-# Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
-"""Used to parse Json files or Json data strings to dictionaries"""
+"""Used to parse JSON files or JSON data strings to dictionaries"""
import json
+from io import open
-class JsonParser(object):
- """Parses Json data string or files containing Json data strings"""
+
+class JsonParser:
+ """Parses JSON data string or files containing JSON data strings"""
def __init__(self):
pass
@staticmethod
def parse_data(json_data):
- """Return list parsed from json data string.
+ """Return list parsed from JSON data string.
+
+ Translates JSON data into list of values/dictionaries/lists.
- Translates json data into list of values/dictionaries/lists
- :param json_data: data in json format
- :return: json data parsed as python list
+ :param json_data: Data in JSON format.
+ :type json_data: str
+ :returns: JSON data parsed as python list.
+ :rtype: list
"""
parsed_data = json.loads(json_data)
return parsed_data
- def parse_file(self, json_file):
- """Return list parsed from file containing json string.
+ @staticmethod
+ def parse_file(json_file):
+ """Return list parsed from file containing JSON string.
+
+ Translates JSON data found in file into list of
+ values/dictionaries/lists.
- Translates json data found in file into list of
- values/dictionaries/lists
- :param json_file: file with json type data
- :return: json data parsed as python list
+ :param json_file: File with JSON type data.
+ :type json_file: str
+ :returns: JSON data parsed as python list.
+ :rtype: list
"""
- input_data = open(json_file).read()
- parsed_data = self.parse_data(input_data)
+ input_data = open(json_file, u"rt").read()
+ parsed_data = JsonParser.parse_data(input_data)
return parsed_data