#see license.txt for license details

#history http://www.reportlab.co.uk/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/public/reportlab/trunk/reportlab/lib/abag.py

__version__=''' $Id$ '''

__doc__='''Data structure to hold a collection of attributes, used by styles.'''

class ABag:

    """

    'Attribute Bag' - a trivial BAG class for holding attributes.

    This predates modern Python.  Doing this again, we'd use a subclass

    of dict.

    You may initialize with keyword arguments.

    a = ABag(k0=v0,....,kx=vx,....) ==> getattr(a,'kx')==vx

    c = a.clone(ak0=av0,.....) copy with optional additional attributes.

    """

    def __init__(self,**attr):

        self.__dict__.update(attr)

    def clone(self,**attr):

        n = ABag(**self.__dict__)

        if attr: n.__dict__.update(attr)

        return n

    def __repr__(self):

        D = self.__dict__

        K = D.keys()

        K.sort()

        return '%s(%s)' % (self.__class__.__name__,', '.join(['%s=%r' % (k,D[k]) for k in K]))

if __name__=="__main__":

    AB = ABag(a=1, c="hello")

    CD = AB.clone()

    print AB

    print CD