or object.__dict__

MultiValueNorman
wraps up another Norman, and returns a list of values

FunctionNorman
Norman that calls a function with curried kwargs

IdemNorman
a Norman that just returns whatever you pass it

NoneNorman
normalizes to None

BoolNorman
normalizes to boolean

IntegerNorman
normalizes to an integer

FloatNorman
normalizes to a float

UnicodeNorman
Normalizes to unicode by decoding.

StrNorman
Normalizes to str by encoding.

MapNorman
Normalizes using a dict

DateTimeNorman
Normalizes to a datetime.datetime

DateNorman
Normalizes to datetime.date

TimeNorman
Normalizes to datetime.time

Functions

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lowerString(f)

source code

TimestampNorman(optional=False, filled=True, prohibited=True)
Norman that returns a current datetime.datetime source code

EtagNorman(optional=False, filled=True, prohibited=True)
Norman that returns a reasonable value for use as an etag

source code