import jsonschema import logging from jsonschema import ValidationError log = logging.getLogger(__name__) class StructuredDict(dict): """ A dictionary that enforces a structure specified by a schema, and supports migration between different versions of the schema. """ # To be specified in sub-classes, an array in the format # [(version, schema, migration), ...] _versions = [] # Used internally to allow schema lookups by version number _schemas = {} version = None def __init__(self, value, starting_version, migrate=True, target_version=None): dict.__init__(self, value) self.version = starting_version self._schemas = dict([(version, schema) for (version, schema, _) in self._versions]) self.validate(starting_version) if migrate: self.migrate(target_version) def validate(self, version): jsonschema.validate(self, self._schemas[version]) def migrate(self, target_version=None): if target_version: assert self._versions.index(target_version) > self.versions.index(self.version), "Current version is above target version" above_starting_version = False for version, schema, migration in self._versions: if not above_starting_version: if version == self.version: above_starting_version = True continue migration() try: self.validate(version) except ValidationError as e: raise ValidationError, "Could not migrate to version %s due to validation error: %s" % (version, e.message) self.version = version if target_version and version == target_version: break