Set of Python utility functions

utils.py

def to_type(o, new_type):
    '''
    Helper funciton that receives an object or a dict and convert it to a new given type.
    :param object|dict o: The object to convert
    :param Type new_type: The type to convert to.
    '''
    if new_type == type(o):
        return o
    else:
        return new_type(**o
                        
class MyEncoder(json.JSONEncoder): 
    """
    Encodes an object in JSON
    """
    def default(self, o): # pylint: disable=E0202
        return o.__dict__