Utils

Data containers and other utilities.

class openxc.utils.AgingData

Mixin to associate a class with a time of birth.

age

Return the age of the data in seconds.

class openxc.utils.Range(minimum, maximum)

Encapsulates a ranged defined by a min and max numerical value.

spread

Returns the spread between this Range’s min and max.

within_range(value)

Returns True if the value is between this Range, inclusive.

openxc.utils.dict_raise_on_duplicates(ordered_pairs)

Reject duplicate keys.

openxc.utils.fatal_error(message)

openxc.utils.find_file(filename, search_paths)

openxc.utils.load_json_from_search_path(filename, search_paths)

openxc.utils.merge(a, b)

Merge two deep dicts non-destructively

Uses a stack to avoid maximum recursion depth exceptions

>>> a = {'a': 1, 'b': {1: 1, 2: 2}, 'd': 6}
>>> b = {'c': 3, 'b': {2: 7}, 'd': {'z': [1, 2, 3]}}
>>> c = merge(a, b)
>>> from pprint import pprint; pprint(c)
{'a': 1, 'b': {1: 1, 2: 7}, 'c': 3, 'd': {'z': [1, 2, 3]}}

openxc.utils.quacks_like_dict(object)

Check if object is dict-like

openxc.utils.quacks_like_list(object)

Check if object is list-like