"""Document class.""" __author__ = "Patrick K. O'Brien " import os class Document: """Document class.""" def __init__(self, filename=None): """Create a Document instance.""" self.filename = filename self.filepath = None self.filedir = None self.filebase = None self.fileext = None if self.filename: self.filepath = os.path.realpath(self.filename) self.filedir, self.filename = os.path.split(self.filepath) self.filebase, self.fileext = os.path.splitext(self.filename) def read(self): """Return contents of file.""" if self.filepath and os.path.exists(self.filepath): f = file(self.filepath, 'rb') try: return f.read() finally: f.close() else: return '' def write(self, text): """Write text to file.""" try: f = file(self.filepath, 'wb') f.write(text) finally: if f: f.close()