def dict_to_construction(constr_dict, raise_exception=True): """Get a Python object of any Construction from a dictionary. Args: constr_dict: A dictionary of any Honeybee energy construction. Note that this should be a non-abridged dictionary to be valid. raise_exception: Boolean to note whether an excpetion should be raised if the object is not identified as a construction. Default: True. Returns: A Python object derived from the input constr_dict. """ try: # get the type key from the dictionary constr_type = constr_dict['type'] except KeyError: raise ValueError('Construction dictionary lacks required "type" key.') if constr_type == 'OpaqueConstruction': return OpaqueConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) elif constr_type == 'WindowConstruction': return WindowConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) elif constr_type == 'WindowConstructionShade': return WindowConstructionShade.from_dict(constr_dict) elif constr_type == 'ShadeConstruction': return ShadeConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) elif constr_type == 'AirBoundaryConstruction': return AirBoundaryConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) elif raise_exception: raise ValueError( '{} is not a recognized energy Construction type'.format( constr_type))
def test_air_dict_methods(): """Test the to/from dict methods.""" night_flush = ScheduleRuleset.from_daily_values( 'Night Flush', [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1, 1, 1]) night_flush_constr = AirBoundaryConstruction('Night Flush Boundary', 0.4, night_flush) constr_dict = night_flush_constr.to_dict() new_constr = AirBoundaryConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) assert night_flush_constr == new_constr assert constr_dict == new_constr.to_dict()
def dict_abridged_to_construction(constr_dict, materials, schedules, raise_exception=True): """Get a Python object of any Construction from an abridged dictionary. Args: constr_dict: An abridged dictionary of any Honeybee energy construction. materials: Dictionary of all material objects that might be used in the construction with the material identifiers as the keys. schedules: Dictionary of all schedule objects that might be used in the construction with the schedule identifiers as the keys. raise_exception: Boolean to note whether an excpetion should be raised if the object is not identified as a construction. Default: True. Returns: A Python object derived from the input constr_dict. """ try: # get the type key from the dictionary constr_type = constr_dict['type'] except KeyError: raise ValueError('Construction dictionary lacks required "type" key.') if constr_type == 'OpaqueConstructionAbridged': return OpaqueConstruction.from_dict_abridged(constr_dict, materials) elif constr_type == 'WindowConstructionAbridged': return WindowConstruction.from_dict_abridged(constr_dict, materials) elif constr_type == 'WindowConstructionShade': return WindowConstructionShade.from_dict_abridged( constr_dict, materials, schedules) elif constr_type == 'ShadeConstruction': return ShadeConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) elif constr_type == 'AirBoundaryConstructionAbridged': return AirBoundaryConstruction.from_dict_abridged( constr_dict, schedules) elif constr_type == 'AirBoundaryConstruction': # special case for ConstructionSet return AirBoundaryConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) elif raise_exception: raise ValueError( '{} is not a recognized energy Construction type'.format( constr_type))