def set_changes(self, data):
"""Set the given data structure as changes, so that changes() would return that exact structure
This will also discard any previous changes that might currently exist.
@return self"""
if data:
self._value_dict = merge_data(data, self._value_dict)
# end handle re-apply changes
return self
def __init__(self, data, settings_path_or_stream, take_ownership = True):
"""Initialize this instance to write its changes to the given path
@param data dict-like objectwe should initialize our underlying kvstore with
@param take_ownership if True, we will assume no one will change the 'data' from the outside
@param settings_path_or_stream a file-like object to read from. If None, there are no changes applied to the base provided
by 'data'. Can also be a path to the settings file to read.
@note we do not support input paths, as we fill ourselves with the given data"""
super(PersistentSettings, self).__init__(settings_path_or_stream and [settings_path_or_stream] or list(),
take_ownership)
# now we will have loaded the data at target path, if there was something stored already
# It shouldn't be the value_data, but the base data
if self._data():
# target file was read and contained data
# The base data must data, the current_value must be data|target_data,
if not take_ownership:
data = deepcopy(data)
# end handle data copy
self._base_value_dict = data
self._value_dict = merge_data(self._value_dict, data, delegate_type = _PersistentSettingsMergeDelegate)
else:
# just set the new data directly
self._set_data(data, take_ownership = take_ownership)