import csv class CSVEntry: def __init__(self, **kvargs): assert ( set(kvargs.keys()) - set(self.__class__.fields) ) == set() for field in self.__class__.fields: setattr(self, field, kvargs[field] or "") @classmethod def fromRow(cls, row): assert len(row) == len(cls.fields) return cls(**{ field : value for field,value in zip(cls.fields, row)}) def toRow(self): return list(getattr(self,field) for field in self.__class__.fields) @classmethod def loadFile(cls, file): with open(file) as csvfile: reader = csv.reader(csvfile) return list( cls.fromRow(row) for row in reader ) @staticmethod def saveFile(file, entries): with open(file,"w") as csvfile: writer = csv.writer(csvfile) writer.writerows( entry.toRow() for entry in entries )