A library for mapping dictionaries to Python objects
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Sample usage
With dicty you can easily describe your data model and then use it to encode/decode JSON objects. It supports data validataion, optional parameters, default values, nested objects and so on.
import dicty class MyDoc(dicty.DictObject): prop1 = dicty.StringField() prop2 = dicty.IntegerField() # Regular constructor doc = MyDoc(prop1='foo', prop2=123) print doc.prop1 # you can access values as attributes print doc['prop2'] # as well as dictionary items print json.dumps(doc) print json.dumps(doc.jsonify()) # Jsonify will clean and validate output data # Create instance from dictionary doc = MyDoc.fromjson({'prop1': 'foo', 'prop2': 123}) # would raise dicty.FieldError here doc = MyDoc.fromjson({'prop1': 123, 'prop2': 123})
Nested Objects
import dicty class Foo(dicty.DictObject): class Bar(dicty.DictObject): prop = dicty.StringField() bar = dicty.TypedObjectField(Bar) obj = Foo() obj.bar.prop = 123 print obj # {'bar': {'prop': 123}}
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