pyds.Attribute

class pyds.Attribute(identifier, value, validate_identifier=True)

Bases: pyds.Statement

Represents a PDS attribute assignment statement.

Parameters

• identifier (str)

  Identifier of the attribute.

• value (Value)

  Value of the attribute. This should be an instance of one of the non-abstract subclasses of Value.

• validate_identifier (True or False)

  Whether identifier should be checked to see if it’s a valid identifer for a PDS attribute assignment statement. Default is True.

Raises

• TypeError

  If value is not a instance of Value.

• ValueError

  If validate_identifier is True and identifier is not a valid identifier for an attribute assignment statement.

Attributes

identifier

Identifier of the attribute. A str instance. Read-only.

value

Value of the attribute. An instance of one of the non-abstract subclasses of Value. Read-only.

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Special Methods

Attribute.__str__()

Return a PDS serialized string (str) representing the object.

Called by str().