def decodeAxis(axis, a = None):
dct = json.loads(axis)
if not a:
a = PBAxis()
a.bins = dct['bins']
a.min = dct['min']
a.max = dct['max']
return a
if not a:
a = PBAxis()
a.bins = dct['bins']
a.min = dct['min']
a.max = dct['max']
return a
if "__main__" == __name__:
print "[test] Create PB axis, encode to json, decode from json into copy\n"
axis = PBAxis()
axis.bins = 10
axis.min = 0
axis.max = 5
print "[axis]"
print axis
json_text = encodeAxis(axis)
print "json: {0}\n".format(json_text)
copy_axis = decodeAxis(json_text)
print "[copy axis]"
print copy_axis
assert copy_axis.bins == axis.bins