Source code for tvb.core.entities.exportable

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"""
.. moduleauthor:: Bogdan Neacsa <bogdan.neacsa@codemart.ro>
"""

from datetime import datetime
from tvb.core.utils import date2string


class Exportable(object):
    
    def to_dict(self, excludes=None):
        """
        For a model entity, return a equivalent dictionary.
        """
        if excludes is None:
            excludes = ["id"]

        dict_equivalent = {}
        for key in self.__dict__:
            if '_sa_' not in key[:5] and key not in excludes:
                if isinstance(self.__dict__[key], datetime):
                    dict_equivalent[key] = date2string(self.__dict__[key])
                else:
                    dict_equivalent[key] = self.__dict__[key]
        return self.__class__.__name__, dict_equivalent

    def from_dict(self, dictionary):
        pass