datestex/tools/data_tool.py

def getPurKeyword(inkey):
    """
    each key is case-insensitve in lower case.
    A keyword can have a singular or plural form - so the plural-s at the end is optional.
    A keyword can be assigned as keyword by the beginning digit underscore - so it is optional too.
    A keyword in a csv-file can be characterized by the keyword delimited with the in-filed-delimiter colon.
    a sub-keyword  can be delimited
    :param inkey:
    :return:
    """
    keyPur = inkey.lower()
    if ":" in keyPur:
        keyPur = keyPur.split(":").pop()
    if "-" in keyPur:
        keyPur = keyPur.split("-").pop()
    if keyPur[0:1] == "_":
        keyPur = keyPur[1:]
    if keyPur[-1:] == "s":
        keyPur = keyPur[:-1]
    return keyPur

def getPluralKeyword(inkey):
    return getPurKeyword(inkey)+"s"

def getSingularKeyword(inkey):
    return getPurKeyword(inkey)

def getPluralAttribut(inkey):
    return "_"+getPurKeyword(inkey)+"s"

def getSingularAttribut(inkey):
    return "_"+getPurKeyword(inkey)

def getExistKeyword(inkey, inDict):
    """
    returns the existing keyword in the dictionary
    :param inkey: keyword in any form (singular/plural, as attribute or not)
    :param inDict: the existing dictionary
    :return:
    """
    if inkey in inDict:
        return inkey
    if getSingularKeyword(inkey) in inDict:
        return getSingularKeyword(inkey)
    if getPluralKeyword(inkey) in inDict:
        return getPluralKeyword(inkey)
    if getSingularAttribut(inkey) in inDict:
        return getSingularAttribut(inkey)
    if getPluralAttribut(inkey) in inDict:
        return getPluralAttribut(inkey)
    return ""

def isStrDict(invalue):
    if isinstance(invalue, dict):
        return True
    if invalue.count(":") == invalue.count(",") + 1:
        return True
    return False

def getStrDict(invalue):
    """
    returns a dict of the input-value.
    If it is a string like json (delimited for key-value-pairs by comma and delimted the key-values by colon) then
    it is transformed into a dictionary
    :param invalue:
    :return:
    """
    if isinstance(invalue, dict):
        return invalue
    outDict = {}
    if isStrDict(invalue):
        keyvalues = invalue.split(",")
        for x in keyvalues:
            kv = x.split(":")
            outDict[kv[0].replace("\"", "")] = kv[1].replace("\"", "")
    return outDict