ConstantType

class asdf.tags.core.ConstantType

Bases: AsdfType

Attributes Summary

has_required_modules
name
supported_versions
types
version
yaml_tag

Methods Summary

from_tree(node, ctx)	Converts basic types representing YAML trees into custom types.
to_tree(data, ctx)	Converts instances of custom types into YAML representations.

Attributes Documentation

has_required_modules = True

name = 'core/constant'

supported_versions = []

types = [<class 'asdf.tags.core.constant.Constant'>]

version = AsdfVersion('1.0.0')

yaml_tag = 'tag:stsci.edu:asdf/core/constant-1.0.0'

Methods Documentation

classmethod from_tree(node, ctx)

Converts basic types representing YAML trees into custom types.

This method should be overridden by custom extension classes in order to define how custom types are deserialized from the YAML representation back into their original types. Typically the method will return an instance of the original custom type. It is also permitted to return a generator, which yields a partially constructed result, then completes construction once the generator is drained. This is useful when constructing objects that contain reference cycles.

This method is called as part of the process of reading an ASDF file in order to construct an asdf.AsdfFile object. Whenever a YAML subtree is encountered that has a tag that corresponds to the yaml_tag property of this class, this method will be used to deserialize that tree back into an instance of the original custom type.

Parameters:

treeobject representing YAML tree

An instance of a basic Python type (possibly nested) that corresponds to a YAML subtree.

ctxasdf.AsdfFile

An instance of the asdf.AsdfFile object that is being constructed.

Returns:

An instance of the custom type represented by this extension class,

or a generator that yields that instance.

classmethod to_tree(data, ctx)

Converts instances of custom types into YAML representations.

This method should be overridden by custom extension classes in order to define how custom types are serialized into YAML. The method must return a single Python object corresponding to one of the basic YAML types (dict, list, str, or number). However, the types can be nested and combined in order to represent more complex custom types.

This method is called as part of the process of writing an asdf.AsdfFile object. Whenever a custom type (or a subclass of that type) that is listed in the types attribute of this class is encountered, this method will be used to serialize that type.

The name to_tree refers to the act of converting a custom type into part of a YAML object tree.

Parameters:

nodeobject

Instance of a custom type to be serialized. Will be an instance (or an instance of a subclass) of one of the types listed in the types attribute of this class.

ctxasdf.AsdfFile

An instance of the asdf.AsdfFile object that is being written out.

Returns:

A basic YAML type (dict, list, str, int, float, or

complex) representing the properties of the custom type to be

serialized. These types can be nested in order to represent more

complex custom types.