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The Registry class provides configuration which can be dynamically accessed using \".\" notation. The Registry implementation is the following;\n[block:code]\n{\n  \"codes\": [\n    {\n      \"code\": \"class Registry:\\n\\n    \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\n    This class is basically a dictionary supercharged with\\n    useful functions.\\n\\n    Attributes\\n    ----------\\n      registrar (dict): A registrar to hold a generic\\n        configuration of a class.\\n\\n    Usage\\n    -----\\n      config = {\\n        'a' : 'b',\\n        'c' : {\\n            'd' : 'e'\\n        }\\n      }\\n      reg = Registry(config)\\n      reg.get('a') # returns b\\n      reg.get('c.d') # returns e\\n      reg.set('f', 'g') # sets 'f' key of dict\\n      reg.get('f') # returns g\\n\\n    \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\n    def __init__(self, registrar):\\n        self.registrar = registrar\\n\\n    def get(self, key):\\n        \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\n        Function deeply gets the key with \\\".\\\" notation\\n\\n        Args\\n        ----\\n          key (string): A key with the \\\".\\\" notation.\\n\\n        Returns\\n        -------\\n          reg (unknown type): Returns a dict or a primitive\\n            type.\\n\\n        \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n        try:\\n            layers = key.split('.')\\n            value = self.registrar\\n            for key in layers:\\n                value = value[key]\\n            return value\\n        except:\\n            return None\\n\\n    def set(self, key, value):\\n        \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\n        Function deeply sets the key with \\\".\\\" notation\\n\\n        Args\\n        ----\\n          key (string): A key with the \\\".\\\" notation.\\n          value (unknown type): A dict or a primitive type.\\n\\n        \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n        target = self.registrar\\n        for element in key.split('.')[:-1]:\\n            target = target.setdefault(element, dict())\\n        target[key.split(\\\".\\\")[-1]] = value\\n\\n    def flush(self):\\n        \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\n        Function clears the registrar\\n\\n        Note:\\n          After this function is called, all of your data\\n          in your registry will be lost. So, use this smartly.\\n\\n        \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n        self.registrar.clear()\\n\\n    def update(self, registrar):\\n        \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\n        Function batch updates the registry. This function is an\\n        alias of dict.update()\\n\\n        Args\\n        ----\\n          registrar (dict): A dict of configuration.\\n\\n        Note:\\n          After this function is called, all of your data may be\\n          overriden and lost by the registrar you passed. So, use\\n          this smartly.\\n\\n        \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n        self.registrar.update(registrar)\\n\\n    def all(self):\\n        \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\n        Function returns all the data in registrar.\\n\\n        Returns\\n        -------\\n          registrar (dict): The current registry in the class.\\n\\n        \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n        return self.registrar\\n\\n    def __str__(self):\\n        return self.registrar\\n\",\n      \"language\": \"python\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n[/block]\nYou can see the docstring introduces the usage of a registry object. In glim, the Config class is extending the registry. It has the following implementation;\n[block:code]\n{\n  \"codes\": [\n    {\n      \"code\": \"class Config(Registry):\\n\\n    \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\n    The configuration class is to hold framework level constants.\\n    It holds the dict in app.config.<env>.config.\\n\\n    \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\",\n      \"language\": \"python\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n[/block]\nYou can notice that there aren't any changes in the Registry class. The Config can be instantiated with a dict namely the registrar.","excerpt":"","slug":"registry","type":"basic","title":"Registry"}