def set_safe(self, name: str, value: NT_TYPES) -> None:
entry = self._get_entry(name)
# Calculated using Python type (bool, str, float)
try:
create_value_func: Callable[..., Value] = Value.getFactory(value)
except ValueError as e: # getFactory raises ValueError when it should be raising TypeError
raise TypeError(*e.args)
if entry is not None:
# Calculated using NT type (NT_BOOLEAN, NT_STRING, NT_DOUBLE)
if Value.getFactoryByType(entry.type) != create_value_func:
# The factories don't match, which means the types don't match
# Do not allow implicit type conversion
raise TypeError("Existing type {} does not match: {}".format(
entry.type, type(value)))
# Convert Python type into NT type
nt_value: Value = create_value_func(value)
# Returns False on error (type mismatch)
successful = self.api.setEntryValue(self._get_path(name), nt_value)
if not successful:
raise TypeError("Existing type {} does not match: {}".format(
entry.type, type(value)))
def set(self, name: str, value: NT_TYPES) -> None:
# Calculated using Python type (bool, str, float)
try:
create_value_func: Callable[..., Value] = Value.getFactory(value)
except ValueError as e: # getFactory raises ValueError when it should be raising TypeError
raise TypeError(*e.args)
nt_value: Value = create_value_func(value)
self.api.setEntryTypeValue(self._get_path(name), nt_value)