import unittest from fcntl import flock, LOCK_EX, LOCK_UN class struct(object): 'A simple namespace object.' def __init__(self, d = {}, **kwargs): 'd is the dictionary to update my __dict__ with.' self.__dict__.update(d) self.__dict__.update(kwargs) def dicts2struct(x): """ Given a tree of lists/dicts, perform a deep traversal to transform all the dicts to structs. """ if type(x) == dict: return struct((k, dicts2struct(v)) for k,v in x.iteritems()) elif type(x) == list: return [dicts2struct(v) for v in x] else: return x # # Hacks to work around lack of Python 2.5's `with` statement. # def with_closing(rsrc): """ Utility to emulate Python 2.5's `with closing(rsrc)` context manager. E.g., @with_closing(file('/tmp/foo')) def contents(f): return f.read() # now 'contents' is the contents of /tmp/foo """ def wrapper(func): try: return func(rsrc) finally: rsrc.close() return wrapper def with_lock_file(path): """ Context manager for lock files. Example: @with_lock_file('/tmp/mylock') def input(): print 'locked' return raw_input() # prints 'locked' print input # prints what raw_input() returned """ def wrapper(func): @with_closing(file(path, 'w')) def g(f): flock(f, LOCK_EX) try: return func() finally: flock(f, LOCK_UN) return g return wrapper # # Tests. # class common_tests(unittest.TestCase): def test_dicts2structs(self): dicts = { 'atom': 0, 'dict': { 'atom': 'atom', 'list': [1,2,3] }, 'list': [ 'atom', {'key': 'value'} ] } structs = dicts2struct(dicts) self.assertEqual(structs.atom, dicts['atom']) self.assertEqual(structs.dict.atom, dicts['dict']['atom']) self.assertEqual(structs.dict.list, dicts['dict']['list']) self.assertEqual(structs.list[0], dicts['list'][0]) self.assertEqual(structs.list[1].key, dicts['list'][1]['key']) if __name__ == '__main__': unittest.main()