class Map(dict): """ Example: m = Map({'first_name': 'Eduardo'}, last_name='Pool', age=24, sports=['Soccer']) """ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(Map, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) for arg in args: if isinstance(arg, dict): for k, v in arg.items(): self[k] = v if kwargs: for k, v in kwargs.items(): self[k] = v def __getattr__(self, attr): return self.get(attr) def __setattr__(self, key, value): self.__setitem__(key, value) def __setitem__(self, key, value): super(Map, self).__setitem__(key, value) self.__dict__.update({key: value}) def __delattr__(self, item): self.__delitem__(item) def __delitem__(self, key): super(Map, self).__delitem__(key) del self.__dict__[key]