def setUp(self):
"""Create a nested model for testing"""
helper.TmpPathTestCase.setUp(self)
self.nested = NestedModel()
self.nested_observer = ModelObserver(self.nested)
path = self.test_path('test.data')
# save & reconstitute
serializer.save(self.nested, path)
self.clone = serializer.load(path)
def settings():
"""Returns the SettingsModel singleton"""
if not SettingsManager._settings:
if os.path.exists(SettingsManager._rcfile):
try:
SettingsManager._settings = serializer.load(SettingsManager._rcfile)
except: # bad json
SettingsManager._settings = SettingsModel()
else:
SettingsManager._settings = SettingsModel()
return SettingsManager._settings
