def get_company(self,
companyID,
info=Company.Company.default_info,
modFunct=None):
"""Return a Company object for the given companyID.
The companyID is something used to univocally identify a company;
it can be the imdbID used by the IMDb web server, a file
pointer, a line number in a file, an ID in a database, etc.
info is the list of sets of information to retrieve.
If specified, modFunct will be the function used by the Company
object when accessing its text fields (none, so far)."""
companyID = self._normalize_companyID(companyID)
companyID = self._get_real_companyID(companyID)
company = Company.Company(companyID=companyID,
accessSystem=self.accessSystem)
modFunct = modFunct or self._defModFunct
if modFunct is not None:
company.set_mod_funct(modFunct)
self.update(company, info)
return company
def new_company(self, *arguments, **keywords):
"""Return a Company object."""
# XXX: not really useful...
return Company.Company(accessSystem=self.accessSystem,
*arguments,
**keywords)
