#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Copyright 2014 Brett Slatkin, Pearson Education Inc.
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# Preamble to mimick book environment
import logging
from pprint import pprint
from sys import stdout as STDOUT
# Example 1
import json
class Serializable(object):
def __init__(self, *args):
self.args = args
def serialize(self):
return json.dumps({'args': self.args})
# Example 2
class Point2D(Serializable):
def __init__(self, x, y):
super().__init__(x, y)
self.x = x
self.y = y
def __repr__(self):
return 'Point2D(%d, %d)' % (self.x, self.y)
point = Point2D(5, 3)
print('Object: ', point)
print('Serialized:', point.serialize())
# Example 3
class Deserializable(Serializable):
@classmethod
def deserialize(cls, json_data):
params = json.loads(json_data)
return cls(*params['args'])
# Example 4
class BetterPoint2D(Deserializable):
def __init__(self, x, y):
super().__init__(x, y)
self.x = x
self.y = y
def __repr__(self):
return 'BetterPoint2D(%d, %d)' % (self.x, self.y)
point = BetterPoint2D(5, 3)
print('Before: ', point)
data = point.serialize()
print('Serialized:', data)
after = BetterPoint2D.deserialize(data)
print('After: ', after)
# Example 5
class BetterSerializable(object):
def __init__(self, *args):
self.args = args
def serialize(self):
return json.dumps({
'class': self.__class__.__name__,
'args': self.args,
})
def __repr__(self):
return '%s(%s)' % (
self.__class__.__name__,
', '.join(str(x) for x in self.args))
# Example 6
registry = {}
def register_class(target_class):
registry[target_class.__name__] = target_class
def deserialize(data):
params = json.loads(data)
name = params['class']
target_class = registry[name]
return target_class(*params['args'])
# Example 7
class EvenBetterPoint2D(BetterSerializable):
def __init__(self, x, y):
super().__init__(x, y)
self.x = x
self.y = y
register_class(EvenBetterPoint2D)
# Example 8
point = EvenBetterPoint2D(5, 3)
print('Before: ', point)
data = point.serialize()
print('Serialized:', data)
after = deserialize(data)
print('After: ', after)
# Example 9
class Point3D(BetterSerializable):
def __init__(self, x, y, z):
super().__init__(x, y, z)
self.x = x
self.y = y
self.z = z
# Forgot to call register_class! Whoops!
# Example 10
try:
point = Point3D(5, 9, -4)
data = point.serialize()
deserialize(data)
except:
logging.exception('Expected')
else:
assert False
# Example 11
class Meta(type):
def __new__(meta, name, bases, class_dict):
cls = type.__new__(meta, name, bases, class_dict)
register_class(cls)
return cls
class RegisteredSerializable(BetterSerializable, metaclass=Meta):
pass
# Example 12
class Vector3D(RegisteredSerializable):
def __init__(self, x, y, z):
super().__init__(x, y, z)
self.x, self.y, self.z = x, y, z
v3 = Vector3D(10, -7, 3)
print('Before: ', v3)
data = v3.serialize()
print('Serialized:', data)
print('After: ', deserialize(data))