__init__(self)
(Constructor)

MUST BE CALLED BY SUBCLASSES

Overrides:

Cheetah.SettingsManager._SettingsCollector.__init__

copySettings(self)

Returns a shallow copy of the settings dictionary

deepcopySettings(self)

Returns a deep copy of the settings dictionary

getConfigString(self)

Return a string with the settings in .ini file format.

hasSetting(self, key)

True/False

setSetting(self, name, value)

Set a setting in self._settings.

setting(self, name, default=<class Cheetah.SettingsManager.NoDefault at 0xb7c4de3c>)

Get a setting from self._settings, with or without a default value.

settings(self)

Return a reference to the settings dictionary

updateSettings(self, newSettings, merge=True)

Update the settings with a selective merge or a complete overwrite.

updateSettingsFromConfigFile(self, path, **kw)

Update the settings from a text file using the syntax accepted by
Python's standard ConfigParser module (like Windows .ini files).

updateSettingsFromConfigFileObj(self, inFile, convert=True, merge=True)

See the docstring for .updateSettingsFromConfigFile()

The caller of this method is responsible for closing the inFile file
object.

updateSettingsFromConfigStr(self, configStr, convert=True, merge=True)

See the docstring for .updateSettingsFromConfigFile()

updateSettingsFromPySrcFile(self, path, merge=True)

Update the settings from variables in a Python source file.

This method will temporarily add the directory of src file to sys.path so
that import statements relative to that dir will work properly.

updateSettingsFromPySrcStr(self, theString, merge=True)

Update the settings from a code in a Python src string.

writeConfigFile(self, path)

Write all the settings that can be represented as strings to an .ini
style config file.