I'm having a hard time dealing with the following scenario My class takes a hash like the following: rdargs = {'env:'prod','feed':'opra','hostname':'host13dkp1','process':'delta','side':'a','zone','ny'}
All the keys in this hash can be optional. I'm having a hard time dealing with all 36 possible combinations and I dont want to use a monstorous if not and else or etc... to evaluate all possible combinations before I call my search routine. How do others deal with situations like this? And have it look readable? if someone supplies just a host and side my search can return 400 responses, if they supply all 6 elements it can return just 1-5 matches. class RD(object): def __init__(self,**kwargs): self.value = 0 #for field in ('env', 'side', 'zone', 'feed', 'hostname', 'process', 'status'): #val = kwargs[field] if kwargs.has_key(field) else False #setattr(self, field, val) self.env = kwargs.get('env',False) self.side = kwargs.get('side',False) self.zone = kwargs.get('zone',False) self.feed = kwargs.get('feed',False) self.hostname = kwargs.get('hostname',False) self.process = kwargs.get('process',False) self.status = kwargs.get('status',False) -- [ Rodrick R. Brown ] http://www.rodrickbrown.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrickbrown
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