cement.core.output

Cement core output module.

class cement.core.output.OutputHandler(**kw)

Bases: cement.core.output.OutputInterface, cement.core.handler.Handler

Output handler implementation.

class cement.core.output.OutputInterface(**kw)

Bases: cement.core.interface.Interface

This class defines the Output Interface. Handlers that implement this interface must provide the methods and attributes defined below. In general, most implementations should sub-class from the provided OutputHandler base class as a starting point.

class Meta

Bases: object

Handler meta-data.

interface = 'output'

The string identifier of the interface

render(data, *args, **kwargs)

Render the data dict into output in some fashion. This function must accept both *args and **kwargs to allow an application to mix output handlers that support different features.

Parameters:data (dict) – The dictionary whose data we need to render into output. Returns:The rendered output string, or None if no output is rendered Return type:str, None