moved code that deals with sets of PVInfo into separate file/class

morioc/morioc.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from threading import Thread
 from pcaspy import SimpleServer, Driver
 
 from context import Context
-from pvinfo import make_pvinfos, make_pvdb, make_values
+from pvinfoset import PVInfoSet
 from managed import delete_managed
 
 
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ class MorIOC(Context):
 
 
     def serve(self, **kwargs):
-        pvis = make_pvinfos(kwargs, parse_string=False)
+        pvis = PVInfoSet(kwargs, parse_string=False)
-        pvdb = make_pvdb(pvis)
+        pvdb = pvis.pvdb()
         self.createPV(pvdb)
-        pvvs = make_values(pvis)
+        pvvs = pvis.values()
         self.setParams(**pvvs)
 
 
     def host(self, **kwargs):
-        pvis = make_pvinfos(kwargs, parse_string=True)
+        pvis = PVInfoSet(kwargs, parse_string=True)
-        pvdb = make_pvdb(pvis)
+        pvdb = pvis.pvdb()
         self.createPV(pvdb)
 
 

morioc/pvinfo.py

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from managed import is_managed, get_managed_dtype
-
 
 #PV data type: enum, string, char, float or int
 DTYPES = {
@@ -10,15 +8,6 @@ DTYPES = {
 
 
 
-def make_values(pvinfos):
-    return {pvi.name: pvi.value for pvi in pvinfos}
-
-
-def make_pvinfos(kwargs, parse_string=True):
-    return [PVInfo(*args, parse_string=parse_string) for args in kwargs.items()]
-
-
-
 class PVInfo:
 
     def __init__(self, name, data, parse_string=True):
@@ -59,23 +48,3 @@ def infer_type(value, parse_string=True): #TODO arrays? strings?
 
 
 
-def make_pvdb(pvinfos):
-    pvdb = {}
-    for pvi in pvinfos:
-        name = pvi.name
-
-        if is_managed(name):
-            dtype = pvi.dtype
-            managed_dtype = get_managed_dtype(name)
-            if dtype != managed_dtype:
-                print(f"dtype for {name} changed:", managed_dtype, "->", dtype) #TODO what should be done if this happens?
-#                server.deletePV(name) #?
-            continue # no need to re-create
-
-        print("will create", name)
-        pvdb[name] = pvi.to_dict()
-
-    return pvdb
-
-
-

morioc/pvinfoset.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from pvinfo import PVInfo
+from managed import is_managed, get_managed_dtype
+
+
+class PVInfoSet(set):
+
+    def __init__(self, data, parse_string=True):
+        super().__init__(
+            PVInfo(*args, parse_string=parse_string) for args in data.items()
+        )
+
+    def values(self):
+        return make_values(self)
+
+    def pvdb(self):
+        return make_pvdb(self)
+
+
+
+def make_pvinfos(data, parse_string=True):
+    return [PVInfo(*args, parse_string=parse_string) for args in data.items()]
+
+
+def make_values(pvinfos):
+    return {pvi.name: pvi.value for pvi in pvinfos}
+
+
+def make_pvdb(pvinfos):
+    pvdb = {}
+    for pvi in pvinfos:
+        name = pvi.name
+
+        if is_managed(name):
+            dtype = pvi.dtype
+            managed_dtype = get_managed_dtype(name)
+            if dtype != managed_dtype:
+                print(f"dtype for {name} changed:", managed_dtype, "->", dtype) #TODO what should be done if this happens?
+#                server.deletePV(name) #TODO ???
+            continue # no need to re-create
+
+        print("will create", name)
+        pvdb[name] = pvi.to_dict()
+
+    return pvdb
+
+
+