"""Store interface Allows arbitrary classes to offer a simple get/set store interface by deriving from the Store class in this module """ class Store(object): """Interface for storing and retrieving simple values""" def __init__(self): super(Store, self).__init__() self._data = {} def set(self, key, value): """Set 'key' to 'value', overwriting 'key' if it exists already""" self._data[key] = {"value": value, "used": False} def unused_keys(self): return [key for key, value in self._data.items() if value["used"] == False] def get(self, key, default=None): """Return the current value of 'key', or 'default' if 'key' is not set""" if key in self._data: self._data[key]["used"] = True return self._data.get(key, {"value": default})["value"] # vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4