update of the doc

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gwen 2013-02-19 11:24:17 +01:00
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4 changed files with 13 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Here are some private attributes of a `Config()` object, for a
comprehension of the internal merchanism:
- `_cfgimpl_descr =` `option.OptionDescription()`,
e.g. the `optionapi#schema`
e.g. the :ref:`optdescr`
- `_cfgimpl_values` contains the `option.Option()`'s values.
Yes, the values of the options: remember that the values are stored **inside**
@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ comprehension of the internal merchanism:
::
{'int': 0, 'wantframework': False, 'objspace': 'std', 'bool': False,
'str': 'abc', 'gc': <config.Config object at 0xa33f8ec>, 'wantref': False}
'str': 'abc', 'wantref': False}
We can see that values can also be config objects, it's the
sub-namespaces that are stored in the values as `Config()` objects.
@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ With this `config.Config()` configuration management entry point,
it is possible to
- `iter` on config, notice that there is an iteration order wich is
the order of the `optionapi#schema` specification entries,
the order of the :ref:`optdescr` specification entries,
- compare two configs (equality),
- export the whole config into a `dict` with `config.make_dict()`,

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@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ What is Tiramisu ?
Tiramisu is yet another configuration handler, wich aims at producing
flexible and fast configuration options access. The main advantages are
its access `glossary#rules` and the fact that the configuration 's
consistency is preserved at any time, see `glossary#consistency`.
its access rules and the fact that the configuration 's
consistency is preserved at any time, see :doc:`consistency`.
There are type and structures's validations for configuration options,
and validations towards the whole configuration.
@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ directory named ``tiramisu``.
Understanding Tiramisu's architecture
--------------------------------------
The `glossary#schema` is loaded from an XML file, and the values of
The `schema` is loaded from an XML file, and the values of
the configuration options are recovered from a `.ini` like file.
By now, all the in-depth informations about the configuration are stored

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@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ value of the option. If this argument is not supplied the default value
is assumed to be ``None``.
.. _optdescr:
The `OptionDescription` class
-------------------------------

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@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class Config(object):
def __init__(self, descr, parent=None, context=None):
""" Configuration option management master class
:param descr: describes the configuration schema
:type descr: an instance of ``option.OptionDescription``
:param parent: is None if the ``Config`` is root parent Config otherwise
@ -226,7 +227,8 @@ class Config(object):
def setoption(self, name, value, who=None):
"""effectively modifies the value of an Option()
(typically called by the __setattr__)
:param who : an object that lives in `setting.owners`
:param who: an object that lives in `setting.owners`
"""
child = getattr(self._cfgimpl_descr, name)
if type(child) != SymLinkOption:
@ -258,6 +260,7 @@ class Config(object):
do what I mean"-interface to option setting. Searches all paths
starting from that config for matches of the optional arguments
and sets the found option if the match is not ambiguous.
:param kwargs: dict of name strings to values.
"""
all_paths = [p.split(".") for p in self.getpaths(allpaths=True)]
@ -377,6 +380,7 @@ class Config(object):
"""iteration on groups objects only.
All groups are returned if `group_type` is `None`, otherwise the groups
can be filtered by categories (families, or whatever).
:param group_type: if defined, is an instance of `groups.GroupType`
or `groups.MasterGroupType` that lives in
`setting.groups`