monkey_what_ifs.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3.8

events = [
    {"monkey": "Sam",   "state": "hungry",      "kind": "banana"    },
    {"monkey": "Chet",  "state": "flinging",    "kind": "grass"     },
    {"monkey": "Sam",   "state": "flinging",    "kind": "grass"     },
    {"monkey": "Sam",   "state": "hungry",      "kind": "banana"    },
    {"monkey": "Chet",  "state": "hungry",      "kind": "banana"    },
    {"monkey": "Chet",  "state": "flinging",    "kind": "feces"     },
    {"monkey": "Sam",   "state": "flinging",    "kind": "grass"     },
    {"monkey": "Sam",   "state": "hungry",      "kind": "apple"     },
]

def do_monkey_flinging(event):
    print(f"{event['monkey']}:\tdo_monkey_flinging")

def do_monkey_hungry_apple(event):
    print(f"{event['monkey']}:\tdo_monkey_hungry_apple")

def do_monkey_hungry_banana(event):
    print(f"{event['monkey']}:\tdo_monkey_hungry_banana")

def dispatch_event(event):
    if event["state"] == "hungry":
        if event["kind"] == "banana":
            do_monkey_hungry_banana(event)
        if event["kind"] == "apple":
            do_monkey_hungry_apple(event)
    elif event["state"] == "flinging":
        do_monkey_flinging(event)

for event in events:
    dispatch_event(event)

output.txt

Sam:    do_monkey_hungry_banana
Chet:   do_monkey_flinging
Sam:    do_monkey_flinging
Sam:    do_monkey_hungry_banana
Chet:   do_monkey_hungry_banana
Chet:   do_monkey_flinging
Sam:    do_monkey_flinging
Sam:    do_monkey_hungry_apple