caosadvancedtools.structure_mapping module#

class caosadvancedtools.structure_mapping.EntityMapping#

Bases: object

map local entities to entities on the server

the dict to_existing maps _cuid property to entity objects the dict to_target maps id property to entity objects

add(target, existing)#
caosadvancedtools.structure_mapping.collect_existing_structure(target_structure, existing_root, em)#

recursively collects existing entities

The collected entities are those that correspond to the ones in target_structure.

em: EntityMapping

caosadvancedtools.structure_mapping.update_matched_entity(em, updating, target_record, existing_record)#

update the Record existing in the server according to the Record supplied as target_record

caosadvancedtools.structure_mapping.update_structure(em, updating: Container, target_structure: Record)#

compare the existing records with the target record tree created from the h5 object

Parameters:

  • existing_structure – retrieved entity; e.g. the top level identifiable

  • target_structure (db.Record) – A record which may have references to other records. Must be a DAG.