From b477399539a0c55bb11e7ce35b09bd168e237fe7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: smbaker <smbaker@fc8clean.lan>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:40:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] added get_field method
---
sfa/util/record.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sfa/util/record.py b/sfa/util/record.py
index a539f620..8a50a65e 100644
--- a/sfa/util/record.py
+++ b/sfa/util/record.py
@@ -207,6 +207,22 @@ class SfaRecord(Row):
"""
return GID(string=self.gid)
+ ##
+ # Returns the value of a field
+
+ def get_field(self, fieldname, default=None):
+ # sometimes records act like classes, and sometimes they act like dicts
+ try:
+ return getattr(self, fieldname)
+ except AttributeError:
+ try:
+ return self[fieldname]
+ except KeyError:
+ if default != None:
+ return default
+ else:
+ raise
+
##
# Returns a list of field names in this record.
--
2.47.0