Package moviestat :: Module movie_chart_file :: Class MovieChartFile

Class MovieChartFile

object --+
         |
        MovieChartFile

This class represents files which contain IMDB movie charts. It provides a method read_all for reading the movie data from such files.

A movie chart file is expected to contain the data for one movie per line, with each line containing the rating, year, title and director of the movie, separated by '#' characters. E.g. :

   9.1 # 1972 # The Godfather                # Francis Ford Coppola
   9.0 # 1994 # The Shawshank Redemption     # Frank Darabont

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, file_path)
Creates a new file reader object which reads its data from the file at the given location.

list

read_all(self)
Reads all the movie objects, in order, from the file.

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, file_path)
(Constructor)

Creates a new file reader object which reads its data from the file at the given location.

Parameters:

file_path - the path to the data

Overrides: object.__init__

read_all(self)

Reads all the movie objects, in order, from the file.

Returns: list: a list of the movies in the file

Note: raises IOError if the file could not be read or its contents are invalid

Class MovieChartFile

__init__(self, file_path) (Constructor)

read_all(self)

init(self, file_path)
(Constructor)