Class ZString

            object --+        
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utils.graph.DetailNode --+    
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       xml.basic.BasicBase --+
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            object --+       |
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 editable.EditableBase --+   |
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 editable.EditableLineEdit --+
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                            ZString

String of variable length (null terminated).

>>> from tempfile import TemporaryFile
>>> f = TemporaryFile()
>>> s = ZString()
>>> if f.write('abcdefghijklmnopqrst\x00'.encode("ascii")): pass # b'abc...'
>>> if f.seek(0): pass # ignore result for py3k
>>> s.read(f)
>>> str(s)
'abcdefghijklmnopqrst'
>>> if f.seek(0): pass # ignore result for py3k
>>> s.set_value('Hi There!')
>>> s.write(f)
>>> if f.seek(0): pass # ignore result for py3k
>>> m = ZString()
>>> m.read(f)
>>> str(m)
'Hi There!'

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, **kwargs)
Initialize the string.

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__str__(self)
Return string representation.

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C{bytes}

get_value(self)
Return the string.

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set_value(self, value)
Set string to C{value}.

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read(self, stream, data=None)
Read string from stream.

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write(self, stream, data=None)
Write string to stream.

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get_size(self, data=None)
Return number of bytes this type occupies in a file.

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get_hash(self, data=None)
Return a hash value for this string.

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Inherited from xml.basic.BasicBase: fix_links, get_detail_display, get_editor_value, get_links, get_refs, get_strings, replace_global_node, set_editor_value

Inherited from utils.graph.DetailNode: get_detail_child_edge_types, get_detail_child_names, get_detail_child_nodes, get_detail_iterator

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __subclasshook__

Class Variables

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_maxlen = 1000
The maximum length.

Inherited from xml.basic.BasicBase: arg

Inherited from xml.basic.BasicBase (private): _has_links, _has_refs, _has_strings, _is_template

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, **kwargs)
(Constructor)

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Initialize the string.

Parameters:

template - type used as template
argument - argument used to initialize the instance (see the Struct class).
parent - The parent of this instance, that is, the instance this instance is an attribute of.

Overrides: object.__init__