Package schrodinger :: Package infra :: Module mmim :: Class MMIMDict

Class MMIMDict

UserDict.DictMixin --+
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                    MMIMDict

A class for setting and getting MMIM keyword values. Given an MMIM handle, create an instance as follows:

mydict = MMIMDict(mmim_handle)

Then set any keywords:

mydict[<keywordname>] = <value>

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, handle)
Create an instance from the given MMIM handle.

__getitem__(self, key)
Return the value stored in the MMIM handle for the given key (integer or string).

__setitem__(self, key, value)
Set the value for the provided key (integer or string) to <value>.

__delitem__(self, key)

keys(self)

_get_handlers_for_key(self, key)
Retrieve the mmim functions to use in getting and setting the provided key (integer or string).

Inherited from UserDict.DictMixin: __cmp__, __contains__, __iter__, __len__, __repr__, clear, get, has_key, items, iteritems, iterkeys, itervalues, pop, popitem, setdefault, update, values

Method Details

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getitem(self, key)
(Indexing operator)

Return the value stored in the MMIM handle for the given key (integer or string). Note that if no explicit setting has been made for a keyword that the default value will be returned.

setitem(self, key, value)
(Index assignment operator)

Set the value for the provided key (integer or string) to <value>. If the key type is an MMIM arglist (array), then the value provided must be an list with elements of the proper type.

_get_handlers_for_key(self, key)

Retrieve the mmim functions to use in getting and setting the provided key (integer or string).

Returns a tuple of key ID and converter/getter/setter functions.

Class MMIMDict

__getitem__(self, key) (Indexing operator)

__setitem__(self, key, value) (Index assignment operator)

_get_handlers_for_key(self, key)

getitem(self, key)
(Indexing operator)

setitem(self, key, value)
(Index assignment operator)