configargparse.CompositeConfigParser

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class CompositeConfigParser(ConfigFileParser): (source)

Constructor: CompositeConfigParser(config_parser_types)

Create a config parser composed by other ConfigFileParser instances.

The composite parser will successively try to parse the file with each parser, until it succeeds, else raise exception with all encountered errors.

Method	`__call__`	Undocumented
Method	`__init__`	Undocumented
Method	`get_syntax_description`	Returns a string describing the config file syntax.
Method	`parse`	Parses the keys and values from a config file.
Method	`serialize`	Serialize items using the first parser in the composite.
Instance Variable	`parsers`	Undocumented

def __call__(self): (source) ¶

Undocumented

def __init__(self, config_parser_types): (source) ¶

Undocumented

def get_syntax_description(self): (source) ¶

overrides configargparse.ConfigFileParser.get_syntax_description

Returns a string describing the config file syntax.

def parse(self, stream): (source) ¶

overrides configargparse.ConfigFileParser.parse

Parses the keys and values from a config file.

NOTE: For keys that were specified to configargparse as action="store_true" or "store_false", the config file value must be one of: "yes", "no", "on", "off", "true", "false". Otherwise an error will be raised.

Parameters
stream:`io.IOBase`	A config file input stream (such as an open file object).
Returns
`OrderedDict`	Items where the keys are strings and the values are either strings or lists (eg. to support config file formats like YAML which allow lists).

def serialize(self, items): (source) ¶

overrides configargparse.ConfigFileParser.serialize

Serialize items using the first parser in the composite.

parsers = (source) ¶

Undocumented