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authorW. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>2010-02-07 17:53:53 -0500
committerW. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>2010-02-07 17:53:53 -0500
commit977eff5af10b50ba6e6edb6abc4f40804c418b12 (patch)
tree77bd3dea340130bb1b446d5f7cc8d72000b5fba3 /libbe/storage/util/settings_object.py
parent8ccb71280c24480eb661fc668c31ff06bc7a3148 (diff)
downloadbugseverywhere-977eff5af10b50ba6e6edb6abc4f40804c418b12.tar.gz
Fixed docstrings so only Sphinx errors are "autosummary" and "missing attribute"
Diffstat (limited to 'libbe/storage/util/settings_object.py')
-rw-r--r--libbe/storage/util/settings_object.py95
1 files changed, 62 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/libbe/storage/util/settings_object.py b/libbe/storage/util/settings_object.py
index 8434952..6e4da55 100644
--- a/libbe/storage/util/settings_object.py
+++ b/libbe/storage/util/settings_object.py
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-"""
-This module provides a base class implementing settings-dict based
-property storage useful for BE objects with saved properties
-(e.g. BugDir, Bug, Comment). For example usage, consider the
-unittests at the end of the module.
+"""Provides :class:`SavedSettingsObject` implementing settings-dict
+based property storage.
+
+See Also
+--------
+:mod:`libbe.storage.util.properties` : underlying property definitions
"""
import libbe
@@ -33,9 +34,10 @@ if libbe.TESTING == True:
import unittest
class _Token (object):
- """
- `Control' value class for properties. We want values that only
- mean something to the settings_object module.
+ """`Control' value class for properties.
+
+ We want values that only mean something to the `settings_object`
+ module.
"""
pass
@@ -44,45 +46,58 @@ class UNPRIMED (_Token):
pass
class EMPTY (_Token):
- """
- Property has been primed but has no user-set value, so use
+ """Property has been primed but has no user-set value, so use
default/generator value.
"""
pass
def prop_save_settings(self, old, new):
- """
- The default action undertaken when a property changes.
+ """The default action undertaken when a property changes.
"""
if self.storage != None and self.storage.is_writeable():
self.save_settings()
def prop_load_settings(self):
- """
- The default action undertaken when an UNPRIMED property is
- accessed. Attempt to run .load_settings(), which calls
- ._setup_saved_settings() internally. If .storage is inaccessible,
- don't do anything.
+ """The default action undertaken when an UNPRIMED property is
+ accessed.
+
+ Attempt to run `.load_settings()`, which calls
+ `._setup_saved_settings()` internally. If `.storage` is
+ inaccessible, don't do anything.
"""
if self.storage != None and self.storage.is_readable():
self.load_settings()
# Some name-mangling routines for pretty printing setting names
def setting_name_to_attr_name(self, name):
- """
- Convert keys to the .settings dict into their associated
+ """Convert keys to the `.settings` dict into their associated
SavedSettingsObject attribute names.
+
+ Examples
+ --------
+
>>> print setting_name_to_attr_name(None,"User-id")
user_id
+
+ See Also
+ --------
+ attr_name_to_setting_name : inverse
"""
return name.lower().replace('-', '_')
def attr_name_to_setting_name(self, name):
- """
- The inverse of setting_name_to_attr_name.
+ """Convert SavedSettingsObject attribute names to `.settings` dict
+ keys.
+
+ Examples:
+
>>> print attr_name_to_setting_name(None, "user_id")
User-id
+
+ See Also
+ --------
+ setting_name_to_attr_name : inverse
"""
return name.capitalize().replace('_', '-')
@@ -96,8 +111,7 @@ def versioned_property(name, doc,
settings_properties=[],
required_saved_properties=[],
require_save=False):
- """
- Combine the common decorators in a single function.
+ """Combine the common decorators in a single function.
Use zero or one (but not both) of default or generator, since a
working default will keep the generator from functioning. Use the
@@ -124,17 +138,20 @@ def versioned_property(name, doc,
into our local scope. Don't mess with them.
Set mutable=True if:
- * default is a mutable
- * your generator function may return mutables
- * you set change_hook and might have mutable property values
- See the docstrings in libbe.properties for details on how each of
+
+ * default is a mutable
+ * your generator function may return mutables
+ * you set change_hook and might have mutable property values
+
+ See the docstrings in `libbe.properties` for details on how each of
these cases are handled.
- The value stored in .settings[name] will be
- * no value (or UNPRIMED) if the property has been neither set,
- nor loaded as blank.
- * EMPTY if the value has been loaded as blank.
- * some value if the property has been either loaded or set.
+ The value stored in `.settings[name]` will be
+
+ * no value (or UNPRIMED) if the property has been neither set,
+ nor loaded as blank.
+ * EMPTY if the value has been loaded as blank.
+ * some value if the property has been either loaded or set.
"""
settings_properties.append(name)
if require_save == True:
@@ -175,7 +192,19 @@ def versioned_property(name, doc,
return decorator
class SavedSettingsObject(object):
-
+ """Setup a framework for lazy saving and loading of `.settings`
+ properties.
+
+ This is useful for BE objects with saved properties
+ (e.g. :class:`~libbe.bugdir.BugDir`, :class:`~libbe.bug.Bug`,
+ :class:`~libbe.comment.Comment`). For example usage, consider the
+ unittests at the end of the module.
+
+ See Also
+ --------
+ versioned_property, prop_save_settings, prop_load_settings
+ setting_name_to_attr_name, attr_name_to_setting_name
+ """
# Keep a list of properties that may be stored in the .settings dict.
#settings_properties = []