node.ext.directory 2.0.0

Filesystem directory abstraction based on nodes

node.ext.directory

Maintenance mode

This package is in maintenance mode. The successor of this package is https://pypi.python.org/pypi/node.ext.fs.

Overview

node.ext.directory is a node implementation for file system directories.

For more information about node see https://pypi.python.org/pypi/node.

Usage

Create new file:

from node.ext.directory import File

file_path = 'file.txt'
f = File(name=file_path)

# set contents via data attribute
f.data = 'data\n'

# set contents via lines attribute
f.lines = ['data']

# set permissions
f.fs_mode = 0o644

# persist
f()

Read existing file:

file_path = 'file.txt'
f = File(name=file_path)

assert(f.data == 'data\n')
assert(f.lines == ['data'])
assert(f.fs_mode == 0o644)

Files with binary data:

from node.ext.directory import MODE_BINARY

file_path = 'file.txt'
f = File(name=file_path)
f.mode = MODE_BINARY

f.data = b'\x00\x00'

assert(f.data == b'\x00\x00')

# lines property won't work if file in binary mode
f.lines  # raises RuntimeError

Create directory:

from node.ext.directory import Directory

dir_path = '.'
d = Directory(name=dir_path)

# add subdirectories and files
d['sub'] = Directory()
d['file.txt'] = File()

# set permissions for directory
d['sub'].fs_mode = 0o755

# persist
d()

Read existing directory:

dir_path = '.'
d = Directory(name=dir_path)

>>> d.printtree()
<class 'node.ext.directory.directory.Directory'>: .
  <class 'node.ext.directory.directory.File'>: file.txt
  <class 'node.ext.directory.directory.Directory'>: sub

Define file factories:

from node.ext import directory

class PyFile(File):
    pass

# set global factories
directory.file_factories['.py'] = PyFile

# set local factories
d = Directory(name='.', factories={'.py': PyFile})

when reading .py files, PyFile is used to instanciate children:

>>> with open('foo.py', 'w') as f:
...     f.write('#')

>>> d = Directory(name='.', factories={'.py': PyFile})
>>> d.printtree()
<class 'node.ext.directory.directory.Directory'>: .
  <class '...PyFile'>: foo.py

Python Versions

• Python 2.7, 3.7+

• May work with other versions (untested)

Contributors

• Robert Niederreiter (Author)

Changes

2.0.0 (2026-02-03)

• Refactor package layout to use pyproject.toml and implicit namespace packages. [rnix]

0.8.2 (2025-10-25)

• Pin upper versions of dependencies. [rnix]

0.8.1 (2024-05-23)

• Fix deprecated imports. [rnix]

• Add note about successor package. [rnix]

0.8 (2022-03-21)

• Replace deprecated use of Nodify by MappingNode. [rnix]

• Replace deprecated use of Adopt by MappingAdopt. [rnix]

0.7

• Python 3 support. [rnix, 2017-06-06]

• fs_mode is read from filesystem if file or directory exists and fs_mode not set explicitely. [rnix, 2017-06-06]

• Remove backup option from IDirectory interface. It never really worked properly and conceptually IDirectory is the wrong place for handling backups of files. [rnix, 2017-06-04]

0.6

• Introduce node.ext.directory.interfaces.IFile.direct_sync setting. [rnix, 2017-01-30]

• Complete node.ext.directory.interfaces.IFile and node.ext.directory.interfaces.IDirectory to reflect implemented features. [rnix, 2017-01-30]

• Move node.ext.directory.directory.MODE_TEXT and node.ext.directory.directory.MODE_BINARY to node.ext.directory.interfaces. [rnix, 2017-01-30]

0.5.4

• Check whether directory to be peristed already exists by name as file in node.ext.directory.FileStorage.__call__. [rnix, 2015-10-05]

• Implement fallback to path in node.ext.directory.FileStorage.__call__ if fs_path not exists. [rnix, 2015-10-05]

• Implement fallback to path in node.ext.directory.FileStorage._get_data if fs_path not exists. [rnix, 2015-10-05]

• Set initial mode with self.mode property setter instead of internal self._mode in node.ext.directory.FileStorage._get_mode. [rnix, 2015-10-05]

0.5.3

• Remove deleted keys from internal reference after __call__ in order to return the correct result when adding a file or directory with the same key again. [rnix, 2015-07-20]

0.5.2

• Use try/except instead of iteration to check whether directory child already in memory. [rnix, 2015-05-12]

0.5.1

• Always use os.chmod for setting directory permissions, not only if already exists. [rnix, 2015-03-03]

0.5

• Introduce fs_mode on directories and files. [rnix, 2015-03-03]

0.4

• Return empty list in File.lines if no data. [rnix, 2015-02-18]

• Consider filesystem encoding. Defaults to UTF-8. [rnix, 2015-02-18]

• Tree locking on modification. [rnix, 2014-09-02]

• Prevent empty keys in __setitem__. [rnix, 2014-09-02]

• Use plumbing decorator. [rnix, 2014-08-25]

0.3

• introduce default_file_factory on directories for controlling default file child creation. [rnix, 2013-12-09]

• move file logic in FileStorage behavior. [rnix, 2013-08-06]

• make file_factories a class property on directory storage. [rnix, 2013-08-06]

• make ignores a class property on directory storage. [rnix, 2013-08-06]

• Cleanup interfaces. [rnix, 2013-08-06]

0.2

• Almost complete rewrite. Fits now paradigms of node based API’s. [rnix, 2012-01-30]

0.1

• initial

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