Recipe 576972 revision 1

import sys
from collections import MutableMapping

class AttrDict(MutableMapping):

    """Dict-like object that can be accessed by attributes

    >>> obj = AttrDict()
    >>> obj['test'] = 'hi'
    >>> print obj.test
    hi
    >>> del obj.test
    >>> obj.test = 'bye'
    >>> print obj['test']
    bye
    >>> print len(obj)
    1
    >>> obj.clear()
    >>> print len(obj)
    0
    """

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.__dict__.update(*args, **kwargs)

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        return self.__getattribute__(key)

    def __setitem__(self, key, val):
        self.__setattr__(key, val)

    def __delitem__(self, key):
        self.__delattr__(key)

    def __iter__(self):
        return iter(self.__dict__)

    def __len__(self):
        return len(self.__dict__)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    import doctest
    doctest.testmod()

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