# fixme: rename this moduleto serialize def hydrate_string(dry_value): return str(dry_value) if dry_value else "" def dehydrate_string(wet_value): return wet_value def hydrate_bool(dry_value): return dry_value == "True" def dehydrate_bool(wet_value): return "True" if wet_value else "False" def hydrate_int(dry_value): return int(dry_value) def dehydrate_int(wet_value): return str(wet_value) def hydrate_list(dry_value): return [x for x in dry_value.split(",") if x] def dehydrate_list(wet_value): return ",".join(wet_value) VALUE_HYDRATORS = { "string": (hydrate_string, dehydrate_string), "bool": (hydrate_bool, dehydrate_bool), "int": (hydrate_int, dehydrate_int), "list": (hydrate_list, dehydrate_list), } def hydrate_value(python_type, dry_value): try: value_hydrator = VALUE_HYDRATORS[python_type][0] except KeyError: raise ValueError("%s type is not hydrateable" % python_type) return value_hydrator(dry_value) def dehydrate_value(python_type, wet_value): try: value_dehydrator = VALUE_HYDRATORS[python_type][1] except KeyError: raise ValueError("%s type is not dehydrateable" % python_type) return value_dehydrator(wet_value)