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+#
+# NEPI, a framework to manage network experiments
+# Copyright (C) 2013 INRIA
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# Author: Alina Quereilhac <alina.quereilhac@inria.fr>
+
+import datetime
+import os
+
+class SFormats:
+ XML = "xml"
+
+class ECSerializer(object):
+ def load(self, path, format = SFormats.XML):
+ if format == SFormats.XML:
+ from nepi.util.parsers.xml_parser import ECXMLParser
+
+ parser = ECXMLParser()
+ f = open(path, "r")
+ xml = f.read()
+ f.close()
+
+ ec = parser.from_xml(xml)
+
+ return ec
+
+ def serialize(self, ec, format = SFormats.XML):
+ if format == SFormats.XML:
+ from nepi.util.parsers.xml_parser import ECXMLParser
+
+ parser = ECXMLParser()
+ sec = parser.to_xml(ec)
+
+ return sec
+
+ def save(self, ec, path, format = SFormats.XML):
+ date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
+ filename = "%s_%s" % (ec.exp_id, date)
+
+ if format == SFormats.XML:
+ path = os.path.join(path, "%s.xml" % filename)
+ sec = self.serialize(ec, format = format)
+ f = open(path, "w")
+ f.write(sec)
+ f.close()
+
+ return path
+