b.u.c.c.Section(dict) : class documentation

• parent is the section above
• depth is the depth level of this section
• main is the main ConfigObj
• indict is a dictionary to initialise the section with

Fetch the item and do string interpolation.

Correctly set a value.

Making dictionary values Section instances. (We have to special case 'Section' instances - which are also dicts)

Keys must be strings. Values need only be strings (or lists of strings) if main.stringify is set.

unrepr must be set when setting a value to a dictionary, without creating a new sub-section.

Remove items from the sequence when deleting.

A version of get that doesn't bypass string interpolation.

A version of update that uses our __setitem__.

'D.pop(k[,d]) -> v, remove specified key and return the corresponding value. If key is not found, d is returned if given, otherwise KeyError is raised'

Pops the first (key,val)

A version of clear that also affects scalars/sections Also clears comments and configspec.

Leaves other attributes alone :

depth/main/parent are not affected

A version of setdefault that sets sequence if appropriate.

D.items() -> list of D's (key, value) pairs, as 2-tuples

D.keys() -> list of D's keys

D.values() -> list of D's values

D.iteritems() -> an iterator over the (key, value) items of D

D.iterkeys() -> an iterator over the keys of D

D.itervalues() -> an iterator over the values of D

x.__repr__() <==> repr(x)

Return a deepcopy of self as a dictionary.

All members that are Section instances are recursively turned to ordinary dictionaries - by calling their dict method.

>>> n = a.dict()
>>> n == a
1
>>> n is a
0

A recursive update - useful for merging config files.

>>> a = '''[section1]
...     option1 = True
...     [[subsection]]
...     more_options = False
...     # end of file'''.splitlines()
>>> b = '''# File is user.ini
...     [section1]
...     option1 = False
...     # end of file'''.splitlines()
>>> c1 = ConfigObj(b)
>>> c2 = ConfigObj(a)
>>> c2.merge(c1)
>>> c2
ConfigObj({'section1': {'option1': 'False', 'subsection': {'more_options': 'False'}}})

Change a keyname to another, without changing position in sequence.

Implemented so that transformations can be made on keys, as well as on values. (used by encode and decode)

Also renames comments.

Walk every member and call a function on the keyword and value.

Return a dictionary of the return values

If the function raises an exception, raise the errror unless raise_errors=False, in which case set the return value to False.

Any unrecognised keyword arguments you pass to walk, will be pased on to the function you pass in.

Note: if call_on_sections is True then - on encountering a subsection, first the function is called for the whole subsection, and then recurses into it's members. This means your function must be able to handle strings, dictionaries and lists. This allows you to change the key of subsections as well as for ordinary members. The return value when called on the whole subsection has to be discarded.

See the encode and decode methods for examples, including functions.

>>> config = '''[XXXXsection]
... XXXXkey = XXXXvalue'''.splitlines()
>>> cfg = ConfigObj(config)
>>> cfg
ConfigObj({'XXXXsection': {'XXXXkey': 'XXXXvalue'}})
>>> def transform(section, key):
...     val = section[key]
...     newkey = key.replace('XXXX', 'CLIENT1')
...     section.rename(key, newkey)
...     if isinstance(val, (tuple, list, dict)):
...         pass
...     else:
...         val = val.replace('XXXX', 'CLIENT1')
...         section[newkey] = val
>>> cfg.walk(transform, call_on_sections=True)
{'CLIENT1section': {'CLIENT1key': None}}
>>> cfg
ConfigObj({'CLIENT1section': {'CLIENT1key': 'CLIENT1value'}})

Accepts a key as input. The corresponding value must be a string or the objects (True or 1) or (False or 0). We allow 0 and 1 to retain compatibility with Python 2.2.

If the string is one of True, On, Yes, or 1 it returns True.

If the string is one of False, Off, No, or 0 it returns False.

as_bool is not case sensitive.

Any other input will raise a ValueError.

>>> a = ConfigObj()
>>> a['a'] = 'fish'
>>> a.as_bool('a')
Traceback (most recent call last):
ValueError: Value "fish" is neither True nor False
>>> a['b'] = 'True'
>>> a.as_bool('b')
1
>>> a['b'] = 'off'
>>> a.as_bool('b')
0

A convenience method which coerces the specified value to an integer.

If the value is an invalid literal for int, a ValueError will be raised.

>>> a = ConfigObj()
>>> a['a'] = 'fish'
>>> a.as_int('a')
Traceback (most recent call last):
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'fish'
>>> a['b'] = '1'
>>> a.as_int('b')
1
>>> a['b'] = '3.2'
>>> a.as_int('b')
Traceback (most recent call last):
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '3.2'

A convenience method which coerces the specified value to a float.

If the value is an invalid literal for float, a ValueError will be raised.

>>> a = ConfigObj()
>>> a['a'] = 'fish'
>>> a.as_float('a')
Traceback (most recent call last):
ValueError: invalid literal for float(): fish
>>> a['b'] = '1'
>>> a.as_float('b')
1.0
>>> a['b'] = '3.2'
>>> a.as_float('b')
3.2000000000000002

A convenience method which fetches the specified value, guaranteeing that it is a list.

>>> a = ConfigObj()
>>> a['a'] = 1
>>> a.as_list('a')
[1]
>>> a['a'] = (1,)
>>> a.as_list('a')
[1]
>>> a['a'] = [1]
>>> a.as_list('a')
[1]

Restore (and return) default value for the specified key.

This method will only work for a ConfigObj that was created with a configspec and has been validated.

If there is no default value for this key, KeyError is raised.

Recursively restore default values to all members that have them.

This method will only work for a ConfigObj that was created with a configspec and has been validated.

It doesn't delete or modify entries without default values.