NativeParser

class dictIO.parser.NativeParser

Bases: Parser

Parser to deserialize a string in dictIO native file format into a SDict.

__init__() → None

Define default configuration for NativeParser.

Methods

__init__()	Define default configuration for NativeParser.
get_parser([source_file])	Return a Parser instance matching the type of the source file to be parsed (factory method).
parse_file(source_file[, target_dict, comments])	Parse a file and deserialize it into a dict.
parse_key(arg)	Parse a single key.
parse_string(string, target_dict, *[, comments])	Parse a string in dictIO native file format and deserialize it into a SDict.
parse_value(arg)	Parse a single value.
parse_values(arg)	Parse multiple values.
remove_quotes_from_string(arg, *[, all_quotes])	Remove quotes from a string.
remove_quotes_from_strings(arg)	Remove quotes from multiple strings.

parse_string(string: str, target_dict: SDict[K, V], *, comments: bool = True) → SDict[K, V]

Parse a string in dictIO native file format and deserialize it into a SDict.

Parameters:

• string (str) – the string to be parsed (i.e. the content of the file that had been read using parse_file())

• target_dict (SDict) – the target dict the parsed dict file shall be merged into

• comments (bool, optional) – reads comments, by default True

Returns:

the parsed dict

Return type:

SDict