config-skeleton/app/skeleton.py

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"""Handles merging with the skeleton config."""
from typing import Dict
from .exceptions import InvalidKeyError, MissingKeyError
def merge(*dicts: [Dict]) -> Dict:
"""Merge multiple dicts into one.
It reads the dicts from left to right, always preferring the "right"
dictionary's values. Therefore, the dictionaries should be sorted from
least important to most important (e.g. a default values skeleton should be
to the left of a dict of selected values).
Args:
dicts: the dictionaries to merge
Returns:
a new dictionary representing the merged dictionaries
Todo:
* Make sure an infinite loop is not possible
"""
# Base cases
if len(dicts) == 0:
return {}
if len(dicts) == 1:
return dicts[0]
# We merge the first two dicts
d1, d2 = dicts[0], dicts[1]
output = d1.copy()
for key, value in d2.items():
if type(value) == dict:
# Merge the two sub-dictionaries
output[key] = (
merge(output[key], value)
if type(output.get(key)) == dict
else value
)
else:
output[key] = value
return merge(output, *dicts[2:])
def merge_with_skeleton(data: Dict, skel: Dict) -> Dict:
"""Merge a dictionary with a skeleton containing default values.
The skeleton not only defines what the default values are, but also
enforces a certain shape. This allows us to define a config file using a
dictionary and parse it.
Args:
data: dictionary containing the selected config values
skel: dictionary containing the skeleton (aka the def)
Returns:
a new dictionary representing the two merged dictionaries
Todo:
* Check if an infinite loop is possible
* Split info less complex functions
"""
# First, check for illegal keys
invalid_keys = list(filter(lambda k: k not in skel, data))
if invalid_keys:
raise InvalidKeyError(invalid_keys)
# Then, check the default values
for key, value in skel.items():
if key not in data:
# Raise error if there's not default value
if value is None:
raise MissingKeyError(key)
# Replace with default value
data[key] = value
# Error if value is not same type as default value
elif type(data[key]) != type(value) and value is not None:
# TODO make this error message more verbose
raise TypeError("Invalid value type")
# Recurse into dicts
elif type(value) == dict:
data[key] = merge_with_skeleton(data[key], value)
return data