def load(self, data):
""" Loads the data into the CadenceData instance, parsing if necessary beforehand.
@@@param load:string,dict
Either a string or dictionary representation of valid Cadence Interchange Data
formatted data to be loaded.
@@@return bool
True if successful, False if the load process failed because of invalid data.
"""
if not data:
return False
if StringUtils.isStringType(data):
try:
data = json.loads(data)
except Exception as err:
print("FAILED: Loading Cadence data from JSON string.", err)
return False
if CadenceData._NAME_KEY in data:
self._name = data.get(CadenceData._NAME_KEY)
if CadenceData._CONFIGS_KEY in data:
self._configs = ConfigReader.fromDict(data.get(CadenceData._CONFIGS_KEY))
if CadenceData._CHANNELS_KEY in data:
for c in data.get(CadenceData._CHANNELS_KEY, dict()):
self._channels.append(DataChannel.fromDict(c))
return True
if isinstance(data, basestring):
try:
data = json.loads(data)
except Exception, err:
print 'FAILED: Loading Cadence data from JSON string.', err
return False
if CadenceData._NAME_KEY in data:
self._name = data.get(CadenceData._NAME_KEY)
if CadenceData._CONFIGS_KEY in data:
self._configs = ConfigReader.fromDict(data.get(CadenceData._CONFIGS_KEY))
if CadenceData._CHANNELS_KEY in data:
for c in data.get(CadenceData._CHANNELS_KEY, dict()):
self._channels.append(DataChannel.fromDict(c))
return True
#___________________________________________________________________________________________________ write
def write(self, folder =None, name =None):
""" Writes the Cadence data to an encoded string and returns that string. If a path is
specified, it will also write the data to that file before returning the string. If the
writing process fails, None is returned instead.
@@@param folder:string
The folder where the file should be written relative to Cadence's root data
directory.
@@@param name:string
If specified this value will override the CadenceData instance's name for the