Avalon Framework

1.8.0

• Replaced .format with f-string
• Added default return values for gets
  • If default value is set and user input is blank, default value is returned
• Added docstring for every staticmethod, including description for parameters and return values

Description

Avalon framework makes printing messages and getting user input easier. It includes all UNIX terminal 16 bit colors, ans is also compatible with Windows environments with the help of colorama.

Included Features

• All Linux terminal 16 bit foreground color

• All Linux terminal 16 bit background color

• Standardized printing for info, warning, debug, error and etc.

• The ability to log to syslog

• The ability to specify output pipe (stdout, stderr, etc.)

• Easiest way to get user True or False input

  if Avalon.ask('Question?', True):  # Default is True
      print('True!')

Screenshots (To be Updated)

Usages Examples

Printing Messages

Avalon Framework includes a few built-in static methods for printing information to terminal.

• Avalon.info
• Avalon.warning
• Avalon.error
• Avalon.debug
• Avalon.debug_info

All of these methods have the same parameters. Avalon.info, for example, works as the following.

Avalon.info(msg, log=False, file=sys.stdout)

• msg is the message to be printed
• log is a boolean value, where True means to log information to syslog if the system supports syslog
• file is takes a _io.TextIOWrapper object, i.e. a pipe to write the message into if the user wants to overwrite the default values

Getting User String Input

To get user input as a string, Avalon Framework provided the Avalon.gets method.

Avalon.gets(msg, default=None, batch=False, file=sys.stdout)

• msg is the message to be printed
• default is the default value to return when batch is True, or when user input is empty
• batch tells the function to return its default value without asking the user for input
• file is takes a _io.TextIOWrapper object, i.e. a pipe to write the message into if the user wants to overwrite the default values

Asking a Yes or No Question

Avalon Framework provides a simple way to ask users a Yes or No question with Avalon.ask.

Avalon.ask(msg, default=False, batch=False)

• msg is the message to be printed
• default is the default value to return when user input is blank
• batch tells the function to return its default value without asking the user for input

Thread-Safe Printing

You may create a thread lock to make multi-threaded printing thread-safe.

import threading
Avalon.thread_lock = threading.Lock()
Avalon.info('Here\'s a message')