logparse.py

class Parser(object):
  def __call__(self, s):
    self.remains_ = s
    self.state_ = 'in_key'
    self.key_ = []
    self.value_ = []

    disbatch = {
      'in_key': self.in_key,
      'in_value': self.in_value,
      'in_quoted_value': self.in_quoted_value,
    }
    while len(self.remains_) > 0:
      disbatch[self.state_]()

    return dict(zip(self.key_,self.value_))

  def in_key(self):
    key, ignore, self.remains_ = self.remains_.partition(':')
    print '{self.state_} [{key}] [{self.remains_}]'.format(**locals())

    self.key_.append(key)

    if self.remains_.startswith("'"):
      self.state_ = 'in_quoted_value'
    else:
      self.state_ = 'in_value'

  def in_value(self):
    value, ignore, self.remains_ = self.remains_.partition(' ')
    print '{self.state_} [{value}] [{self.remains_}]'.format(**locals())
    self.value_.append(value)
    self.state_ = 'in_key'

  def in_quoted_value(self):
    value, ignore, self.remains_ = self.remains_[1:].partition("'")
    print '{self.state_} [{value}] [{self.remains_}]'.format(**locals())
    self.value_.append(value)
    self.state_ = 'in_key'









def test():


  print dict(parse('a:b c:d e:ff')) == {'a':'b', 'c':'d', 'e':'ff'}



"""


# read to next ':'
# read to next ' '
# read to next '''

- between last index and this current one, i need to
-- yield a key
-- yield a value
-- reconize i'm in a quoted field, and read to the next '
-- if i hit a quote, i'm either at the end of a quoted field,





  state = 'in_key'
  key = ''
  value = ''

  for c in line:

    if state == 'in_key'
      if c != ':':
        key += c
      else:
        yield key
        key = ''


"""