add type awareness to the pseudodb

examples.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import array
+
 from pseudodb import pseudodb
 from utils.file_utils import search_path
 from utils.str_utils import obscure, unobscure, get_random_string, get_dash_suffix
@@ -8,22 +10,39 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     db = pseudodb.PseudoDB('pseudodb.default.data')
     data_collections = db.get_collections()
     print("Collections in Pseudodb: "+str(data_collections))
-    for collection in data_collections:
+    for collection, coltype in data_collections:
-        print("Collection: "+collection)
+
+        if coltype is dict:
+            print("Processing Dictionary: "+collection)
             for key in db.get_keys(collection):
                 print("\t"+key+": "+str(db.get_values(collection, key)))
 
-    print()
+        elif coltype is list:
+            print("Processing List: "+collection)
+            print([str(item) for item in db.get_values(collection)])
 
+        elif coltype is array.array:
+            print("Processing Array: "+collection)
+            print([str(item) for item in db.get_values(collection)])
+
+        elif coltype is tuple:
+            print("Processing Tuple: "+collection)
+            print([str(item) for item in db.get_values(collection)])
+
+        else:  # just assume it's a string
+            print(str(db.get_values(collection)))
+
+    print("\n\n")
     immutable_list = ('one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six', 'seven', 'eight', 'nine')
     print("Immutable: "+str(immutable_list))
-
     shuffled_list = immutable_to_list(immutable_list, scramble=True)
     print("Shuffled Mutable: "+str(shuffled_list))
 
+    print("\n\n")
     files = search_path("./utils", "misc")
     print("Search Results: "+str(files))
 
+    print("\n\n")
     rando_string = get_random_string(30, caps=True, numbers=True, specials=True)
     print("Random: "+rando_string)
 

pseudodb/default/data.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from array import array as ar
+
 names = {
     "male": ["Greg", "John", "Edward", "Francis", "Charles", "Luke", "Thomas"],
     "female": ["Doreen", "Janice", "Sue", "Mary", "Lisa", "Janine", "Doris"]
@@ -14,3 +16,13 @@ languages = {
     "interpreted": ["Ruby", "Rexx", "Perl"],
     "bytecode": ["Java", "Python", "VisualBasic"]
 }
+
+fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry", "orange", "strawberry", "pear"]
+
+disparates = ["string!", 2020, 3.14, {"thing": "and such"}]
+
+years = (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
+
+floats = ar('f', [3.14, 0.5, 9.99, 1.5])
+
+message = "This is just a plain old string!"

pseudodb/pseudodb.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import importlib
+from array import array
 
 
 class PseudoDB:
@@ -20,9 +21,12 @@ class PseudoDB:
         if self.data is not None:
             attr_names = []
             for attr_name in dir(self.data):
-                if not attr_name.startswith('__'):
+                if not attr_name.startswith('__') and not attr_name == 'ar':
-                    attr_names.append(attr_name)
+                    collection = getattr(self.data, attr_name)
-            return attr_names
+                    attr_names.append((attr_name, type(collection)))
+
+            # Sort the collections by their name before returning
+            return sorted(attr_names, key=lambda x: x[0])
         else:
             return []
 
@@ -34,12 +38,18 @@ class PseudoDB:
             else:
                 return {}
 
-    def get_values(self, attr_name, key):
+    def get_values(self, attr_name, key=None):
         if self.data is not None:
             collection = getattr(self.data, attr_name)
             if isinstance(collection, dict):
                 return list(collection[key])
-            else:
+            elif isinstance(collection, list):
                 return collection
+            elif isinstance(collection, array):
+                return collection
+            elif isinstance(collection, tuple):
+                return collection
+            else:  # assume it's a string
+                return str(collection)
         else:
             return None