def get_dictionary_from_filesystem(property_type, file_type, profile=None, keyword_dictionary=None):
dictionary = file_dao.get_properties_from_file(property_type=property_type,
file_type=file_type)
if profile:
dict_updater = file_dao.property_keywords_dictionary_closure(profile)
dictionary = dict_updater(dictionary)
dictionary['keyword_converter'] = dict_updater
return dictionary
def make_yearly_data_records(station_type, data_type):
""" Takes a given station type (ex, global) and a data type (ex, tmax)
and returns a collection of named tuples with the appropriate properties for
those keys.
"""
properties = file_dao.get_properties_from_file(property_type=station_type,
file_type="records")
records = file_dao.get_unique_records(properties, data_types=[data_type],
read_type='directory')
return records