# Copyright (c) 2016, Neil Booth # # All rights reserved. # # See the file "LICENCE" for information about the copyright # and warranty status of this software. '''An enum-like type with reverse lookup. Source: Python Cookbook, http://code.activestate.com/recipes/67107/ ''' class EnumError(Exception): pass class Enumeration: def __init__(self, name, enumList): self.__doc__ = name lookup = {} reverseLookup = {} i = 0 uniqueNames = set() uniqueValues = set() for x in enumList: if isinstance(x, tuple): x, i = x if not isinstance(x, str): raise EnumError("enum name {} not a string".format(x)) if not isinstance(i, int): raise EnumError("enum value {} not an integer".format(i)) if x in uniqueNames: raise EnumError("enum name {} not unique".format(x)) if i in uniqueValues: raise EnumError("enum value {} not unique".format(x)) uniqueNames.add(x) uniqueValues.add(i) lookup[x] = i reverseLookup[i] = x i = i + 1 self.lookup = lookup self.reverseLookup = reverseLookup def __getattr__(self, attr): result = self.lookup.get(attr) if result is None: raise AttributeError('enumeration has no member {}'.format(attr)) return result def whatis(self, value): return self.reverseLookup[value]