def normalize(data):
"""Given the specified data, this static methods normalize its representation
using Netzob types.
:parameter data: the data to normalize
:type data: :class:`object`
:return: an abstractType which value is data
:rtype: :class:`netzob.Common.Models.Types.AbstractType.AbstractType`
>>> from netzob.all import *
>>> normalizedData = AbstractType.normalize("netzob")
>>> print normalizedData.__class__
<class 'netzob.Common.Models.Types.ASCII.ASCII'>
>>> print normalizedData.value
bitarray('011011100110010101110100011110100110111101100010')
"""
if data is None:
raise TypeError("Cannot normalize None data")
if isinstance(data, AbstractType):
return data
if isinstance(data, int):
from netzob.Common.Models.Types.Integer import Integer
return Integer(value=data)
if isinstance(data, str):
try:
from netzob.Common.Models.Types.ASCII import ASCII
normalizedData = ASCII(value=data)
except:
from netzob.Common.Models.Types.Raw import Raw
normalizedData = Raw(value=data)
return normalizedData
raise TypeError("Not a valid data ({0}), impossible to normalize it.", type(data))
