def __init__(self,
name='',
parameters=None,
initialize_parameters=True,
read_data=False):
self.name = name
self.logger = logging.getLogger('mouse_burrows')
# initialize the data handled by this class
self.video = None
self.data = DictXpathLazy()
self.data.create_child('parameters')
self.data['parameters'].from_dict(PARAMETERS_DEFAULT)
self.parameters_user = parameters #< parameters with higher priority
# folders must be initialized before the data is read
if initialize_parameters:
self.initialize_parameters(parameters)
self.set_status('Initialized parameters')
if read_data:
# read_data internally initializes the parameters
self.read_data()
self.set_status('Data from previous run has been read')
