From 134a674228b3d2b42cb7fe2a12f215a225e7544b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nico <nico@magicbroccoli.de>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 19:38:04 +0100
Subject: initial rework of the implemented functions

+ added __init__ import file for all functions
+ added new helper function
+ added strings.json file
* some logic fixups
* validator fixup
* arg abbreviation moved to misc
---
 common/misc.py | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

(limited to 'common/misc.py')

diff --git a/common/misc.py b/common/misc.py
index b91c618..edfe3a0 100755
--- a/common/misc.py
+++ b/common/misc.py
@@ -24,28 +24,56 @@ def validate(keyword, target):
 	:param target: provided target
 	:return: true if valid
 	"""
-	# if keyword in domain_keywords list
-	if keyword in StaticAnswers().keys('domain_keywords'):
+	# if keyword is in noarg list return True
+	if keyword in StaticAnswers().keys("noarg"):
+		return True
+
+	# prevent AttributeError if target is NoneType
+	if target is None:
+		return False
+
+	# if keyword in domain list
+	if keyword in StaticAnswers().keys('domain'):
 		# if target is a domain / email return True
 		if validators.domain(target) or validators.email(target):
 			return True
 
-	# check if keyword is in number_keyword list
-	elif keyword in StaticAnswers().keys('number_keywords'):
-		# prevent AttributeError if target is NoneType
-		if target is not None:
-			# if target only consists of digits return True
-			return target.isdigit()
+	# check if keyword is in number list
+	elif keyword in StaticAnswers().keys('number'):
+		return target.isdigit()
 
-	# if keyword is in no_arg_keywords list return True
-	elif keyword in StaticAnswers().keys("no_arg_keywords"):
+	# if keyword in expand list return True
+	elif keyword in StaticAnswers().keys("expand"):
 		return True
 
 	# if the target could not be validated until this return False
 	return False
 
 
-#
+def arg_abbr(value, possible_values):
+	"""
+	optional argument abbreviation
+	if the provided string value > 2 characters the most likely value will be chosen
+	:return: completes the value to the most likely one
+	"""
+	# prevent traceback if value is None
+	if value and possible_values is not None:
+		# if opt_argument is smaller then 2 pass to prohibit multiple answers
+		if len(value) < 2:
+			return value
+
+		abbr = str(value)
+
+		# searches the best match in the list of possible_abbr and completes the opt_arg to that
+		new_value = [s for s in list(possible_values) if s.startswith(abbr)]
+
+		# prevent index error if abbreviation has not result
+		if new_value:
+			value = new_value[0]
+
+	return value
+
+
 class HandleError:
 	"""
 	simple XMPP error / exception class formating the error condition
@@ -59,6 +87,6 @@ class HandleError:
 
 	def report(self):
 		# return the formatted result string to the user
-		text = "%s. %s %s resulted in: %s" % (self.text, self.key, self.target, self.condition)
+		text = "%s %s resulted in: %s" % (self.key, self.target, self.condition)
 
 		return text
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