Python Human Enums

human_enum.py

"""
Copyright (c) 2012 Anthony Wu, twitter.com/anthonywu

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class EnumException(Exception):
    """A configuration or attribute access exception in HumanEnums"""
    pass

class EnumStr(str):
    """A string with a readable human-friendly value."""
    @property
    def human(self):
        return self._human
    @human.setter
    def human(self, h):
        self._human = h

class HumanEnums(object):
    """
    A human-friendly Enum object maker that makes easy:
      1. Declaring storage value and display value together
      2. Accessing the display value of an enum value
      3. Accessing the name and value sets

    >>> from human_enum import HumanEnums
    >>> WorkflowStatus = HumanEnums(
    ...     NEW = ('N', 'New'),
    ...     PENDING = ('P', 'Pending'),
    ...     DONE = ('D', 'Done'),
    ...     CANCELED = ('C', 'Canceled')
    ...     )
    >>> 
    >>> WorkflowStatus.names
    set(['CANCELED', 'DONE', 'PENDING', 'NEW'])
    >>> WorkflowStatus.values
    set(['P', 'C', 'D', 'N'])
    >>> WorkflowStatus.NEW
    'N'
    >>> str(WorkflowStatus.NEW)
    'N'
    >>> WorkflowStatus.NEW.human
    'New'
    >>> WorkflowStatus.NON_EXISTING
      ...
    human_enum.EnumException: Enum value NON_EXISTING is not defined    
    """
    def __init__(self, **enum_args):
        self._name_set = set(enum_args.keys())
        self._val_set = set()
        self._enums = []
        for name, (val, human_val) in enum_args.iteritems():
            self._val_set.add(val)
            v = EnumStr(val)
            v.human = human_val
            setattr(self, name, v)
            self._enums.append(v)
        if len(self._val_set) != len(enum_args):
            raise EnumException("Duplicate values found in enum declarations")

    @property
    def names(self):
        return self._name_set

    @property
    def values(self):
        return self._val_set

    @property
    def val_to_human_map(self):
        return dict((e, e.human) for e in self._enums)

    def __getattr__(self, name):
        raise EnumException("Enum value %s is not defined" % name)